Hooked on BROOKS

The gospel according to Brooks Nader? “The only person who can make your dreams a reality is you.” A new reality show on Hulu, Love Thy Nader, follows the bubbly beauty from the bayou as she navigates a high-profile modeling career in the Big Apple—and her family is along for the ride, too.

- FREYA DROHAN

She’s known as the vivacious personality who’s as likely to pop up at Paris Fashion Week or on stage at the ESPY Awards as she is at the most-talked about billionaire wedding of the year.

But life for Brooks Nader wasn't always so huge.

The Baton Rouge-born model and entrepreneur is bringing her 1.7 million Instagram fans behind-the-scenes of her real-life American dream trajectory. The eight-part series Love Thy Nader follows the genetically blessed and hilarious gaggle of Brooks, 28, Mary Holland, 27, Grace Ann, 25, and Sarah Jane, 23, as they keep their parents Breaux and Holland on their toes. “For the majority of our childhood, my dad was working for a nonprofit and my mom was at home with the babies,” Nader recalls. “We didn't have a lot of money, we really just had each other and had to be self-entertaining. I wouldn't trade that upbringing for the world.”

Despite being raised “extremely Christian and extremely conservative,” she was obsessed with Hollywood and fashion, and would sneak off to read magazines while in the grocery store. “I always wanted to express myself and I wanted to look sexy. I fantasized about living in L.A. or New York, but it seemed worlds away. I also had to toe the line because of where I'm from.”