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September 01, 2008 - Eight teenagers who have starred on 'My Super Sweet 16' will experience what it’s like to live with an indigenous tribe, in some far-off corner of the globe. Finally fed up with the spoilt, extravagant and brattitude behavior of the most outrageous divas ever, the parents have joined together to exile their rebellious kids.
A virtual reality TV program, 'My Super Sweet 16', reveals jealous siblings, stressed parents, school rivals and above all the atrocious behavior of spoiled rich kids as they prepare for their 'Party to end all Parties'. The teens methods are extreme and extravagant, as they endeavor to ensure the milestone of their 16th birthday, is commemorated as the ultimate celebration of all celebrations.
MTV is launching a 'My Super Sweet 16 Exiled' in a new season.
· Ava to the jungles of Thailand
· Amanda to the wilds of Kenya
· Sierra to the bush of Vanuatu.
· Bjorn sent to the deserts of Moroco
· Marissa to the hills of India
· Melany to the high altitudes of Peru
· Chelsi to the frozen tundra of Norway
Being brought up as the daughter of famous hip-hop and soul musical star, Cee-Lo, has trained Sierra how to be the ultra Prima Dona. Sierra clearly revealed this during the filming of her legendary Sweet 15 birthday party.
After three years, Sierra is more of a diva than before. Her parents want to show Sierra that not everything will be hand to her on a silver plate for the rest of her life. The parents agreed to have their daughter exiled to an isolated volcanic tropical island in Vanuatu, in the South Pacific. There she’ll learn that it’s not 'who you know', but 'what you are', that will produce respect in the bush of Vanuatu. Sierra will learn how it is to sleep, eat and live, the way the villagers have lived for generations.
Walking for many hours to reach the village, Sierra will find that after dark there is no electric light to be switched on, just the glow from the firelight. There will be no hot and cold running water for a shower. If Sierra is lucky she may have a pipe overhead that provides cold water. Or it may have to be a fully clothed dip in the river.
Wood must be collected for fire, in order to cook meals. For daily food supplies, Sierra will have to walk with other ladies to the village garden. There’s no super-market here. If a pig has been chosen to produce the highly valued curled tusks, (a form of currency), it will have to be hand fed.
Sierra will gain knowledge of how to cut and prepare the pandanus leaves in order to weave the coveted valuable ceremonial mats, another form of currency. She will sleep on a mat on the earthen, or coral floor. If a bed has been prepared for her, it will be made of split bamboo cut in half, with no mattress. To keep the mosquitoes at bay at night, there will be a fire in the middle of the room.
Sierra will eat off carved wooden plates and maybe wooden utensils. Otherwise, fingers are put to good use. Fresh coconut juice will be drunk instead of coffee.
In the evenings Sierra will hear the elders of the village pass on their ancient traditions and customs through stories, sand drawings, songs and dance. Sierra may be drawn into playing games organized for the children, when they challenge the spirits of the night.
Sierra will come to understand the importance and value of traditional medicine made from the local plants. Modern medical help will be available only at a small first aid clinic, miles away, that has been donated by aid-donor groups.
Sierra will be absolutely challenged by her Vanuatu experience. Hopefully the friendliness and openness of the Ni-Vanuatu people will recompense her for the strangeness of her new environment. Sierra cannot return to her fully equipped modern home, the same Prima Dona who left.
The teenagers in the village may never have the privilege of a form education, like Sierra. But they will have many things to teach Sierra.
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