Whitney Rose (TV personality)

Rose was born to Steve and Jolene Lesh.^[1][3] She has three half-siblings and is a third cousin of Heather Gay, her The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City costar.^[4][5][6][7] She is also a descendant of Shadrach Roundy, who worked as a bodyguard for Joseph Smith.^[8] She attended Saint Mary's College of California, graduating in 2016.^[9]

Before joining The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Rose worked at Nu Skin Enterprises, where she met her second husband, Justin Rose.^[10][11] She was also an account manager at InVision Communications, a direct sales company.^[12] She joined The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City after meeting with the show's producers in 2019. Initially, she and cousin Heather Gay did not know they were filming a The Real Housewives installment; they were only aware that they were filming a reality show about the "new Utah".^[10][13] In 2023, she was featured in the third season of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip.^[14][15]

She launched a skincare brand, Iris + Beau, in 2017;^[16][17] its name was later changed to Wild Rose Beauty.^[18][19] In 2024, she launched Sōl People, a social selling company.^[20] She also co-founded a jewelry company, Prism.^[21]

Rose grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[10][22] In 2007, she married Samuel Burgess, a basketball player for the BYU Cougars, at the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple.^[1][23] They later divorced.^[24] She married Justin Rose in 2009.^[11][25] They have two children together. She also has three stepsons from her husband's previous marriage.^[13][26] Her brother-in-law is former BYU basketball coach Dave Rose.^[24]