Bethany Shannen

Bethany Paige Shannen (born March 1, 1994) is an American television personality and model, best known for starring in the x|Bravo reality show The Connecticut Club.

Early life
Shannen was born in x|Darien, Connecticut to Harvey Shannen and Holly Furter. Her father is an oncologist, while her mother is a gynecologist. Harvey is of x|Irish descent, while Holly is of x|German, x|Swiss-German, and x|Dutch descent. She was raised x|Catholic.

Shannen was raised in an affluent family. She has two older brothers: Jacob and Henry. She attended x|Greenwich Academy, a private all-girls college preparatory school, graduating from high school in 2012. After graduating, she began taking classes at x|Norwalk Community College, but dropped out after three semesters. She subsequently began working in club promotion and promotional modeling.

Career
Shannen first began a modeling career at age eighteen, after signing to an agency in x|New York City. She went on to model professionally in New York, primarily in print campaigns. She later began a career as a television personality after being cast in the x|Bravo reality show x|The Connecticut Club.