Guerdy Abraira has led a global life — she was born in Haiti and lived in Paris for several years while young — but established her career and settled with her husband and family in Miami, which she now considers her hometown. And being a close watcher of Miami's social scene, she began hearing from the grapevine that "The Real Housewives of Miami"– which had been on hiatus for eight years — was coming back, and that a search for new housewives was on. "And all of a sudden, names are thrown in the hat," she said. "And I feel like my name I'm told was being brought up a lot."

Abraira wasn't specifically seeking to become a housewife, but she didn't seem terribly surprised that the opportunity was offered to her. "You know, I do a lot in the community. I do a lot of charity events and attend a lot of them and throw a lot of parties for a lot of amazing people," she said. "So it was just inevitable, I think, that this opportunity came about. And so I was just happy to be able to represent Miami."