Next Week on Lift Every Voice: Cynthia Bailey and Karen Clark Sheard

Lift Every Voice welcomes Cynthia Bailey and more.

Next Week on Lift Every Voice: Cynthia Bailey and Karen Clark Sheard - Gospel powerhouse Karen Clark Sheard and Atlanta Housewife and model Cynthia Bailey open up with Lift Every Voice host Fonzworth Bentley this Sunday at 10A/9C! (Photos from left: Ben Rose/Getty Images for Birchbox, Royce DeGrie/Getty Images for UP Entertainment)

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Next Week on Lift Every Voice: Cynthia Bailey and Karen Clark Sheard - Gospel powerhouse Karen Clark Sheard and Atlanta Housewife and model Cynthia Bailey open up with Lift Every Voice host Fonzworth Bentley this Sunday at 10A/9C! (Photos from left: Ben Rose/Getty Images for Birchbox, Royce DeGrie/Getty Images for UP Entertainment)

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Starting Out - Before coming into her own as the social elite, housewife and reality television star we know today, Cynthia Bailey was debuting her video model skills in the Heavy D music video "Nuttin But Love." This video was one of the first to feature super models instead of the typical around-the-way girls or video vixens. Classy! (Photo: Universal Records)

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Starting Out - Before coming into her own as the social elite, housewife and reality television star we know today, Cynthia Bailey was debuting her video model skills in the Heavy D music video "Nuttin But Love." This video was one of the first to feature super models instead of the typical around-the-way girls or video vixens. Classy! (Photo: Universal Records)

High Fashion - Besides doing music videos for Heavy D, Cynthia pursued a career as a fashion model. She took to New York City at the age of 25 and secured her spot with the Wilhelmina modeling agency. She went on to cover Essence magazine, which was the highest-selling cover of all time in Essence history. Her most recent endeavors involve creating the full-service fashion and modeling school Bailey Agency: School of Fashion. (Photos from left: Essence Magazine, August 2002; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Go Red)

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High Fashion - Besides doing music videos for Heavy D, Cynthia pursued a career as a fashion model. She took to New York City at the age of 25 and secured her spot with the Wilhelmina modeling agency. She went on to cover Essence magazine, which was the highest-selling cover of all time in Essence history. Her most recent endeavors involve creating the full-service fashion and modeling school Bailey Agency: School of Fashion. (Photos from left: Essence Magazine, August 2002; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Go Red)

Celebrity Beginnings: From the Stage to the Screen - From Demetria McKinney to Taye Diggs and many more, there are plenty of celebs who got their start as actors onstage and then earned even more fame and success on-screen. Check it out here! (Photo: Laura Magruder/Bravo)

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Real Housewives - Cynthia Bailey has become a part of the model social elite over the years. She's snagged roles in The Cosby Show, the film Without You I'm Nothing, and hosted gigs on BET, but her most recognized role is on the mega-hit reality show Real Housewives of Atlanta. (Photo: Laura Magruder/Bravo)

Husband and Wife - Alongside her on Real Housewives of Atlanta is her loving husband, Peter Thomas, who she has been married to for five years. Through their ups and downs and rumored splits, they have managed to keep their marriage going strong! Black love at its best. (Photo: Wilford Harewood/Bravo)

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Husband and Wife - Alongside her on Real Housewives of Atlanta is her loving husband, Peter Thomas, who she has been married to for five years. Through their ups and downs and rumored splits, they have managed to keep their marriage going strong! Black love at its best. (Photo: Wilford Harewood/Bravo)

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Introducing the One and Only... - Gospel legend Karen Clark Sheard is an inspirational vocalist that has ministered to countries here and overseas. She is one-fourth of the luminous gospel group the Clark Sisters. (Photo: Royce DeGrie/Getty Images for UP Entertainment)

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Introducing the One and Only... - Gospel legend Karen Clark Sheard is an inspirational vocalist that has ministered to countries here and overseas. She is one-fourth of the luminous gospel group the Clark Sisters. (Photo: Royce DeGrie/Getty Images for UP Entertainment)

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The Clark Sisters - The Clark Sisters have been ministering for many years and they have created memorable albums such as: Miracle or Bringing It Back Home. The four sisters have been in the business since the 1970s. (Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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The Clark Sisters - The Clark Sisters have been ministering for many years and they have created memorable albums such as: Miracle or Bringing It Back Home. The four sisters have been in the business since the 1970s. (Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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All in the Family - Karen Clark Sheard keeps the ministry all in the family, from her and her husband pastoring local and international churches to her daughter, Kierra Sheard, being a head judge on BET Sunday Best, or being a popular contemporary gospel artist and her son being a producer for Pharrell Williams's Star Trak Entertainment, the family is all in the music. (Photo: BET)

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All in the Family - Karen Clark Sheard keeps the ministry all in the family, from her and her husband pastoring local and international churches to her daughter, Kierra Sheard, being a head judge on BET Sunday Best, or being a popular contemporary gospel artist and her son being a producer for Pharrell Williams's Star Trak Entertainment, the family is all in the music. (Photo: BET)

The Future - The future is bright for Karen Clark Sheard — she is celebrating the release of her latest album, Destined to Win, which debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart and at No. 20 on the Billboard Top 200, making it her highest charting debut on the Billboard Top 200 for a solo album.(Photo: Karew Records / Entertainment One Music)

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The Future - The future is bright for Karen Clark Sheard — she is celebrating the release of her latest album, Destined to Win, which debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart and at No. 20 on the Billboard Top 200, making it her highest charting debut on the Billboard Top 200 for a solo album.(Photo: Karew Records / Entertainment One Music)