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Who needs a personal chef? Until recently, shoe-obsessed Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Adrienne Maloof had her own live-in manicurist/pedicurist. An "independent manicure technician" can make in the $50K/year range, but who knows what that comes out to in Maloof money.