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The CANVAS Beauty founder shared that she’s stepping away from the reality series as she prepares to welcome her second child.

If you’ve been hoping to see entrepreneur Stormi Steele on the next season of OWN's Belle Collective: Birmingham , unfortunately, that won’t be happening. The reality TV personality just informed fans that she won't be returning for Season 2 of the show for health reasons.

During a livestream, a social media user asked whether the reality TV series was filming another season, to which she replied, “Yeah, they’re filming. They're filming another season. I will not be there. Doctor’s orders.”

The "doctor's orders" are likely related to her second pregnancy, which the CANVAS Beauty Brand founder announced in September after keeping the news private for seven months. Steele surprised fans with glam maternity shoot photos, which she shared on Instagram.

“Calll me MOTHAAAA!!! A bishhh is pregnant!” her caption started. “To say this one blew my mind would be an understatement. They say tell God your plans and he will laugh in your face.”

She is gearing up to become a mother of two—the business owner has a son, Chess, whom she conceived through IVF . She explained that due to her endometriosis diagnosis, she didn’t think natural pregnancy would ever be a reality for her. But while preparing to go the surrogacy route due to a traumatic first pregnancy, the business owner learned she was expecting.

Some of the symptoms she experienced included sickness, back pain, and a missed period—at one point, she even thought it may be early menopause.

“Searching for answers I took a pregnancy test anyway as a joke with Courtney and the mf was positive. I almost fainted! I thought about my business, my body, my plans, just everything hit me all at once. I was in a state of pure shock for 24-48hrs… crying… scared… and then joy came! My body had actually f--king did the thing, and just like that my whole mindset changed,” she wrote in the announcement caption.

Toward the end, the beauty guru joked that her pregnancy was rapper Cardi B’s fault, alluding to her second child being conceived the night after attending the Atlanta leg of the rapper’s recent tour.

Steele is a former Mississippi-based hairstylist and salon owner who started mixing beauty products in her kitchen. She launched CANVAS in 2018 and eventually grew it into a multi-million-dollar business. One highlight of her career came when she made history by generating over $2 million in a single TikTok Shop livestream.

Her signature product is a body glaze that comes in a range of scents. Additionally, CANVAS Beauty Brand offers body jams and drops.

Wishing her a successful delivery, and we hope to see her back on TV in the near future!

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