The well-reputed blogger, Ree Drummond has successfully presented her way of writing skills and her unique ideas which makes her quite popular to the readers. That's why she was honored two times with "Weblog of the Year." Because of her hard work and searching for people's interests, she was able to win readers' hearts and become famous globally. Presently, she received more than 13 million “hits” on her blog every month. She earned more than 23 million “views” per month with over 4 million “unique visitors.” Moreover, she earns millions of dollars in a year only from the advertisements on her blog. It's quite amazing Yeah! Let's dig into more interesting facts about her through this article.
Ree Drummond was born under the name of Ann Marie Smith to her parents in 1969. Her birthplace is Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. Her father William Date Smith is an orthopedic surgeon. However, her mother Gerre Schwert's professional details are yet to be disclosed. She grew up with her siblings named Doug, Mike, and Betsy. It seems she might have faced some family issues in her childhood as her parents were divorced. Later, her father married her second wife named Pasty. Similarly, she holds American nationality and belongs to the White ethnicity. Further, Her zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Concerning her academic qualification, she was schooled at Bartlesville High School. She then enrolled at the University of South California and studied Journalism. Later, she changes her subject Journalism to Gerontology. Upon her graduation, she has planned to attend Law School in Chicago but it didn't fulfill.
Ree Drummond started her blogging journey in 2006 using the subdomain pioneerwoman.typepad.com and she later owned it and named Confessions of a Pioneer Woman. With a flow of time, it switched to The Pioneer Woman. She used to write variety subjects in her initial phase of blogging. Later, she started posting cooking recipes on her blogging by mentioning her own life span on the ranch as a mother and wife. With a flow of time, she upgraded her abilities and started posting images of different stages of cooking the steak as well. Luckily, it was her first cooking blog too. Because of his amazing writing skills and her wit, her blogs got instant popularity and people started to know her.
People love the way she writes ideas so she has been able to grab the "Weblog Award" four years regularly (2007-10). Also, she was honored with the "Weblog of the Year" in 2009 and 2010. After that, she was recognized by international media and they started titling her "the mother of all farm girl blogs."
After her huge success in blogging, she organized a contest in 2008 and requested her followers to submit their favorite recipes where she received more than a thousand recipes before launching a contest on her blogs. Later, the contest becomes a major success in her life. After that, She recognized her follower's interest and owned a new domain in 2009 named "TastyKitchen.com where people can share their own recipes with others. This platform encourages several food bloggers to promote their own blogs by using a domain.
Besides these, she established herself as a successful author and wrote several cookbooks and children's novels as well. She also wrote her real love life story which was later compiled in a book titled "Black Heels to Tractor Wheels" in 2011. At present, They said that 'Columbia Pictures' has official rights to the book and they are going to be a movie on it.
Since 2011, she has been hosting her cooking show at the Food Network under the name of "The Pioneer Woman." She also made an appearance on several TV shows in spite of her busy career as a guest. Since 2011, she has been hosting her cooking show at the Food Network under the name of "The Pioneer Woman."
Ree Drummond was happily married to her long-term boyfriend named Ladd Drummond. He is a businessman by profession. The love birds met in bar in the mid-1990s and on the flow of time, they were inter-linked and later its change to love. After spending a couple of beautiful moments together the couple exchanged their vows on 21st September 1996 and celebrated their honeymoon in Australia. As a result, the duo was delightedly blessed with five children. They are Alex, Paige, Bryce, Jamar, and Todd Drummond. Presently, her family enjoying blissful life without and disturbance in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Ree Drummond has earned an impressive amount of money throughout her professional career as a social media personality. She started blogging at first and later upgraded her abilities and turned into a good author, photographer, food writer, etc. As per the sources, her blog named "The Pioneer Woman" makes millions of dollars in a year through advertisement only. As of now, her estimated net worth is said to be $50 million. Further, The duo has also become the 23rd largest landowner in the United States at present.
Ree Drummond has a well-maintained body with a height of 5 feet 9 inches and she weighs around 69 Kg. Her body measures around 39-28-39 inches. Similarly, her eyes are brown and her hair color is blonde. Further, her bra size is 32C and she wears 5.5 (US) shoe size.