Leah Dawn Messer was born on 24 April 1992, in Elkview, West Virginia USA, to Gary Messer and Dawn Spears, and is best known as a television personality who starred in eight seasons of the reality TV show ‘’Teen Mom 2’’.
So just how rich is Leah Messer as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Messer’s net worth is as high as $50,000, accumulated from her so far six years-long career as a reality TV star.
Leah Calvert Net Worth $50,000
Leah attended Herbert Hoover High School, and was on the high school’s cheer squad. She became pregnant at the age of 16, and so joined the cast of ‘’16 and Pregnant’’. After giving birth, she started to attend Garnet Career Center, where she was in the special program for School Age Expectant Mothers. Leah became a part-time dental assistant, meantime taking Online Courses for College via Mountain State University.
After appearing in MTV’s reality show ‘’16 and Pregnant’’, Leah went on to join the cast of the spin-off series ‘’Teen Mom 2’’. The audience could see Messer explore her first years of parenthood, and her interaction with her family, and starring alongside Jenelle Evans, Chelsea Houska and Kailyn Lowry. Additionally, the show was focused on the experience required to raise children. The season premiered in January 2011 and was watched by an audience of 3.57 million viewers, as Leah tried to work things out with Jeremy Calvert, the father of her child. The episode entitled ‘’Change of Heart’’ was watched by 4.04 million people, according to authoritative sources, with the most viewed episode of that season being ‘’Judgement Day’’, viewed by 4.59 million people. Season two premiered in December 2011, and throughout the whole season, the show continuously had a large audience. Season three saw Leah struggling with a divorce from her husband, Jeremy, and subsequently the number of viewers started to decrease slowly from the beginning of season four. However, season seven premiered in March 2016 and had an audience of 1.75 million, and the latest season aired from July 2017.
In addition to being a reality television persona, Messer works at her own business of cosmetics, and the photography studio ‘’Sparkle’’ in West Virginia, alongside two colleagues in styling, cosmetics and photography fields.
In her less-than-private personal life, Leah and Corey Simms had twin daughters, Aliannah Hope and Aleeah Grace on 16 December 2009. The couple became engaged afterwards, but their engagement fell through and they separated in 2011. It was discovered that their daughter Aliannah suffers from Titin muscular dystrophy, which causes her to develop slower than her sister. Leah went on to marry Jeremy Calvert in April 2012. They made an appearance on ‘’Teen Mom 2 Reunion’’ in Los Angeles. On 4 February 2013, and subsequently had a daughter after one previous miscarriage. However, after two years of marriage the couple filed for divorce. In 2015, Messer apparently lost custody of her two older daughters, however, she holds custody of her youngest daughter. As of late 2017, she isn’t married but is apparently dating. Perhaps another TV series is in the offing, depicting the continuing problems in her personal life?
