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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 8:17 pm
Man what a way boring show... Very "blah" not exciting at all. And, man, of course the job is for a magazine--well Dawna has her own magazine, so it seems that it was a no-brainer that she'd be the one. She is very boring in my opinion. I think MS would have done better with Bethenny. Anyone know where Dawna lives?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 8:21 pm
Thanks, Eeyores! I went ahead and put a tape in anyway. I figured the winner would be a no-brainer.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 8:23 pm
St Petersburg, FLA is her listed hometown, Julie. Although supposedly she's a SoCal native. Hometown: St. Petersburg, Fla. Occupation: Magazine Publisher Dawna, 37, is the founder and publisher of "Her Sports" magazine, a national women's sports magazine that won a 2004 Charlie Award for "Best New Magazine of the Year." The Southern California native and former Olympic swimming hopeful graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.S. and earned her M.B.A. from UCLA. Before entering the publishing business, Dawna served as Chief Marketing Officer at MarineMax, a $700 million publicly traded marine retail company, where she directed all marketing activities for the company's 60 plus locations. Prior to MarineMax, she served as president and general manager of PR*Nutrition, a $20 million sports nutrition company. Dawna also spent four years as a strategy consultant for Deloitte Consulting and two years as a financial analyst for Morgan Stanley. She currently resides in St. Petersburg with her husband Matt and two dogs, Buffett and Val.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 8:24 pm
Hey Juju, the show is only an hour...I noticed you said two hours up there. Not that long, luckily...
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 9:04 pm
Bethany’s unwillingness to thank or give her team the slightest credit was an obvious undoing. It’s always better in those situations when you can find something good to say about someone. It practically guarantees you a compliment in return. The exchange usually goes something like “You were great! Thanks so much!” Response: “No you were great. It really went well …. Blah blah blah”. Her management style made it easy for Martha to support her decision. Dawna did well despite the crazy antics and attitude of the Claiborne (not Burn!) Executive. And her team liked her. One thing I will say is that I enjoyed this show a lot more than the last two minutes of The Apprentice! I'm still annoyed and disappointed with that one. I agree that the whole show looked like a desperate rush job and Martha and her gang had packed it in and given up.
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 9:52 pm
I enjoyed the finale and was glad that Dawna won. She really has accomplished a lot for someone her age. I was surprised that the salary for the job was only $250K, though maybe there are bonuses involved also. I am going to be a good consumer now and go subscribe to Body and Soul magazine.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 11:27 pm
although I'm sure she can't be too thrilled that her new job is going to be competing for the same market that her own magazine is
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 11:35 pm
I completely forgot it was on. First I napped for awhile and then we decorated the Christmas tree. oh well.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 12:46 am
I dressed better than Bethany did for her event when I went on beer runs as an undergrad. What was she thinking? You have a big event and the best you can do is to wear a Pringles shirt and sweat pants? I know they're sponsors, but for Pete's sake....get it together. And thank heavens Dawna lightened her eyebrows before the finale. It doesn't make that hair color look quite as absurd as it did before. I think she might have tweezed the hockey stick ends off, too, but that might just be because they are lighter and less noticable. I loved how Chuck, who didn't come to Ms Stewart's show today, refused to applaud when they scanned the audience as they went to commercial. It's always good to take a principled stand, Chuck. Please be sure to catch Alexis's radio show every day at noon on Sirius. I think it's impossible to make Claiborne clothes look great, so it was sad to hear Ms. Stewart pretend they looked nice as she watched those schmatte going down the runway. A faux leopard print sweater? Maybe in the DC suburbs...maybe. But never--never--in the same building in which one's dentist gets married. I guess Mr. Koppleman's "hubba hubba" was some Yiddish phrase I didn't understand, like "that schmatte would only look good on an alter kacker." Ms Stewart was right, ultimately, that Dawna lacked creativity except perhaps in the way she spells her name, but could she really give the job to any of the other ones? Yikes.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 1:29 am
ROTFL well, I'm glad I watched. It was worth a chuckle when Martha's daughter gave her mom attitude a number of times. Ladytex has hit on the reason that Dawna wonalthough I'm sure she can't be too thrilled that her new job is going to be competing for the same market that her own magazine is I'd say that Martha Stewart has just succeeded in taking over a competitor's magazine. It would be conflict of interest for Dawna to continue to work both mags, wouldnt it?? Did Bethany have anything that she truly brought to the table? Other than supposedly being creative? Poor Bethany did look like she'd been crying. It is too bad she didnt have better people skills or verbal skills. Her team could have been construed as "hostile" and she really did seem to do most of the final task on her own. Unfortunately, I think that the others wanted to feel like they were given more responsibility unstead of just little tidbits of lackey-jobs to do. Glad this show is over. BRING back Wickedly Perfect! Plzzzzzzzz~!
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 6:23 am
Sunshyne4u I agree bring back Wickedly Perfect. I loved that show.
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Survivoraddict
Member
09-02-2005
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 7:24 am
I've been championing the show all season, but I was really disappointed last night. Martha made a big mistake letting her show get taken over by "The Donald". Their executive styles are different, and copying his stragegys, and being forced into some type of mold by Brunett are what made her show flop.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 8:02 am
Yeah, this show went out with a dud/flop/fizzle... It was a fun show, but what an anticlimaxing end. I wish they would do a Wickedly Perfect with Martha!!!
