Christy McGinity was a main cast member on Little Women: LA.
Biography
Christy Lynn McGinity was born on August 19, 1977 in Burbank, California.
Before she was on Little Women: LA, McGinity worked as a stand-in for child actors in commercials. She also had minor roles in films, "Death to Smoochy", and "Austin Powers in Goldmember". Christy was also a financial advisor.
McGinity also has experience in multiple other fields: Real Estate, Fashion Design, Recovery Coaching, Medical Assisting, Writing, Theater, Cooking, Baking, and officiating weddings.
Christy made an appearance in an episode of Little Women: NY, and has also appeared on an episode of "The People's Court" alongside her daughter Autumn.
Behind the Scenes
When Christy was 19, she married her boyfriend because she accidentally got pregnant. The two divorced.
Christy married Todd Gibel on May 16, 2014. As of March 2020, the two are separated or divorced. She has a daughter named Autumn (23) and a son named Trenton from her first marriage. Both Autumn and Trenton are little people. McGinity's ex-fiancé Gonzalo Carazo is the father of her third child, Violet, who tragically passed away at two weeks old on March 20, 2020.
At one point in her life, McGinity suffered from alcohol addiction. It affected her friendships, and even caused her children to be taken away from her at one point. She has been sober since 2010.
McGinity is friends with Little Women: NY cast member Lila Call.
In November 2016, McGinity underwent spinal surgery. The doctor nicked her carotid artery, which almost killed her. She also suffered a stroke a few months after the surgery. The type of spinal surgery that she underwent had never been performed on a little person before. She survived the stroke, but required months of recovery.
In 2018, Christy underwent gastric sleeve surgery, to assist her weight loss. In 2022 she underwent a tummy tuck and skin-removal surgery.
Christy (left), Gonzo (right), and Violet (center).
In 2019, McGinity started an online affair with a man named Gonzalo "Gonzo" Carazo, due to her husband Todd being "absent to her in various ways", and other issues, which pushed her to find affection elsewhere. Apparently, Christy and Carazo had known each other for almost a decade, were close friends, and would see each other at Little People of America conventions. The two made things official on May 25, 2019. In September 2019, Christy revealed that she and Gonzalo were expecting their first child together. Their daughter, Violet Eva Carazo was born on March 6, 2020, seven weeks premature. At her birth, she measured 15 inches and weighed 3lbs., 15 oz. But on March 20, 2020, Violet tragically passed away at two weeks old. In a podcast, Christy revealed that her daughter Violet was a "double zygote", meaning that she inherited both of her parents types of dwarfisms (not the same as double dominant). An autopsy was performed on Violet, and Christy donated Violet's body to science, so that more research and studies for double zygote births can be done, due to the lack of information there is on it.
Christy, and her most-recent husband Raul.
At some point in 2020, Christy moved to New York to be with her boyfriend Gonzo. Christy and Gonzo got engaged in April 2021, but the engagement was called off sometime in 2022. Christy left New York, and currently resides in Temecula, California.
In Fall 2022, Christy met a man named Raul Ojeda through Facebook Dating. On November 7, 2022, Christy and Raul got married. This was Christy’s third marriage. As of Spring 2023, It was unknown to the public if the two were still together--Christy deleted her posts with her and Raul from her Instagram and no longer follows him. According to an Instagram comment made by Christy's ex-fiancé Gonzo, Ojeda filed an annulment after being married to/knowing Christy for 2 months.
McGinity appeared in an episode of her friend’s podcast titled “TrashCanTalk” in October 2022. She appeared on another podcast (hosted by former LWLA cast mate Tonya Banks) alongside Terra Jolé, Brittney Guzman, Briana Renee, and Jasmine Arteaga Sorge.
Trivia
- Christy drives a Subaru Outback.
- Christy has known former LWLA cast mate Tonya Banks since she was 8 years old. The two met through Little People of America.