Primped to Stripped

BiancaAppearing on Heart to Heart changed my life forever. But not for the better.Since then, I’ve been struggling to be taken seriously by the media. Strangers think they know the real Bianca Stone. The vapid, self-absorbed, mean girl who played a game of hearts and lost. At least, that’s what I’ve read. Even my own family thinks I’m helpless, a sentiment only made worse after I lose my job when a fashion show goes, shall we say, bottoms up.Needless to say, I never thought I’d do reality TV again.That is, until Stripped came along. Stripped is the polar opposite of Heart to Heart. A show where you use skills to survive in an unforgiving environment. I mean, it can’t be much different than living in New York, right?Except, in New York, you can usually keep your clothes on.Now, here I am in the middle of Madagascar, determined with the help of my partner to prove the world wrong about me. There’s just one my partner, the one I have to spend two weeks alone—and naked—with, is brooding, troubled, and can’t stand me. Did I mention he’s also a ripped, modern-day Tarzan?This just got a whole lot more interesting.LennoxA tragedy left me an orphan, almost taking my life in the process. In the years since, I’ve made it my life’s work to teach people skills they need to survive in the wild.But go on a reality TV show?Yeah, no thanks.Even though I’m a consultant for Stripped, being on the show sounds about as enticing as a colonoscopy. But I’m in a bind and that gig could help me out.So, I agree, only to discover that my partner is Bianca Stone. I know nothing about Bianca, except that she was on a reality dating show and, from what I’ve seen, seems to be the typical attention-seeking, insufferable, celebrity wannabe, not to mention annoyingly beautiful.And now I have to spend two weeks alone with her, huddled together in a lean-to—naked.Great.