Posted on March 8, 2007 by Stacey Merrick

Cleaning Lady Becomes Burlesque Performer

English reality TV is truly amazing.  Faking It:  Burlesque Special turns homely bingo-playing homebody Sharon Pallister into a va va va voom burlesque dancer.

The premise of the show is 34-year-old Sharon has four weeks to turn herself from a shy Welsh cleaning lady into a confident London Burlesque dancer. With the help of Britain's top Burlesque performer, Immodesty Blaize, and ballet legend Wayne Sleep, Sharon must convince a panel of judges that she is a professional burlesque performer.

It is a myth that women need special powers or talent to be a burlesque performer.  A friend of mine says, "There are no ugly people, just lazy people."  As superficial as that sounds, it actually rings true.  Everyone has the potential to be attractive and desirable.  It seems to be that we try to pigeon hole beauty into one small category.  

The show premiers on UK TV station E4 on Tuesday, March 13.  Silly ol' me, I live sans TV, so I will not be able to view the show.  I would love to hear reviews, though.  I might try to get my hands on a copy of the show. 

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T pallister - July 3, 2007 3:25 AM

If anyone would like to see how Sharon got on after the programme check out www.myspace.com/scarletfeverxx

T Pallister - November 3, 2008 12:29 PM

Sharon has now changed her name by deed poll to Scarlet. Please check out her website www.scarletfeverburlesque.co.uk

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