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The Swan contestants call reality show 'sadistic' years on
Original: The Swan contestants on the ‘sadistic’ pageant reality show: ‘Ultimately, we were just a job’
Former contestants of the early-2000s reality show The Swan, in which women underwent extreme plastic surgery makeovers before competing in a beauty pageant, describe the programme as 'sadistic', saying producers treated them as disposable. In a new interview with The Guardian, they say they felt like 'just a job' rather than people, adding to growing scrutiny of how reality television treated its participants.
Why now: Reality TV treatment of contestants is under renewed scrutiny and the interview offers fresh first-person accounts.
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