Posted on 09/20/2005 6:03:41 PM PDT by wagglebee
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Texas woman has sued ABC's popular reality show "Extreme Makeover" for more than $1 million claiming among other things that an abrupt cancellation of her appearance on the program led to her sister's death.
Deleese Williams of Conroe, Texas, claims she came to Los Angeles to be a contestant on the show after undergoing a series of medical exams to determine if her crooked teeth and droopy eyes could be fixed and her small breasts enhanced, according the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The suit starts with the blunt description: "Deleese Williams is considered ugly" and says one doctor promised her "a Hollywood smile like Cindy Crawford."
To prepare for the show, the producers sent a crew to Texas in January 2004 to interview Williams and her family.
The suit claims the "Extreme Makeover" crew manipulated Williams' sister, Kellie, into making cruel statements about Williams' looks.
The night before Williams was to begin her makeover, the show's producers told her it would take too long for work on her jaw to heal. They canceled her appearance and sent Williams home where Kellie, distraught over what she had said about her sister, eventually killed herself, according to the suit.
"Sometimes Deleese blames herself for Kellie's death," the suit said.
An ABC spokeswoman was not immediately available to comment.
She'd look fine if she just closed her mouth.
The hell she ain't!! Get some glasses!
Let's see your picture.....I'll bet you're a real looker (gag)
The suit claims the "Extreme Makeover" crew manipulated Williams' sister, Kellie, into making cruel statements about Williams' looks.
reckon any of these fit?
"...so ugly, when she joined an ugly contest, they said "Sorry, no professionals."
or
"...so ugly, when she looks in the mirror, the reflection ducks."
I meant compared to the Hildabeast (and I have glasses)!
I don't think she is ugly, but a famous "so ugly" joke from Rodney Dangerfield was that he was so ugly, when he was born the doctor slapped his mother.
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