Not to fear, though. I'm not quite lowering myself to Entertainment Tonight standards... yet.
A gaggle of gorgeous moms from across South Florida lined up in Miami Beach for a chance at cash prizes, a modeling agency interview and the title of 'Hottest Mom in America.'
BY LAURA MORALES
llmorales@MiamiHerald.com
At 5 a.m., when many partygoers are going home from clubland, a bunch of fair ladies began lining up Saturday outside an empty Miami Beach theater with no velvet rope and no bouncer.
Some wore classy, elegant dresses, while others looked set to embrace a brass pole. There were naturally pneumatic stunners and others who obviously had had some, ahem, surgical assistance.
But they all shared one sultry goal: to become the Hottest Mom in America -- and earn some cash for themselves and their kids.
There they were: scores of foxy South Florida moms flocked to the Byron Carlyle Theater on 71st Street, happy to spend up to two or three hours waiting in line for their turn to audition for the hot mom contest.
Mark Hughes, the show's executive producer, said more than 200 women turned out for the auditions. ``We want moms who are not just physically attractive, but confident, energetic, smart and involved with their kids and communities.''
Everybody, it seems, wants to be sexy from the cradle to the grave these days. Given our national obsession with hotness, it's no surprise that ''reality'' contest shows are so popular.
''I think I'm a pretty hot mom, and my son is the world to me,'' said flaxen-haired Yvonne Leibow, a Miami loan officer, communications student and mom of 2-year-old Devin. ``My family supports my being here. They agree that I'm hot.''
Gawking male motorists agreed, too. Distracted by the bulging cleavage and lithe legs on display, a few rubberneckers nearly crashed into one another.
Every so often, a crew member with a headset would run up and down the line of contestants, motioning for them to cheer wildly and wave their arms in the air whenever a TV camera ventured close.
''I don't know what the heck we're supposed to be cheering for, but here goes,'' said Meisha Robinson, a North Miami single mom and beauty salon manager. 'I'm here mostly just to say, `I did it.' My family can't believe it.''
Sagine Douge, of Hollywood, said her husband told her she was crazy. ''You're gonna get up at the crack of dawn on a Saturday?'' mimicked Douge, who has a 1-year-old son, Jordan.
To audition, the moms tell a camera why they think they should win and briefly display any showbiz talents, like singing or dancing. The computers take stills of the contestants, which are later displayed on the show's website, hottestmomin
america.com.
Through further interviews, the field will be narrowed to 50, then 10, then five, Hughes said. ``Some of the ladies see it as a chance to begin a career in TV, but most are just having fun with it.''
The winner will get $25,000, plus a $25,000 scholarship for her child or split among her children, an interview with a modeling agency and treatments with Restylane, an injectable antiwrinkle gel, for a year. Auditions are scheduled through October in Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, New York City and Los Angeles. TV stations then will bid to air the show once it's done filming, Hughes said.
Homestead ''hottie'' Stacey Christidis, wearing what looked like a shirt with the bra on the outside, said she would use the prize money to pay medical bills for her daughter Malaina, 6, who has autism.
''Motherhood is the hardest job,'' said Christidis, a doting mom who also has a 3-year-old son, Nico.
"Why not make some money at it?''
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