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It's never a good idea to have reality show cameras capture your teen years ... especially when you're a bit of a diva.Alicia Guastaferro, 18, is suing ABC, the network that airs "Wife Swap," for $100 million ... yes, $100 million ... saying that her appearance on an episode when she was 15 led to her being made fun of by her classmates, death threats and a tumble from honor roll to special ed.
In turn, she claims to now suffer panic attacks and have developed suicidal tendencies.
Guastaferro, a former teen beauty queen -- Little Miss Buffalo to be exact -- wore a tiara and Barbie pink pageant gown on "Wife Swap," bragged about her popularity and said that she felt "sorry for people that are not gorgeous people."
Well, don't we all?
Still, Guastaferro argues that ABC and their parent company, Walt Disney, staged such scenes to "maximize her public embarrassment" for profit.
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Alicia Guastaferro, 18, is suing ABC, the network that airs "Wife Swap," for $100 million ... yes, $100 million ... oh very nice story thanks for shearing.
No one wins
- reality tv does go over the top at times
- the kids shouldn't have made fun of her
- everyone thinks they are a victim and must sue
ultimately she had a mirror held up to her and she didn't like it and found out others didn't as well, but instead of learning and growing from it she blamed another.
my 2¢
Guastaferro is former beauty queen like very cute & smart girl.
Don't you have to sign waivers and stuff to be on those shows anyway?
A very cute and smart girl? Are you ******* high?
You can't be serious thinking this girl is going to win. I watched the show and was amazed that she could even win a pagent I know if I interviewed a girl with her attitude example hyperventalating over a torn picture I would laugh her off the stage. Get a clue girl you wouldn't be needing the money your sueing for if you were a person who did believe in world peace instead of how many pieces of the world you can own. God help this child in the future, will be a kick in the pants when the only job she can get to support herself is a waitress job.
She should sue her parents and not ABC. I would assume that, as a minor, it was ultimately her parents decision as to whether she could/should be involved with the show or not. They got her into it so they are to blame for the fallout. Parents should never put their children on reality TV shows.
I wonder who told this girl she was so gorgeous. Maybe when she got into the real world she found out she's actually uglier than some others. That would give me a panic attack.
this girl is a joke.
I really thought this girl was wacked before I read the lawsuit. For one, they gave her a pre-taping psyc eval to see how to best exploit her, they forced her to say lines and threatened lawsuits if any attempt was made to clarify. They booked her on Tyra and forced her to answer questions a certain way under the threat of a lawsuit (questions were all set up in advance). She hadn't been in a pageant in years, her father NEVER tanned her in his life, the tree was still up because a grandparent had just died (the producers bought the present, wrapped it, and told her what to say when she opened it), the restaurant thing was completely scripted, most popular girl scripted, I feel sorry for people who aren't beautiful scripted and on and on. If even half or 1/4 of what is in the lawsuit is true, she deserves compensation, maybe not 100m, but 10m for sure.