Stassi Schroeder

In 2005, Schroeder appeared as a contestant on season 8 of the reality game show The Amazing Race, alongside her father Mark, her step-mother Char, and her brother Hunter; the family came in 7th place of 10 teams.[6] After the filming of the show, the Schroeders' house was flooded and destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. They stayed with another family from the show while they rebuilt their house.[7] While going to school in 2008, she was on the television series Queen Bees.[8]

In 2010, she started working at Lisa Vanderpump's restaurants SUR and Villa Blanca, which earned her a spot on the reality television series Vanderpump Rules. The series follows Vanderpump's employees, as they work on building their futures and become entangled in interpersonal drama.[4] She departed the show at the end of season two to move to New York City, then she returned as an Intern to Lisa Vanderpump in season three.[9]

In 2016, she portrayed Koening in the television film Sharknado: The 4th Awakens. She has also appeared in three episodes of Bravo's reality television series Summer House between 2017 and 2019.[10] In November 2019, Schroeder started a digital series called Basically Stassi, with Beau Clark.[11] The series was released online on Bravo's website and YouTube channel.[12] The show followed Schroeder and her guests at her apartment in Los Angeles while playing games and discussing various topics such as relationships, love and life.[13]

Schroeder worked as a model for several years, appearing in magazines like Italian Vanity Fair, 944, Glamour,[14] Genlux[15] and Us Weekly.[16] She has graced the covers of numerous magazines, including Millenium,[17] Cliché and Pacific.[18] Schroeder introduced a capsule collection with accessories e-retailer ShopPrimadonna.com which officially launched in December 2014.[19] "When Shop Prima Donna came to me about designing a line for them, I just knew statement necklaces were what I wanted to do. I wanted to do something that has an Egyptian vibe because I love gold but with a ladylike twist [with] pearls and stones," Schroeder said of the collaboration.[20] She released a clothing line in collaboration with JustFab in July 2019.[21][22] The collection has two parts "Next Level Basics" and "#OOTN (Outfit of the Night)".[23][24][25]

Schroeder worked as a style critic writing for Vanderpump's daughter's website, The Divine Addiction.[23] Schroeder's book Next Level Basic: The Definitive Basic Bitch Handbook was released on April 16, 2019 by Gallery Books.[26][27][28][29] The book was third on the New York Times Best Seller list.[30] The book is a humorous celebration of her most basic tendencies and a defense of the basic culture.[31] In the book, she lists her favorite beauty products, a guide to the best Ranch dressings, tips on how to look good on social media and a graph indicating how psycho you are based on the charge of your phone.[31] She wrote a wedding column titled "Basic Bride" for Glamour magazine for three months in 2020.[32]

Schroeder is popular on social media and endorses products such as beauty and wellness products on Instagram.[33][34] She has partnered with several brands, including Taco Bell food,[35] Botox Cosmetic prescription medicine,[36] Bondi Sands tanning foam[37] and bioClarity skin products.[38]

On February 1, 2019, Schroeder, Kristen Doute and Katie Maloney-Schwartz launched a wine in partnership with Nocking Point Wines called "Basic Witch Potion No. 1".[39][40][41] Their second collaboration with Nocking Point Wines, "Basic Witch Potion No. 2" Rosé was launched on June 1, 2019.[42][43] In 2015, she launched a podcast titled Straight Up with Stassi, which she hosted weekly for five years.[44][45] Schroeder announced that she is doing "Straight Up With Stassi LIVE" podcast tour in four cities in September 2019.[46]

In March 2021, Schroeder announced her new venture with husband Beau Clark, a Patreon-hosted parenting podcast entitled The Good The Bad The Baby.[47][48]

On June 9, 2020, Schroeder and co-star, Kristen Doute were fired from the show because they reported former co-star, Faith Stowers to the police for a crime that she did not commit. Schroeder also was criticized for publicly making racially insensitive remarks and for insensitive remarks about the #metoo movement. She has stated that she hired a diversity coach.[54]