Granted, for good measure the odd bit of third world
sensationalism is thrown in now and then. Cats with divine
markings, bibles ordaining incest, children talking in
tongues and following evil forces into the night to disappear
for days on end etc.
In the first world, people have a few
more options, but the stuff the hungry viewers feed on,
especially in terms of sensationalism, is well, I suppose
we should call it first world.
So Howard Stern wasted no time in organising
a pageant to find Tiger Woods’ Best Mistress on
his TV show!
But the excitement was not so much the
pageant itself. It was really about the scandalous details
these girls were spilling out about their affairs with
the world’s formerly squeaky clean top golfer.
All the contestants were former mistresses
of Tiger Woods, except for Rachel Uchitel, who was disqualified
because she had signed a settlement agreement with the
golfer (probably worth much more than $75k?)
Jamie Jungers
walked away with a whopping $75 000 (+-R500 000)
and a unique black diamond ring especially created
for the competition by Steven Singer Jewellers to
be ‘the perfect mistress ring!’ |
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And the target market?
Well, the show was sponsored by AshleyMadison.com, an
online dating service for people looking to cheat on their
significant others, that uses the tagline ‘Life
is short, have an affair.’
Mistresses Loredana Jolie and Jaimee Crubbs
were the runners-up and were each awarded $15k by the
sponsor.
Pictured below is the new craze in jewellery
in the first world. The 3.5-carat Mistress Ring is also
being marketed as The Non-Engagement.
