By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Is looking sexy in a bikini a prerequisite to joining the Real Housewives franchise?

From New Jersey and New York City to Beverly Hills, Atlanta and Orange County, the scandalously sexy Real Housewives love stripping down into the sexiest swimsuits imaginable and flaunting their real and artificial assets. Breaking Celebrity News has photos of all your favorite ladies from current and former seasons of the hit Bravo franchise.

Over on the east coast, former NYC girls Bethenny Frankel and Kelly Bensimon heat up the Atlantic Ocean wearing barely-there bikinis that flaunt their totally flawless figures, while New Jersey babe Melissa Gorga shows off her bombshell bikini body in fringe.

Kim Zolciak may be Tardy for the Party, but the Atlanta Housewife doesn’t miss a beat when it comes to her bikini body. And NeNe Leakes is curvier than most of her costars, but she isn’t bashful about baring her swerving curves.