MTV’s “Made” leads to modeling contract for teen

One of the things that makes MTV’s Made so much fun to watch is seeing the kids learn to do or to be something that it seems they are totally not cut out for. Like the fat kid who wants to be on the soccer team, the goth chick who really wants to be prom queen or the socially challenged geek who wants to be a player. And, since you know that most of the show is not reality, there’s always an underlying feeling that three months after the taping the kids may have gained a little in the self-esteem department, but are basically the same as when we first met them.

But one Made contestant has found that the MTV show has actually launched her modeling career. Anna Johnson of New London, MN was on Made: Model Challenge, and when the show ended she was offered a one-year contract with Boss Models, and will appear in a Cosmo Girl pictorial.

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NBC Does a Celebrity Dinner Party Show and We’re Invited

Not to the party, but to watch the show. NBC is working on a reality show in which celebrities will host a dinner party for four of their famous friends. The dinner party will be judged for its presentation, entertainment value and food.

Reality tv production company Grenada America has partnered with NBC in this venture, and the production company has been very successful with this format overseas. However, they used regular people in the international version, not celebrities.

At this point the reality show, whose working title is “Celebrity Come Dine With Me,”  is in development, with a scheduled five episode run in December.