Charm School (TV series)

Charm School
Top row (from left to right): Darra, Thela, Shay, Saaphyri, Courtney, Becky, Schatar Bottom row (from left to right): Jennifer, Larissa, Heather, Leilene, Cristal, Brooke
Created by	Cris Abrego Mark Cronin
Starring	Mo'nique
Country of origin	United States
Production
Executive producers	Mark Cronin Cris Abrego Ben Samek
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	VH1
Release	April 15, 2007

Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School is a VH1 reality show, a spinoff of Flavor of Love created by the producers of The Surreal Life and Flavor of Love spinoff I Love New York. It is hosted by comedienne Mo'nique, and features 13 contestants from both seasons of Flavor of Love, assigned the challenge of developing proper etiquette in a competition for $50,000 and the title of "Charm School Queen."

The Ten Commandments of Charm School

There are ten commandments of Charm School, each of which correspond to a challenge or lesson learned in an upcoming episode. The first episode, which lasted 90 minutes, covered the first two commandments. Each episode thereafter will cover one commandment until the end of the series.

1. Check Thyself Before Thou Wreck Thyself
2. Thou Shalt Goeth, Girl
3. Thou Shalt Show Some Class
4. Thou Shalt Work What Thou Art Working With
5. Thou Shalt Spit Mad Game With Style
6. Thou Shalt Mind Thy Money
7. Thou Shalt Payeth It Back
8. Thou Shalt Represent
9. Unless Thou Can Play, Thou Wilt Be Played
10. Thou Shalt Be Fully Fabulous

Contestants

Contestant's Name	Flavor of Love Nickname	Season/Elimination (Flavor of Love)	Expulsion (Charm School)
Becky	Buckwild	Season 2, Episode 6	Still in competition.
Brooke	Pumkin	Season 1, Episode 8	Still in competition.
Courtney	Goldie	Season 1, Episode 7	Still in competition.
Darra	Like Dat	Season 2, Episode 5	Still in competition.
Larissa	Bootz	Season 2, Episode 8	Still in competition.
Leilene	Smiley	Season 1, Episode 6	Still in competition.
Saaphyri	Saaphyri	Season 2, Episode 1	Still in competition.
Schatar	Hottie	Season 1, Episode 6	Still in competition.
Shay	Buckeey	Season 2, Episode 7	Still in competition.
Cristal	Serious	Season 1, Episode 3	Episode 4
Jennifer	Toasteee	Season 2, Episode 4	Episode 3
Heather	Krazy	Season 2, Episode 9	Episode 2
Thela	Rain	Season 1, Episode 2	Episode 1

Episodes

Episode 1: "No Mo'Nicknames"

Thirteen flavorettes returned to learn lessons in style and grace. The most charming girl will win $50,000 dollars.

Each loser was introduced and the audience was told why they were chosen to go to Charm School, via clips from Flavor of Love. From the first season, Smiley returned due to her emotional outbursts, especially the one the night of her elimination; Serious, for her "egomania" during a confrontation New York had with Hottie; Goldie for drinking, passing out and vomiting her first night in the house; Pumkin for spitting on New York; Rain for engaging in a screaming match with New York; and Hottie for her "crazy" behavior, which, amongst other things, led her to present raw chicken to Flavor Flav and his mother.

From the second season, Saaphyri returned due to her fight with H-Town and her subsequent elimination an hour into the competition; Bootz for "hating" on other contestants; Buckwild for being "the blackest white girl"; Like Dat for her slovenly table manners; Buckeey and Krazy for their balcony fight which led to Buckeey's elimination; and Toasteee due to her revelation that she posed nude for pornographic websites and production companies.

Two people were introduced to assist Mo'Nique in eliminations: Mikki, an Essence magazine editor, and Keith, from an entertainment agency and beauty pageant coordinator. All the girls received their pledge pins from Mo'Nique and threw out their name tags with their nicknames from when they were on Flavor of Love. Saaphyri was the only contestant on Charm School without a nickname, due to her disqualification for fighting with another contestant (H-Town) before she received one on Flavor of Love Season 2. From this point forward, each contestant was referred to using their real names.

For their first challenge, the girls went on a sisterhood retreat, having to take a two mile hike to their campsite from the bus with each of them lugging items for the camp. Schatar was the first to reach the campsite, but came with only one log and a bag of candy while the rest of the group reach the campsite later with the rest of the items. Mikki appeared at the campsite to instruct the girls to nominate two captains for each team for the next days challenge: the nominated captains were Leilene and Saaphyri.

