The Girls of Hedsor Hall is a 2009 MTV reality television series similar to Ladette to Lady and VH1's Charm School. The series takes 12 out-of-control American girls to Hedsor House, a filming, wedding, conference and events venue in the United Kingdom. There, a finishing school called Hedsor Hall was created where they will try to become ladies. The girl who improves the most will receive the Hedsor Trust, which is worth $100,000.
Contestants Host: Tara Conner Headmistress: Gill Harbord Disciplinarian: Rosemary Shrager Housemaid: Dina Lees
Name Age Episode Eliminated Kimberly Ferrari 22 Winner Brianna Frost Hogan 21 Episode 8 (Runner-up) Samantha LaBonte 22 Episode 8 Hillary Diaz 22 Episode 7 Jenna Heiss 22 Episode 6 Paola Perales 24 Episode 5 Jennifer Morina 23 Episode 4 Margie Stubbs 24 Episode 4 Jen Marden 22 Episode 3 Maddy Siedlick 24 Episode 2 Lillian Justice 24 Episode 2 Amanda Fabbri 22 Episode 1
Episode progress #ContestantsEpisodes12345678 1KimberlySAFEWINSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINNER 2BriannaSAFERISKSAFERISKSAFESAFESAFESAFERUNNER UP 3SamanthaSAFERISKSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEOUT 4HillarySAFESAFESAFERISKSAFEWINOUT5JennaRISKSAFERISKSAFESAFEOUT6PaolaSAFESAFESAFERISKOUT7JenniferSAFESAFESAFEOUT8MargieRISKSAFERISKOUT9JenSAFESAFEOUT10MaddySAFEOUT11LillianSAFEOUT12AmandaOUT The contestant won The Girls of Hedsor Hall The contestant was Runner up The contestant won the week's challenge The contestant was safe from expulsion The contestant was at risk for expulsion The contestant was at risk for expulsion, but was told she won the challenge The contestant was expelled The contestant was expelled outside of The Student Board of Review The contestant was expelled without being at risk for expulsion
Episodes Episode 1: "Assessment and Appearance" First aired February 9, 2009
Challenge: Behavior at a Cocktail Party Bottom Three: Margie, Amanda, Jenna Expelled: Amanda Reason: Mrs. Shrager, Ms. Harbord and Ms. Conner all felt that Amanda's constant fighting and swearing was disruptive. Further, when Mrs. Shrager woke everyone up that morning and saw that Amanda was covered in makeup, she asked Amanda what she looked like, to which Amanda rudely replied, "I look like I'm in a lot of fucking pain right now," angering Mrs. Shrager.
Episode 2: "Etiquette" First aired February 25, 2009
Challenge: Etiquette (in Balance, Art, Flower Arranging, Conversation Skills, Wine Tasting, and Behavior in a Luncheon) Challenge Winner: Kimberly (in Flower Arranging) Challenge Prize: The flower arrangement will be put on the Lucheon table Bottom Three: Brianna, Samantha, and Maddy Expelled: Maddy & Lillian (Eliminated outside of the Student Board Of Review) Reason': Lillian refused to come to her classes, causing Mrs. Shrager and Ms. Harbord to step forward and demand answers from her. Ms. Harbord asked Lillian to define "respect" to which she replied that she's "not a dictionary," causing her to be expelled instantly. Maddy drank too much at her Wine Tasting Lesson, then told the girls that she wanted to go home and eventually told her teachers, eliminating her.
Episode 3: "Expanding Horizons" First aired February 28, 2009
Challenge: Expanding One's Horizon (in Behavior in National Breakfast, Falconry, Plucking pheasants, Hosting or Cooking for a Dinner and Behavior at a Dinner) Challenge Winner: Margie (in Falconry) Challenge Prize: A Badge Bottom Three: Jen, Jenna, Margie Expelled: Jen Reason: Jen offered her prescription drugs to her roommates. Further, she kept talking during her breakfast lesson, causing Mrs. Shrager to tell her to shut up. She also cried and freaked out during the pheasant shoot and when she plucked the pheasants.
Episode 4: "Anger Management" First aired March 7, 2009
Challenge: Anger Management (in Criticism, Fencing, Cooking, and behavior around men) Challenge Winner: Kimberly (in fencing) Challenge Prize: A call home Bottom Three: Hillary, Paola, Brianna Expelled: Margie & Jennifer Reason: When the girls were going out to eat at a local restaurant, Ms. Harbord criticized Margie's outfit, saying it was inappropriate. Initially, Margie started to cry and she stormed out, leaving the girls to go to dinner without her. Jennifer had been told more than once by Mrs. Shrager to remove her makeup and when Mrs. Shrager noticed that her makeup was on once again during cooking, she yelled at Jennifer to get out of the kitchen and take off her makeup.
Episode 5: "Country Weekend" First aired March 14, 2009
Challenge: Temptation (in Sexual Etiquette, Waltzing, Hostessing and behavior at Hedsor Hall alone) Challenge Winner: Samantha (in Waltzing) Challenge Prize: A free pass during elimination, meaning that she couldn't get eliminated Bottom: Everyone was at risk this week. Expelled: Paola Reason: Paola failed as a Hostess. She constantly excused herself from dinner, leaving her bachelor all alone.
Episode 6: "Job Training" First aired March 21, 2009
Challenge: Job Training (Cooking and working at a London Hotel) Challenge Winner: Hillary (in Cooking) Challenge Prize: Leader Bottom: Everyone was at risk this week. Expelled: Jenna Reason: Jenna lied to the hotel manager during her interview, by saying no when asked if she'd been in jail. At the hotel, she and Brianna took over 2 hours to clean one room when the hotel manager needed 20 rooms cleaned. Infuriated by this, Jenna told the manager off, and left.
Episode 7: "Reflection" First aired March 28, 2009
Challenge: Reflection (in disciplining women who act exactly the same as the contestants when they first came here) Challenge Winner: No One Challenge Prize: Nothing Bottom: Everyone was at risk this week. Expelled: Hillary Reason: Hillary failed her Appearance lesson, by not managing to make the UK girls wear something more appropriate and suitable. Initially, Samantha had to take charge of Hillary's lesson and made the UK girls change into more appropriate clothes.
Episode 8: "The Trust" First aired April 4, 2009
Challenge: Challenge Winner: No One Challenge Prize: Nothing Bottom: Everyone was at risk this week. Expelled: Samantha Reason: Mrs. Shrager, Ms. Harbord and Ms. Conner felt that she wasn't as good as Kimberly and Brianna. Graduates (Final 2): Brianna and Kimberly Winner: Kimberly Runner Up: Brianna
References
External links The Girls of Hedsor Hall at MTV.com The Girls of Hedsor Hall at IAmOnMTV.com