Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School is the first season of the VH1 reality show Charm School. It is a spin-off of Flavor of Love created by the producers of The Surreal Life and Flavor of Love spin-off I Love New York. It is hosted by comedian actress Mo'Nique, assisted by talent agency president Keith Lewis and magazine beauty director Mikki Taylor, and features thirteen contestants from the first two 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 show was recorded over 25 days in an Encino mansion during Fall 2006. Saaphyri Windsor was ultimately named Charm School Queen and was awarded the $50,000.
Ten Commandments Check Thyself Before Thou Wreck Thyself Thou Shalt Goeth, Girl Thou Shalt Show Some Class Thou Shalt Work What Thou Art Working With Thou Shalt Spit Mad Game With Style Thou Shalt Mind Thy Money Thou Shalt Payeth It Back Thou Shalt Represent Unless Thou Can Play, Thou Wilt Be Played Thou Shalt Be Fully Fabulous
Contestants Cast memberOriginal seasonFinishPlaceSaaphyri WindsorFlavor of Love 2Episode 101Leilene "Smiley" OndradeFlavor of Love Episode 102Becky "Buckwild" JohnstonFlavor of Love 2Episode 103Shay "Buckeey" JohnsonFlavor of Love 2Episode 104Brooke "Pumkin" ThompsonFlavor of LoveEpisode 85Larissa "Bootz" HodgeFlavor of Love 2Episode 76Darra "Like Dat" BoydFlavor of Love 2Episode 67-8Schatar "Hottie" TaylorFlavor of LoveEpisode 67-8Courtney "Goldie" JacksonFlavor of LoveEpisode 59Cristal "Serious" SteversonFlavor of LoveEpisode 410Jennifer "Toasteee" ToofFlavor of Love 2Episode 311Heather "Krazy" CrawfordFlavor of Love 2Episode 212Thela "Rain" BrownFlavor of LoveEpisode 113
Episode Progress #ContestantsEpisodes12345678101SaaphyriSAFEBTM 2SAFESAFEBTM 3SAFEWINNER2LeileneBTM 3SAFEBTM 3SAFEBTM 2SAFEBTM 2RUNNER UP3BeckySAFEBTM 3SAFESAFESAFEBTM 2SAFEELIM4ShaySAFESAFEBTM 3BTM 4BTM 3SAFEELIMJDGE5BrookeSAFESAFESAFESAFEELIM6LarissaBTM 3BTM 2BTM 4ELIM7Schatar SAFEELIM8DarraBTM 3 SAFE SAFE SAFEELIM9Courtney SAFE ELIM10CristalSAFEBTM 3BTM 2ELIM11JenniferSAFEELIM12HeatherSAFEELIM13ThelaELIM The contestant won the show. The contestant won the challenge and was immune from expulsion. The contestant sat out of the challenge, but was immune from expulsion. The contestant did not win the challenge but was safe from expulsion. The contestant was at risk for expulsion. The contestant was expelled. The contestant was the judge of the challenge. The contestant was the runner-up of the show.
Episodes
No Mo'Nicknames First aired April 15, 2007
Each girl 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 outburst on the night of her elimination; Serious for her egomania during a confrontation she, New York, and the other girls had with Hottie; Goldie for drinking, passing out and vomiting her first night in the house; for spitting on New York during her elimination; Rain for engaging in a screaming match with New York and Hottie for her "adorable" behavior, which, amongst other things, led her to present raw chicken to Flavor Flav and his mother. From the second season, Saaphyri returned for assaulting H-Town over a bed, resulting in her subsequent disqualification 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.
The headmistress of this season ended up being Mo'Nique. As they entered the house, 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 assaulting another contestant (H-Town) before she received one on Flavor of Love 2. From this point forward, each contestant was referred to using their real names. A mixer was then held for the girls to have talks with Mo'Nique and the deans.
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. Thela immediately blew a fuse, saying she has an "Achilles heel" and can't hike two miles in the woods. She ended up doing it, although complaining the entire way. 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. At camp, the girls struggled with setting the tent and preparing food. Thela starts to lose patience as no one helps her find a can opener, and she has a minor breakdown. Leilene tries to comfort her, although fearing she would look weak as well.
