This year, TLC launched a reality show, "Countdown to the Crown," making contestants/stars of the beauty queens in the running for Miss America 2009. The show does what every other reality show does, putting the girls in "Survivor"-type situations. They go on scavenger hunts, answer questions and compete with each other in teams and as individuals. It's an eye-roller of a reality-show idea, but once you start watching, you're basically hooked. Such is the nature of reality TV.
What's kind of brilliant about "Countdown to the Crown," though, is the way the show connects viewers with the Miss America contestants, an insight from Miss Connecticut, 23-year-old Ashley Glenn, whom I spoke to before the first episode of "Countdown to the Crown" aired three weeks ago. (There are four episodes total, the final airing on Jan. 23, before the pageant on the 24th.)
Miss Connecticut and her alien-head friend.
Miss America Pageant 2009
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