Business Mogul and The Apprentice Star Donald Trump is joining forces with MTV in developing a new reality series that will feature the day-to-day lives of Trump’s beauty pageant winners.

The show, which will be called Pageant Place, will reportedly have Trump acting like a den mother to the girls in show, one of who is former Miss USA Tara Conner, who was almost dethroned last year. Some months after winning the crown, Conner reportedly tested positive for cocaine use. A few days after the reports surfaced, a press conference was held, during which it was announced that Conner would be going into rehab for her alcohol problem.

In the same press conference, Trump said that despite Conner’s behavior, he would not take away Conner’s title, a decision which was publicly condemned by former The View co-host, Rosie O’Donnell. O’Donnell’s comments gave way to the on-going feud between her and Trump.

In talking with Variety about Pageant Place, The Apprentice star said “We’d been thinking about everything that happens backstage and how women like Tara captured the imagination of so many of us, including a slob named Rosie O'Donnell, who didn't like that I gave Tara a second chance. And we thought, wouldn't it be great if we let the cameras roll?”

Aside from Conner, the show’s first season will also feature beauty pageant winners Riyo Mori (Miss Universe 2007), Rachel Smith (Miss USA 2007) and Katie Blair (Miss Teen USA 2006). Blair, who is only 19 years old, was also involved in last year’s controversy as she was reported to have kissed Conner while they were at a club.

Since the three beauty pageants are held over specific periods of time, viewers can expect to see new winners coming into the show every four months.

Although Trump will have a major role on the show, the producers of Pageant Place clarified that it will not be similar to The Apprentice. Trump Productions President Andy Litinsky said to Variety, “We won't have any competitions or eliminations. We don't need any of that because there's already so much here. It's all real.”

MTV has committed to eight episodes of the new reality series, but should the show perform well, it is likely that the cable network will order more.

-Lisa Claustro, BuddyTV Staff Columnist

Source: realitytvworld.com

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