Early in the morning, the girls received a wake up call from a Drill Sergeant (Franklin Dennis Jones) who took them to a marine boot camp obstacle course which would teach them the value of teamwork, and afterwards, a member of the losing team was expelled. After being instructed to choose the teammates that would help the team to win (and not because of friendship), Leilene picked Thela (who was complaining about a torn "Achilles heel") and Darra (who is overweight and not athletic), just to be nice. She showed her weakness as a captain and was at risk of being expelled that episode. Darra also was at risk because she could not get over the rope wall in the obstacle course and had to be pulled down by her teammates. This cost the yellow team the challenge and put the team at risk for elimination. Before the elimination, Thela went to Mo'Nique's office to have a one-on-one with her. This meeting is damaging to Thela because she says that when she gets angry, she "cannot see". She also admits to getting high and Mo'Nique believed that she was high during the interview. Larissa (Bootz) remarks that if Thela could get a one-on-one with Mo'Nique, it was unfair that everyone can't have one. At the elimination, Thela was eliminated. Mo'Nique mentioned that Thela could have been a potential hazard to herself and the rest of the girls and it was best if she be expelled.

Episode 2: "Dirty Draws Done Dirt Cheap"

A guest was brought in to help instruct the girls about "Thou Shalt Show Some Class". Afterwards, Andrew Firestone from The Bachelor arrived and had to pick the girl that impressed him the most.

Schatar hid some of the other girls' dresses which upsets Heather during the competition. As Heather complained about how much her BCBG dresses and suits had cost her, Brooke is the only one to help her find them. She finally looked in a drawer in the kitchen and found the dresses.

The girls first had to talk to Firestone in groups of two to see who will impress him enough to go onto the dinner. During her interview, Larissa flirts with Firestone, saying she wanted to get to know him better. However, he chose her for the dinner. He chose Becky for the dinner when she claimed to be a wine expert. Jennifer told Firestone she doesn't like wine "at all" in an effort to ditch her image from Flavor of Love. She was rejected from the dinner. Courtney was rejected when she asked Firestone if he is from California and if he has done reality TV. He retorts, "I thought I was supposed to be asking the questions". When Schatar and Heather are up, Schatar remarks that she should have hidden Heather's dress better. Heather became visibly upset. Firestone asks what was happening, and Schatar answered "I was just commenting on her dress". Heather said that Schatar's actions had "broke her heart" and she was rejected.

At the dinner, Cristal talked at length about herself, Larissa barely talked, and Darra acted politely. When Schatar bragged about donating to charity, Darra said that to her, it is not a subject to boast about. When asked to describe herself, Becky said that she is funny. She came up with a rhyme: "They call me, Miss No Booty. When I turn around I got no back to me". Firestone picked Darra and Schatar for dessert.

At dessert, Firestone asked about Schtar's mother.Schatar began to cry as she explained she her mother is confined to a wheelchair. Firestone ultimately picked Schatar over Darra. Darra Ultimately thought Schtar was lieing about her mother to get pitty from Firestone.

The other girls could not believe Schatar got away with her prank on Heather and won because of it. Brooke decided to get even by putting a pair of Schatar's thong underwear up on her picture.

As Schatar went to Firestone's event, in which she had to be a spokesmodel,she trip as soon as she got out of the limo, she knocked down the picture of the vineyard she was supposed to unveil to Firestone's clients. Firestone remarked that she should have dressed better. When she was representing him, she wore a strapless dress (white with black bovine-style spots) and a large black feather boa.

The rest of the class had to pair up and make Mo'Nique a meal from her cookbook, "Skinny Cooks Can't be Trusted". Leilene had an anxiety attack because she cannot cook and arrives to the kitchen late. Saaphyri commented on how Leilene has three kids but cannot cook. No one let her help, so she was left to make grilled cheese sandwiches by herself.

Mo'Nique had lunch and tried the girls' food. The girls told on Leilene who wasn't in the kitchen on time to do her part and made something that wasn't in the book. Leilene got upset and tried not to cry so she wouldn't look like the emotional one. Mo'Nique made a point of asking for the grilled cheese sandwiches, which she sampled first. The girls had to roleplay each other. Brooke was made fun of for freaking out about the dresses, and everyone laughed. When Jennifer roleplayed Shay, everyone laughed as well. When Saaphyri was told to roleplay Cristal, she made fun of how Cristal talks too much. Cristal roleplayed Saaphyri by screaming. Mo commented on how the girls were fighting and the lunch wasn't even a competition.

Elimination was between Larissa, Cristal and Heather. Monique gave reasoning that Larissa acted childish, Cristal was self absorbed and Heather possessed a diva and self centered attitude. Heather was ultimately expelled. Larissa commented afterward that it sent the wrong message for Schatar not to be punished for her actions, noting that she might do the same thing to Schatar, "or anyone else, to get ahead."

Episode 3: "Big Titty-Girl No No"

The eleven remaining girls learned about high fashion when they had to split into two teams and put on a fashion show. There were two teams of five (two dress designers, one girl to do hair, one to do make-up, and one girl to be the model), leaving one girl left over as a judge to be exempt. The girls chose Courtney to be the judge, and then made the teams.