Mikki appeared at the campsite later that night to instruct the girls to nominate two captains for each team for the next day’s challenge: Saaphyri was nominated, and Leilene stepped up to be a captain. 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. Becky remarks that she would date him and that he was cute (at least to her). Darra immediately gripes, as she is not very athletic. Keith and the Drill Sergeant appeared as well, showing the girls the course will teach them the value of teamwork, and afterwards, a member of the losing team was expelled.
Despite being instructed to choose the teammates that would help the team to win, Leilene picked Thela (who was complaining about her leg) and Darra (who is not athletic), so their feelings wouldn't be hurt. She showed her weakness as a captain and it continued to show when she tried to motivate them, and did not have a strategy.
Saaphyri's team won the challenge, as Darra could not get over the rope wall in the obstacle course and had to be pulled down by her teammates, costing the challenge for the team. 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 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, Leilene and Darra were called out for their weakness, but Thela was ultimately 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 was expelled. Challenge Winner(s): Saaphyri, Becky, Courtney, Jennifer, Larissa, Schatar, Shay Bottom 3: Darra, Leilene, Thela Expelled: Thela
Reasons For Elimination Thela - Mo'Nique felt that Thela's anger was a very serious issue, and that what she needed was more drastic than what the show could've done for her.
Dirty Drawers Done Dirt Cheap First aired April 22, 2007
Guest instructor Colette Swann was brought in to help teach the girls about manners, hence "Thou Shalt Show Some Class". Heather came down with red pumps, leading to even the teacher to comment them as "stripperish". Most of the girls struggled walking normally, let alone with a book on their head. Cristal was able to do this well, although she grumbles about her hair being ruined. When the girls get to table manners, Leilene gets confused. After asking too many questions, Leilene gets herself into doing a toast in front of everyone. Although Leilene is intimidated, she pulls it off very well.
Mo'Nique then gave them their challenge; Andrew Firestone from The Bachelor would arrive and had to pick the girl that impressed him the most. They would pair into twos for the first round. Then the best of the duo would go to dinner with him. Firestone would then select two of the six, and choose the winner after dessert with the final pair. The winner would help represent Firestone at an event and be safe. Schatar and Heather immediately pair up, in which Schatar then reveals to Heather that she had hidden Heather's dress. Larissa and Shay want Brooke as their partner, as both thought they would win against her easily, but Brooke choose Larissa.
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 and gets chosen 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 for the dinner. Courtney was rejected when she asked Firestone if he came from California and did reality TV. He retorted, "I thought I was supposed to be asking the questions".
At the dinner, Cristal talked at length about herself, Larissa barely talked, and Darra acted politely. When Schatar mentioned donating to charity, Darra said that was not a subject one should 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. Firestone ultimately picked Schatar over Darra. Brooke decided to get even, mainly for Schatar stealing Heather's dress, by putting a pair of underwear up on her picture. When Shay, Larissa, and Brooke point out Schatar's underwear on her picture, Schatar denies they're hers. Schatar went to Firestone's event, in which she had to be a spokesmodel.
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 children but cannot cook. No one let her help since they were almost finished, 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 because she was not in the kitchen on time to do her part and she made something that was not in the book. Leilene got upset but tried not to cry so she would not look emotional. Mo'Nique made a point of asking for the grilled cheese sandwiches, which she sampled first.
The girls had to role-play each other. Brooke was made fun of for freaking out about the dresses, and everyone laughed. When Jennifer role-played Shay, everyone laughed as well. When Saaphyri was told to role-play Cristal, she made fun of how Cristal talks too much. Cristal role-played Saaphyri by screaming. Mo'Nique commented on how the girls were fighting and the lunch was not even a competition.
Elimination was between Larissa, Cristal, and Heather. Mo'Nique reasoned 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."
Challenge Winner(s): Schatar Bottom 3: Cristal, Heather, Larissa Expelled: Heather
Reasons For Elimination Heather - Mo'Nique felt that Heather had a poor attitude and played the "victim" role far too often.
Big Titty Girl No-No First aired April 29, 2007