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We found school pics of Salt Lake City’s Housewives and wow wtf is going on with Meredith

Now that's a throwback

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ByHelen Williams

25th November 2025, 23:11

There are throwback photos, and then there are throwback photos that send the entire Bravo internet into a spiral.

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City just got hit with the second one.

A set of old school pics of Lisa Barlow and Meredith Marks resurfaced online, and people have been passing them around like sacred texts. Lisa’s looks like it could be a promo shot for a 90s teen drama, while Meredith’s has people… asking questions. Lots of them. And the comments? Completely unhinged in the most predictable, Bravo-adjacent way.

Let’s break down what actually popped up, why everyone’s losing it, and how both women have unintentionally rewritten their origin stories with one grainy photo.

Old photos of Meredith surfaced

So here’s the thing: Meredith’s yearbook photo isn’t bad, it’s just… shockingly different from the Meredith we know today. In the image doing the rounds, she’s listed as Meredith Rosenberg, wearing a patterned sweater, minimal makeup, and sporting truly gigantic early-90s hair. Not the glamorous kind, the “my hair has been through something” kind. But, it’s real, it’s raw. We can give her kudos for that.

Naturally, social media did what social media does. The tweet that kicked things off showed Lisa and Meredith side by side with the caption “vintage Lisa Barlow and Meredith Marks.”

But the comments are what sent it into the stratosphere. One user joked: “Meredith looks like she was raised in a field by wolves,” which immediately became the running joke across Bravo threads. Under an Instagram repost, someone else piled on with: “Meredith done lived through the Great Depression, good for getting out boo”  along with a GIF of a woman in a frilly pink dress looking confused.

It’s chaotic, sure, but it also highlights just how much Meredith has transformed since her school-photo era. The glam, the contour, the sleek hair, none of that existed yet. This is Meredith before Meredith became Meredith.

A young Lisa Barlow is doing the rounds, too

Meanwhile, Lisa’s photo is circulating for the opposite reason.

She looked gorgeous in high school. Her throwback is full 90s perfection, thick glossy curls, soft glam makeup, and an off-the-shoulder purple top that feels surprisingly on-brand for someone who now treats glam like a competitive sport.

People aren’t dragging Lisa’s photo so much as admiring it. Comments are very “she’s always been that girl” coded. Compared to Meredith’s photo, which has basically become meme currency, Lisa’s is borderline professional.

And Lisa embracing nostalgia is nothing new. She occasionally shares older pics on Instagram, usually tied to anniversaries or family moments, so the vibe already fits her brand. Viewers love that for her.

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