Having no prior experience in pageantry did not stop
Annette and
Alana, a mother and daughter from Hayward, California, from joining The CW's new reality competition,
Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants. Annette, 44, said that she and their daughter decided to try out for the series upon realizing it was time for them to “shake things up.”
"We have always been so close throughout the years and thought this would be a fun experience to share together," Annette told the
Contra Costa Times via email, as the network does not allow contestants to be in contact with the media in person until they are eliminated from the competition. "We were both at a point in our lives where we needed to shake things up."
Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants is a reality series that pits mother-daughter teams against each other in a no-holds-barred beauty pageant. Each week, the teams are subjected to different challenges, with industry personalities like
Queer Eye's Carson Kressly, former Miss America
Shanna Moakler and television host
Cynthia Garrett.
The show debuted last Wednesday, and as part of the first challenge, which had to do with making good first impressions, each team had to come up with a nickname. While Annette and Alana's presentation impressed the judges, their moniker, “Silent But Deadly,” did not.
"It was never our intention for the name to be taken so literally," Alana told the
Contra Costa Times, explaining that their nickname was meant to emphasize the team's soft-spoken nature, mixed with their intentions to knock the judges “dead.”
Fortunately, for Annette and Alana, they were spared from elimination, as the judges decided to send Albuquerque residents
Andrea and
Amanda home.
Viewers will have to tune in to tomorrow night's
Crowned to see if Annette and Alana will survive another elimination. Their future on the show is uncertain to viewers at this time. But one thing is for sure: the experience proved to be rewarding for the mother and daughter, as Annette claims it brought them closer together.
"We gained a deeper bond and a better understanding about our relationship," Annette said. "We were able to see each other deal with stress and bizarre situations and come out of them on two feet."
-Lisa Claustro, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Contra Costa Times
(Image Courtesy of the CW)