Emma Hernan’s Selling Sunset glow doesn’t come out of nowhere. Before she was closing multi-million-dollar listings and serving runway-ready looks on Netflix, she showed up, briefly but memorably, on a Bravo TV show.
People may recall seeing her in a Southern Charm scene where the Charleston crew visits Los Angeles.
That blink-and-you-missed-it cameo is a neat reminder that many reality TV careers have winding prequels: Emma started in modelling and other media projects long before her Selling Sunset era, so the appearance makes sense once you know her backstory.
Emma was famous before Selling Sunset
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Emma’s public life began well before Netflix brought her into the Selling Sunset orbit.
She worked as a model and built a social-media presence that fed into other opportunities, and outlets that profile reality TV stars have traced her early career to modelling stints and public appearances.
By the time she landed at The Oppenheim Group and became a recognisable Selling Sunset cast member, she already had experience in front of cameras and on-stage events, which helps explain how comfortable she looks on screen.
It’s been 10 years since her Southern Charm debut
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The Southern Charm moment, spotted by an eagle-eyed fan, per E!, comes from season three, episode nine of the show, which originally aired in late May 2016.
In the episode, the Charleston cast is in LA, and Emma appears in party footage where she introduces herself to cast members who are visiting. It’s Shep Rose, Whitney Sudler-Smith, and Craig Conover, for anyone curious,
The cameo was never billed as a guest star moment, it was more of a background sighting that was later highlighted by folks surprised to see Emma.
A TikTok capturing the moment did the rounds in 2022, and people loved it, calling the clip a “hidden gem.”
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