'RHODubai' Star Lesa Milan Hall Shares How She Met Her Husband (EXCLUSIVE)

When The Real Housewives of Dubai returned for a second season on June 2, 2024, fans couldn't be more excited. Anxious to catch up with the cast, including, but not limited to, Lesa Milan Hall, Dr. Sara Al Madani, Caroline Brooks, and Caroline Stanbury, fans were more than ready for the return of Bravo's first-ever original international Real Housewives franchise.

Ahead of the RHODubai Season 1 premiere, which aired on June 1, 2022, Lesa spoke exclusively with Distractify about how she met her husband, Richard "Rich" Hall, and she shared how she ended up living in the uber-wealthy United Arab Emirates city. Here's everything to know about Lesa's husband and the adorable story of how they met.

Although Lesa lives in Dubai, she was actually born in Kingston, Jamaica. The former Miss Jamaica Universe contestant moved with her family to South Florida when she was 11 years old.

Though she was in Jamaica for over a decade, Lesa told us that Miami had the greatest influence on her upbringing.

When she was a student majoring in journalism and minoring in fashion at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Lesa met her English husband, Richard Hall.

"He was on vacation in Miami, and I was going through a horrible breakup. My girlfriends dragged me out to Miami, on a girls' night, and we met," Lesa shared with Distractify. "We were long distance for about a year, and then, eventually, he popped the question, and I moved to Dubai."

Richard proposed to Lesa on the beach outside of the Fountainbleu Hotel, which is where LIV nightclub — the place they met — is located.

Lesa and Richard wed in 2014, and they've since welcomed three sons: Sebastian, Kristian, and Maximillian. The RHODubai cast member has led quite the cosmopolitan life, though Dubai has truly become her home.

"I like to say I was made in Kingston, packaged in Miami, and then exported to Dubai," Lesa told us.

In Season 2, Episode 2 of RHODubai, Lesa went on to reveal her intentions to move her mom to Dubai so that she can be closer to Lesa, her husband, and their kids. However, Lesa mentioned she'd prefer to buy her mom an apartment nearby to spare her from hearing how "loud" she and her husband get in the bedroom.

Needless to say, it seems as though things are going quite well for Lesa and Richard.

While Lesa is on the precipice of becoming a reality TV star, she has another impressive job on her résumé: a luxury fashion designer. When she was pregnant with her first son, Lesa set out to create a line of maternity wear, Mina Roe, that would allow mothers-to-be to feel beautiful throughout their pregnancies.

Celebrities like Beyoncé and Gigi Hadid have worn Mina Roe designs during their pregnancies, and Lesa features the brand on the Bravo series. She also created My Little Makers, a line of toys designed to help kids in their early development.

Lesa is clearly creatively inclined, and her husband, Richard, is a real estate developer and financier. His job brought the two to Dubai, but Lesa's role on the reality series will make them stars there.

The Real Housewives of Dubai Season 2 premiered on June 2, 2024, with new episodes airing on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. EST on Bravo, with streaming available the next day on Peacock.