From Bayonne resident to one of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey," Melissa Gorga, a real Renaissance woman, has worked her way to stardom.
Gorga, 32, has joined the hit reality-TV series for Season 3. She is in fact already part of the TV family. Her husband Joeis the brother of Real Housewives star Teresa Giudice.
A Toms River native, Gorga moved to Bayonne in 2001 andlanded a job as a tanning consultant at Tropical Tanning located at 421 Broadway in Bayonne while studying to be a teacher at New Jersey City University in Jersey City.
Gorga, who describes herself as a bubbly Italian girl, rented an apartment with girlfriends at 31st Street and Avenue E before graduating with a B.A. degree in elementary education. Full Story at http://mobile.nj.com/advnj/db_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=I7ky3wEg&full=true#display
