In 2010, Egypt Sherrod realized she was ready to take her real estate career to the next level. Exhibiting her trademark go-getter attitude, the Atlanta resident chose to seize the day — she auditioned for the role as host of HGTV's Property Virgins. To her surprise, she landed the job.

Fast forward to only four episodes into Sherrod's pilot season, when she got another life-changing surprise: she was pregnant! Terrified that HGTV would terminate her contract if they found out, she hid her burgeoning bump. "I wasn't trying to be dishonest, I was just trying to make it like everybody else," she told XO Necole in 2017. "You want to fulfill your dreams, but you want it all. And I wanted my baby, and I wanted my happiness, but I wanted my dream too."

To Sherrod's great relief, HGTV didn't fire her. "I laughed and I cried because they were like, 'We don't care, we were waiting on you to tell us,'" she revealed. To the network's credit, the show certainly seems to do its part to encourage and empower women. After all, both of the hosts — Sandra Rinomato and Sherrod — have been strong, smart, outspoken females.