The first team consisted of Larissa, Leilene, Saaphyri, Schatar, and Shay. The second team consisted of Becky, Brooke, Cristal, Darra, and Jennifer, while Courtney served as the guest judge in the competition. Leilene was chosen as the model on the first team,Larissa was chosen for make up, Saaphyri was chosen for hair and Schatar and Shay were the dress designers. while Darra was chosen as the model on the second team. Cristal was chosen for make up Brooke was chosen for hair and Becky and Jenifer were the dress designers. Cristal believed that she was almost previously eliminated because of her ego, and cited this as the reason that she did choose to be the model.

Jennifer did hardly anything, leaving the design to Becky. Cristal took control and planned much of the outfit. Meanwhile, the girls on the other team spied on the second team.

At the competition, the judges praised Leilene's team but hurt Darra's team by saying that they tried to manipulate Mo'Nique by choosing a larger woman to model, Darra. Becky, Brooke, Jennifer, and Darra all became embarrassed. Mo'Nique told Courtney that she had to decide, leaving Courtney with a tough decision (Brooke was her best friend). Courtney ultimately chose Leilene's team.

Before the elimination, Cristal talked to Mo'Nique and put the blame on Becky and Jennifer. She told Brooke, who told the other girls.

At the elimination, Becky, Cristal, and Jennifer were the bottom three. Keith told Cristal that it was the one time she could have been the model, so it was foolish for her to not choose to be. Mo'Nique sent Becky back with the other girls, leaving either Cristal or Jennifer to be eliminated. She gave the two girls a chance to explain themselves, and Jennifer began to talk about herself instead of why Cristal should go home, thus, making it easier for Mo'nique to expel Jennifer.

Episode 4: "Master Debaters "

The girls were sent to California State University, Fullerton, to learn how to debate. They were split into two teams of five, Team 1 consisted of Leilene, Courtney, Schatar, Brooke and Larrisa and Team 2 consisted of Becky, Darra, Shay, Cristal and Saaphyri. After learning the basics of debate each team had to choose the four girls who would participate in the debate and one who would be 'benched'. The benched girls would not be safe from expulsion if their respective team won the debate.

During the debate Brooke and Becky opened with Becky and Team 2 arguing that the girls on Courtney's team should be expelled and Brooke's team arguing the opposite. In the second round Larissa was to ask the questions and Shay is to rebut. Larissa stumbled over her part and Monique was impressed with Shay's debating skills. The third part put Shatar and Saaphyrri against each other. Saaphyri kept interrupting Schatar's answering of the questions. Darra and Courtney were set up to close the arguments. Dr. John Bruski made the decision that the negative team 'focused on the task' and awarded them the trophy and the victory.

Mo'Nique did not believe they deserved to win so she tells them how she, Mikki, and Keith really felt. Mo'Nique does not believe that the negative team did their job. Larissa calls her a hater. She believes that it is not fair because whenever she gets an attitude, she loses and now that she didn't have an attitude, Mo'Nique still does not like her. Mo'Nique tells Larissa that she needs to grow up and walks off camera claiming that 'now you done pissed me off.'

Afterwards, the girls go to a bar and become very drunk. They pose and take pictures with the guys as well as dancing and making out with them. Leilene asks if the whole world talks about Larissa if she will fight the whole world. Larissa then insults Leilene by saying she is not a good mother and upsetting Leilene, while Saaphyri tried to comfort Leilene.

When they arrived home, Larissa continued insult her. At the elimination ceremony Mo'Nique called Cristal, Saaphyri and Leilene on the carpet. Leilene was at risk for elimination due to her being emotionally weak, while Saaphyri was at risk for continually interrupting her opponent during the debate and Cristal for her lack of improvement. Leilene was sent back to the group by Mo'Nique, and Cristal was expelled for a perceived failure to change.

Expulsions

Episode Progress

Contestant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Comments
Becky	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE
Brooke	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN
Courtney	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	WIN
Darra	RISK	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE
Larissa	WIN	RISK	WIN	WIN
Leilene	RISK	SAFE	WIN	SAFE
Saaphyri	WIN	SAFE	WIN	RISK
Schatar	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN
Shay	WIN	SAFE	WIN	SAFE
Cristal	SAFE	RISK	RISK	OUT
Jennifer	WIN	SAFE	OUT
Heather	SAFE	OUT
Thela	OUT

     The contestant was safe from expulsion.

     The contestant was at risk for expulsion.

     The contestant was expelled.

     The contestant did not win but was safe from being expelled.

     The contestant was at risk for expulsion, but was asked by Mo'Nique to step back (Unique to Becky and Leilene).

     The contestant was asked to be the judge, therefore safe from elimination (Unique to Courtney).

External links

• Vh1's Charm School Official Site
• Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School Weblog