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 9:14 am
Best line of the show, "Are you listening to me or are you on-line?" Alexis looked like she got a makeover. She looked a little less mousy. Go, Alexis!!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 9:53 am
I finally watched the rest of the finale, and yes, the production on this show was abysmal. And sorry, but I really think Ms Stewart was totally uncomfortable in front on the camera. It was obvious when she was reading clues (although I noticed she now speaks a lot slower rather than satying "uh" as she did the first few eps). Bethany's "outfit" during the circus had me flummoxed! Yeah, OK, t-shirt and sweat pants while you are preparing for the event. But don't you think you could dress up a bit as you are welcoming people to the circus? It's a circus, you don't need to wear a suit, but at least look like a professional businessperson rather than a roadie. This was totally a foregone conclusion that it would be Dawna. Even before Ms Stewart announced the hiree, the tupes of questions and her tone of voice as she asked 'em of Bethany were a true giveaway. I think Dawna is probably the best choice... I don't think Martha's ego would allow for a larger than life "star" within her domicile. And yet again, more blatant product placement by Buick. If I was ever gonna buy an American car (and that is so not gonna happen!), it sure as heck would NOT be a Buick just out of spite. Was it really necessary to show the closeup of the make of the car? Sheesh! I really hadn't paid much attention to this show (not a Martha fan at all, at all). But I tuned in out of curiosity for the finale. I'm really glad this was the one and only season. Martha may do her little daily show (which she probably scripts and rehearses) without looking stilted and uncomfortable. But she ought to stay out of the reality show arena, where you need to be able to respond, ad lib, to a contestant's comments.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 6:08 pm
Did Martha throw a blanket at Bethany(on her show)and say "Here's your consolation prize"?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 6:11 pm
Oh man, did anyone see the contestants on M's show today? If so could we have a recap? TIA!!!
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Friday, December 23, 2005 - 1:41 am
I thought that was a consolation "chrochet shawl", that was looooowwww
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Friday, December 23, 2005 - 2:34 am
I wonder if there is a way to Email the Wickedly Perfect producers and beg them to do another season. Mind you, I am sure we dont have the numbers of fans to sway their pocketbooks ha ha
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Pixieduster
Member
09-27-2004
| Friday, December 23, 2005 - 10:38 am
Hmmmmm - don't know if I believe it or not, but still an interesting read. http://www.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm December 23, 2005 -- KIDS say the darnedest things! A 6-year-old girl's candid outburst forced producers of "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart" to change the winner right before the live NBC broadcast of the season finale. On-set insiders say the granddaughter of Charles Koppelman, a top adviser to Stewart and a judge on the show, innocently revealed the winner to a room full of stunned contestants just before Wednesday night's live broadcast, sending the producers into crisis control. Judges Martha Stewart, daughter Alexis, and Koppelman, chairman of Martha Stewart Omnimedia, were about to select a winner between finalists Bethenny Frankel and Dawna Stone when the cute child's blurt-out ruined the surprise. Sources say producers then changed the script, which originally called for Frankel to be declared the winner. A former contestant who was in the green room and overheard the child's remark told PAGE SIX: "Jennifer Koppelman Hutt [Charles' daughter, who works with Alexis] and her little girl were making small talk with the cast before the show. Someone asked the little girl, 'So, who do you think is going to win?' The little girl confidently replied, 'Bethenny is going to win, Martha didn't like Dawna's fashion show.' " The shocked mother quickly whisked the tot out of the room as word rapidly spread throughout the stunned studio. The former contestant who was there tells us, "They quickly sequestered the castmates. It was very strange. They put us all in separate rooms. The producer announced to the audience, 'We have last-minutes changes in the script. We want to keep the suspense up to the very last minute.' " The source continues, "As far as we knew, Bethenny was the winner. But when they returned to live broadcast, the mood had definitely shifted. That's when all three judges voted for [Stone.]" However, one insider said, "Bethenny was never going to win. She is clearly a publicity hound." Some suspect that Bethenny leaked the micro-scandal a few weeks back that she had dated Charles Koppelman's screenwriter son, Brian, 15 years ago. Frankel referred our calls to NBC. A rep for the show declined comment. Meanwhile, sources say Martha and Alexis were bickering later, with Alexis snubbing the after-party at Martha's nearby office."
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Friday, December 23, 2005 - 10:53 am
Sounds like hogwash to me. Kids that age blurt out all kinds of nonsense. Why would anyone think she knew what she was talking about, anyway?
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, December 23, 2005 - 11:01 am
It's an entertaining story but I tend to agree that it's hard to believe that they would make last minute changes based on this. Kids say all sorts of stuff. And what would the point be in changing at the last minute?
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, December 23, 2005 - 11:06 am
The NY Post has had a long hatred of Ms. Stewart. They also employ that man who wrote that nasty book about Ms. Stewart many years ago...the one FOX "News" trots out to insult her whenever she makes a corporate move. And, as Jimmer said, it would make absolutely NO sense to change the winner at the last minute just because a bunch of contestants on the show "knew" who was going to win.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, December 23, 2005 - 11:27 am
I believe "Bethenny was never going to win. She is clearly a publicity hound." more than I believe this story. And honestly, from the little I saw, Dawna was a much better choice for Martha's "top down" organization than Bethenny ever would be. In my opinion, Bethenny is right up there with Jim in the amount of "babysitting" required to "manage" her.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, December 23, 2005 - 12:03 pm
Did anyone else watch Martha yesterday? I laughed when Dawna came out WITH Martha, and they sat there like they were going to co-host. The after a few minutes, Martha essentially said, "Go away now" by telling Dawna to go sit beside her new boss. It was so cold and awkward; I loved it.
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