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My experience on the show...

posted 17 years ago by AshesGeren
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I was made over on the show. "Ashley Geren." At the end, they said that they were going to give me a photoshoot and four weeks of acting classes, and the hair stylist said she would take out my extensions when they grew out.

Well, we did the photoshoot, but I never got the acting classes, and I ended up having to pull the extensions out of my hair because the stylist ignored me after the show ended.

Anyway, I had to give up all of my clothes that meant so much to me, clothes that I had made over the years, in return for three outfits and a bag of ugly shirts that said "TROY KINGDOM" on the front of all of them. Okay, that's nice and everything, but after the show, I only had those three outfits and the "Troy" shirts. That's it. All of my clothes were gone, and I ended up having to wear the jeans and those Troy shirts pretty much everyday until I got some hand-me-downs from my Aunt.

So, although I got a wonderful photoshoot from it, I didn't become a model. They gave me a suit so that I could "look professional to get a job," but I still couldn't get a job for months afterward because of the high competition for jobs here.

And, they made me look very stupid on the show. The producers provoked many arguements between me and my brother so they could get "juicy material" for the episode. During one of the arguements, we argued on the meaning of punk and rebellion. When I finally saw the show, they edited it so it looked like I couldn't think of anything to say on my side of the arguement, and they made me look uneducated and naive.

So, I would definately say that the bad very much outweighed the small amount of good that came from the time I spent filming "How Do I Look?" However, I did receive about 200 messages on myspace after the episode was aired, and I was at least happy to have entertained people, and I was even more happy to read the messages that said they thought I looked better as a punk than after the makeover.

They twisted the story of my past around and made my family look bad, they used pictures of my fiance when I told them that they couldn't, they made it seem like I was incapable of getting a job because I didn't know how to dress for a job interview. As you can see, I am not an idiot. I cleaned up nicely long before that show made me over, but I just preferred to dress as a punk casually.

Thanks for reading.
-Ashley

www.myspace.com/trashaholic
Currently, if you scroll to the bottom of my "about me" box, there is a link to the "How Do I Look" website page that shows my before and after pictures.

[–] acadiaroses 17 years ago

I despise this show so much sometimes, yet I still like to watch it. It upsets me to hear men tell their wives they are ruining their marriage because of the way they look/dress. It's just as bad to hear a mother tell one daughter she doesn't look as good as her sibling or some similiar scenario. It would hurt me so bad if someone wanted to take me on this show to change how I look.

To the OP, I never saw the show you were on, but I checked out your Myspace and you were just as beautiful before the makeover. I've always wondered what happened to the clothes and whether or not they were really thrown away or donated to charity or something. Thanks for sharing your story.

O/T: Am I the only one who thinks Finola is the last one to be judging someone else's look, when she looks a hot ass mess herself sometimes?

[–] tfulton30 8 years ago

If a wife chooses to dress frumpy and never put any effort into making herself look nice than she needs a swift kick in the ass. A marriage takes commitment and hard work and if one becomes too comfortable then one should expect the other to lose interest after awhile. These people dress like they're homeless or piles of *beep*

[–] nitro-glycerin-noise 17 years ago

This was one of the first episodes to introduce me to this show (when you're unemployed finishing a degree at home, you naturally start watching a lot of TV!) and it seemed really warped, and like it was tailored to make you look like some delinquent, naive, kid. The episode hit really close to home, considering I could see a lot of styles and clothes in your former wardrobe that I have, or had at one point (and the boots! I would've been livid!)

This show tries to make itself look like more than just a makeover show, but really that's all it is. That's really *beep* that all the promises they made to you fell through. I think you look adorable before and after, but hey, you look stellar with a hawk! :)

Hope all is well, and *beep* going good in your life, despite your entire wardrobe being thrown out! Take care.

Back to more trashy TV shows!

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[–] roxysupastar4112 17 years ago

i just watched this episode yesterday for the second time. i always kinda thought the show was rigged, but i still like it. mainly i just watch it to see all the amazingly cute clothes the accomplices pick out. if the particular "victim" interests me, i'll watch to see how they look at the end.

anyway, i'm sorry the show kinda ripped you off (in a way). i really liked how you looked at the end, though. i swear, you look exactly like one of my friends.

[–] HorribleDrBones 16 years ago

This show sucks. I remember your episode because I always remember ones with hot girls. That's garbage that they got rid of your clothes. They should recommend what you should wear but not force you. So... f-ck you Finola Hughes and f-ck you How Do I Look.

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