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Real Housewives of Miami's Marysol Patton, Alexia Echevarria, and Adriana De Moura atended the 1st annual Florida "Sounding Off For A Cure" benefit concert presented by the Voices Against Brain Cancer Foundation Fillmore Miami Beach on April 14, 2011 in Miami Beach, Florida.

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Remember the days when being a housewife was a bad thing? Now we all know now that being a housewife is all you need to get on TV and also make a ton of cash. One of our favorites, Marysol Patton, isn't actually a housewife at all but maven of PR powerhouse, The Patton Group.

Since her debut on Real Housewives of Miami, Patton has quickly become a fan favorite. Not only does she not gossip like she's a 15-year-old, but her mother has more charisma than the whole cast combined. We caught up with Marysol at Lea Black's gala. Read how her expectations for the live reunion matched up with the train wreck that went down.

Marysol Patton: No, no one has...yet.

People have ALWAYS loved my mom. She has had a huge celebrity following for, like, 20 years. She doesn't think anything of it. But I'm just used to people loving her, and hanging on to every word she says. It's just her being herself.

I think I was portrayed well. I was 100 percent myself and that showed. I don't really make fun of people, so they maybe wished for more of that, but that's not really my thing. I would rather make fun of myself than anyone else.

I would love to.

Um, we will see what they ask me. If they ask me something that is really bothering me, I'll be honest.

We're too educated for that. We need a little bit more street girls for that.

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Marysol Patton, Alexa Echevarria, Micah Jesse, Lea Black, and Adriana De Moura of the Real Housewives of Miami attended Micah Jesse's 4 year anniversary party at The Box on April 5, 2011 in New York City.

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Marysol Patton, Lea Black, Adriana de Moura, and Alexia Echevarria of the Real Housewives of Miami attended The Blacks Annual Gala at Eden Roc, a Renaissance Beach Resort and Spa on April 2, 2011 in Miami Beach, Florida. Also pictured, Roy Black and Pitbull.

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Four weeks into Real Housewives of Miami, talks amongst the reality loving community are about everything from Lea Black’s no nonsense communication to Cristy Rice’s party crash. But the biggest standout so far is no doubt Marysol Patton’s mother, who she says is sure to outshine any of the wives.

"She is really funny!" Marysol told Niteside at the Eden Roc Miami Beach. "People love her. She says things and I’m just like, ‘Where does that come from?’ She never hurts anybody, she is just really funny. She will definitely be bringing belly aching laughter."

As we all watched the public relations powerhouse who owns local firm The Patton Group get engaged last week, she admits she wasn’t ever sure the show was meant for her. Or if Bravo even wanted her.

“I thought I was being punked the whole time. I thought they were just letting me film with everybody. I felt like I wasn’t really in it. I didn’t think I was fabulous enough to be in the gang. But in the end, I had fun.“

And she isn’t the only one who has benefitted from her time on TV.

"Also, I thought it would be great for my clients. I knew it would give them more exposure. I think they’re happy I did it now.”

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Yes, Real Housewives of Miami fans, Marysol Patton went through with her Winter Wonderland wedding and Zap2it has the first look at the blushing bride's exclusive wedding photos in Life & Style.

"I was freaking out!" the 44-year-old tells the magazine about planning the wedding in only five days. "But on our wedding day, a sense of peace came over me."

The PR gal, wearing a gown by designer Angel Sanchez, and Frenchman Philippe Pautesta-Herder, 34, eloped in Aspen, Colo. on March 25, 2010. And, the housewife says it was a dream come true.

"We rushed so we wouldn't miss the snow," Marysol says. "I always wanted a winter wedding!"

The housewife had to wait to release the photos until her Bravo show premiered. For more exclusive photos from Marysol's wedding, pick up the current issue of Life & Style!

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Real Housewives of Miami stars Marysol Patton, Lea Black, Adriana de Moura and Cristy Rice attended Ocean Drive Magazine Eighteenth Anniversary event at JW Marriott on March 9, 2011 in Miami, Florida. Also pictued, Julianna Arvido and Roy Black.

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Real Housewives of Miami star Marysol Patton attends the "Battle: LA" red carpet screening at Regal South Beach on March 7, 2011 in Miami, Florida.

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On the last episode of the Real Housewives of Miami, Cristy Rice crashed Lea Black’s black-tie event and refused to pay for a ticket. This was the first time we clearly saw the two sides drawn by this new cast — Lea, Marysol Patton, Alexia Echevarria, Lea Black and Adriana DeMoura-Sidi against basketball wives Cristy and Larsa Pippen. And the rift you saw on TV is real, Marysol Patton tells Hollywood Life exclusively — it continues “until this day!”

“Everybody is cordial when we have to get together for filming and photo shoots, but you know, there are four of us [Marysol, Alexia, Lea and Adriana] who are friendly and hang out outside of all this filming,” says Marysol. ”There are two [Cristy and Larsa] that do the same as well. You can’t put six strangers together and expect them to all be best friends.”

Marysol, president of public relations firm The Patton Group, in Miami, helped Lea plan the gala. She thinks Cristy’s refusal to pay was way out of line.

“I learned my business doing it for charity,” she says. “Unless you’re a big donor and you have a track record of donating a lot of money, you’re paying before you go. When you don’t have a track record with a charity, everybody knows you don’t do that.”

Marysol’s relationship with her mother, Elsa, is also a highlight of the series. On the premiere, we watched as Elsa bluntly asked Marysol about her sex life. The situation still embarrasses Marysol.

“First of all, she totally ambushed me because I had no idea she was going to do that,” Marysol shares. “I was totally uncomfortable. She may not be Victorian, but I think I am a little bit. I kept looking at the camera people and at her like, ‘What is going on right now?’ Talk about sex? Obviously that wasn’t a conversation that I’ve had with my mother before. I was genuinely taken aback, nervous and uncomfortable with the whole thing. She just says whatever because she has nothing to lose.”

But overall, Marysol loves her mother’s humor. “She’s just naturally hysterical,” Marysol says. “I just have bellyaches from the stuff that comes out of her mouth. She doesn’t hurt anyone’s feelings — not at anyone’s expense — it’s just this crazy stuff that comes out of her mouth that’s hysterical. It’s just good, clean fun.”

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