Shannon and Shannade Clermont

The Clermont twins were born in Montclair, New Jersey, on March 21, 1994.^[4] They are the youngest of five siblings with one sister and two brothers.^[5] They relocated to Dallas, Georgia when they were nine years old^[6] and they began modeling at the age of fourteen.

The twins developed an interest in fashion from their aunt, a fashion designer in New York City. Despite both receiving full college scholarships in Georgia; Shannade attended Parsons School of Design for strategic design and Shannon attended the Fashion Institute of Technology for fashion merchandising.^[7] They have since relocated to Los Angeles, California.^[5]

The Clermont twins began their television career after winning a six-month program at an acting and modeling school which lead them to working as stand-ins for various television shows including; Tyler Perry's House of Payne.^[6]

In 2015, the Clermont twins appeared as cast members on the fourteenth season of Oxygen network's hit reality television series, Bad Girls Club.^[3] They were removed from the show in the seventh episode,^[8] after an altercation occurred involving other cast members destroying their personal belongings,^[9] which lead to the twins alongside fellow cast member Jelaminah Lanier, filing a lawsuit against the Oxygen network.^[10] Shannon has since stated they only took part in the show because they wanted to be known on a "national level" and claimed they would never do the show again.^[5][11]

In 2024, the twins made guest appearances on Zeus network's web series, Baddies Caribbean.^[12]

The twins began modeling in late 2015, modeling for the fall 2015 Married to the Mob collection.^[13] They launched their Mont Boudoir fashion label in 2017, they successfully relaunched the brand again in 2020.^[14][15] They acknowledged Ashley Olson and Mary-Kate as being amongst their inspirations for their collections.^[7] They had previously interned for fashion labels including; Jovani and Yves Saint Laurent.^[16]

The Clermont twins public profile was significantly increased after they were featured in Kanye West's, Yeezy season 6, collection in January 2018, alongside Paris Hilton.^[17] They were unaware of West and Kim Kardashian's interest in their participation until the day before the campaign was shot.^[4] In June, they released a nude photoshoot hugging each other, this alongside a separate nude photoshoot released during the airing of Bad Girls Club, which saw the twins pressing their tongues together sparked incest accusations.^[18] The twins went on to model for Gypsy Sport during New York Fashion Week in 2018.^[19] In January 2019, they walked together for The Blonds and in September 2019,^[20] Shannon walked independently for Chromat.^[21]

The twins have appeared as models in several music videos for artists such as Future, Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott and Wiz Khalifa.^[22][23][24]

On July 11, 2018, Shannade Clermont was arrested and charged with aggravated identity theft, access device fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.^[25] Despite not being suspected for involvement in the death of Manhattan based real estate broker James Alesi, while working as an escort,^[26] she was investigated after Alesi's account information was connected to money transfers and purchases, including account sign-ups to beastiality websites,^[27][28][29] made by Clermont after his death.^[30] She pleaded guilty in November^[31] and was sentenced to one year in prison in April 2019.^[32][33]

Clermont turned herself in to FCI Dublin on June 4, 2019, she was released early on March 9, 2020.^[34] Her lawyer, Jeffrey Litchman, stated that the twins began the Clermont Foundation for mental health support, after Shannade experienced suicidal thoughts from her legal proceedings.^[32]

They share two Yorkshire Terrier dogs named Chase and Chloe,^[22] which they rotate together between their apartments so the dogs are not separated.^[35]

After their appearance on Bad Girls Club, the twins became victims of online trolling due to their drastic plastic surgery.^[36][37][38]