The Mother Of All Pageants

Just when you think reality TV had pitted almost every combination of human against one another, the CW introduces the mother of all reality shows…literally. “Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants” is soon to become our biggest guilty pleasure. Pageant judges Carson Kressley, Shanna Moakler and Cynthia Garrett will be answering the question, “How do you like them apples?” and mother/daughter teams from Tonawanda, New York to Duarte, California are hoping to god the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree where beauty and brains are concerned.

As much as we’d love to believe teamwork and family ties are at the core of this competition, nothing talks like cold hard cash. The winners are set to take in a cool $100,000 at the end of the season.

To be fair, we have to give the respect where respect is due…how many moms do you know (besides Brooke Burke and Heidi Klum…) would parade bikini clad on national television? Not many. Did we also mention the “Big Pageant Dance Number?” That’s right, this pageant comes with all the fixins including an opportunity for the mother/daughter teams to express their views about important issues in the world. My predictions on which issues will sit at the forefront of this sinfully fabulous new show… global warming, world hunger and, I don’t know, curfew? All I know is I can’t wait to find out…

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