By Deanna Atkins

It often seems like our culture thrives on women who keep us entertained through guilty pleasure reality television shows. If the media would stop flooding its audience, we’d see celebrity gals with brains and million-dollar net worths who give women back the reputation we deserve.

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Below are a handful of leading ladies who chose to make the most of their fame by creating successful empires — with the help of their supportive and loving husbands.

1. Bethenny Frankel

As a reality star, entrepreneur, wife, and mother, Bethenny Frankel is certainly someone to admire. By combining her passion for healthy, natural foods with her business sense, she developed her signature Skinnygirl Cocktails.

She and ex-husband Jason Hoppy brought Skinnygirl to life over the seasons of Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York and their own show, Bethenny Ever After. Hoppy’s background in finance ensured that Frankel’s business ideas would flourish, and they did just that.

In 2011, she sold her company to Fortune Brands’ Beam Global for over $100 million. Now, they are divorced, but Frankel bounced back after their messy split and is dating Paul Bernon, a film producer.

2. Tori Spelling

From actress to author to executive producer of her own show, it's no wonder Tori Spelling stays so thin, because she can't possibly have enough time to eat.

She’s come a long way since her role as Donna Martin on 90210. Now, she happily resides in Los Angeles with her husband Dean McDermott, and their 5 children. Spelling has written four books — her first, sTORI Telling, became a New York Times Bestseller.

Additionally, she operated a bed and breakfast with McDermott, and created a signature fashion and jewelry line. Today, she manages her own website, ediTORIal by Tori Spelling.

Remember those childhood days on the playground when boys were meanest to the girls they liked most? Or in high school when you would ignore Mr. Popular to get his attention? Well, it turns out we were onto something.

By: Jessica Wakeman

If you've been to bars in major metropolitan cities, chances are you've come into contact with a "pickup artist" or someone who knows how to flirt. This person tries his hardest to get your number by following a script.

Whether he learned about pickup artistry from Neil Strauss's book The Game or that VH1 show The Pickup Artist, the guy hitting on you is focused on one goal: getting women, including you, into bed.

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