‘Sister Wives’ Star Meri Brown Flaunts Weight Loss After Kody Brown Split: ‘The Glow-Up Is Real’

Sister Wives fans couldn’t get over how amazing Meri Brown looked while flaunting her weight loss in a figure-hugging black dress at the 2025 Global Beauty Awards.

The TLC star, 54, shared photos from the event on Monday, April 14, posing in a sleeveless, knee-length frock with a crisscross neckline on the red carpet. Meri added to her glam look with gorgeous makeup and tousled hair.

Fans cheered Meri’s incredible transformation since her split from Kody Brown, as well as her noticeably trimmer figure, with one person commenting, “The glow-up is REAL!”

“The divorce diet! You look amazing,” a second user gushed, while a third added, “OK Meri!!! Dropped the man AND the weight!”

Several fans joked about how splitting from Kody, 56, allowed Meri to become a completely new person.

“You look absolutely stunning. Amazing what happens when you lose 180 pounds if ya know what I mean,” a fourth person commented. A fifth wrote, “Oh you lol fantastic and full of light! It’s amazing what you can do when you’re no longer weighed down by someone!”

Meri shared an insightful post on Sunday, April 13, showing off a selfie of her makeover while on a plane returning from the weekend event in Bellevue, Washington. The Global Beauty Awards bring “awareness to the pageant community and highlight the excellence of those involved,” according to the organization’s website.

“Adventure … It’s what I love and what I do, and when I decide to do something, I’m ALL IN!” the Utah resident began.

Meri continued, “Making an impact is what inspires and drives me. I want my life and work to matter. I want my story and presence to reach others, to inspire and remind them of their own power, and to light fires in them when they’ve forgotten the fire is already theirs.”

She added, “This is my journey, to live boldly, pushing beyond limits, and in full authenticity of who I’m meant to be.”

Meri has come such a long way since the breakdown of her marriage to Kody.

A source exclusively told In Touch in December 2022 that Meri was “calling out” the “red flags” in their relationship following Kody’s split from fellow sister wife Janelle Brown.

In Touch exclusively reported at the time that Janelle, 55, “outgrew” her spiritual marriage with Kody and left him. Days later, the former couple, who spiritually wed in 1993, confirmed the news during the Sister Wives: One on One special.

Meri also confirmed her split from Kody during the Sister Wives: One on One special, which aired in January 2023. She and Kody legally wed in April 1990 but divorced in September 2014 in order for the family patriarch to legally marry fourth wife Robyn Brown to adopt her children from a past relationship. However, Kody and Meri remained spiritually married.

The Lizzie’s Heritage Inn owner became the third of Kody’s wives to split from him in less than two years. Christine Woolley (née Brown), and Kody publicly announced they were ending things in November 2021 after more than 25 years together. She went on to marry David Woolley in October 2023.

Meri dipped her toe back into the dating pool in October 2023, when she began dating Amos Andrews. She announced their split in February 2024.

The entrepreneur has gone on to become a successful inspirational speaker. Meri founded the women’s empowerment group Worthy Up, where she helps others “recognize their worth” and live a life “with confidence and purpose,” according to her website bio.

Meri regularly shares encouraging, uplifting and inspiring messages with fans via Instagram posts, often being candid about the obstacles she’s overcome to become the woman she is today.