Ciara Miller is the definition of “booked and busy.” After we join on a sunny Friday afternoon, she’s in New York Metropolis prepping to spend practically 5 weeks in Fiji internet hosting the Love Island aftershow, Aftersun, alongside Tefi Passoa. After that, she would possibly be returning to the Hamptons for the eleventh season of Summer time Home. After which she’s showing on Dancing with the Stars, all whereas serving to renovate her grandparents’ dwelling in North Carolina.
Miller, who joined the Summer time Home solid throughout season 5 in 2021 whereas working as a touring nurse through the pandemic, can also be the face of Nexxus’s new marketing campaign, titled “Declare Your House.” It is all about confidence, presence—and the facility of texture spray. The timing couldn’t be higher for the nurse-turned-model-turned-reality-TV-star-turned-host, who has a profusion of eyes on her at this very second. “I really feel like [the campaign] is such a illustration of this subsequent chapter and who I’m proper now,” Miller shares. “For Black ladies, our hair is like our crown… Being unapologetically you and having the ability to stroll in a room and take up that house as a girl is so necessary.”
For those who’re even remotely aware of the Bravo universe, you in all probability know that Miller is on the heart of a scandal involving two fellow castmates. If not, a fast primer: Miller’s ex, West Wilson, not too long ago started a relationship along with her (now former) very shut pal, Amanda Batula, who’s at the moment within the strategy of divorcing one other castmate, Kyle Cooke. The fallout happened through the three-part Summer time Home reunion, which aired its closing section on June 9, and Miller says that regardless that the method was “cathartic,” she’s “excited to shut the door” on every thing and transfer onwards and upwards.
For the reunion taping, Miller paired her two-piece Di Petsa gown with a deep burgundy crimson hair coloration—one thing she mentioned felt “symbolic” given the elevated consideration to her private life. “I do not experiment with my hair coloration quite a bit,” she explains. “The crimson was like, ‘She’s on fireplace.’ It was symbolic, however I additionally wished to strive one thing new. My gown was a bit extra muted so I wished my glam to actually be capable of converse for itself.”
Miller has beforehand mentioned that her “phrase of the 12 months” for 2026 was “group”—a selection that has been significantly resonant given the help she has acquired since information of Wilson and Batula’s romance turned public. “Once I was making [community] my phrase of the 12 months, I didn’t know simply how a lot I might really want to lean on that,” she explains. “However going into this subsequent period… I’m in my ‘F*ck it, f*ck you’ period of ‘I’m me. I’m being myself. I’m taking on house with my hair, but additionally in my presence.’ Once I’m strolling into the room, it’s understanding that I should be right here. I am grateful and I do not take any of this without any consideration, however I am additionally the place I am speculated to be.”
