Beauty Queen Suing ABC, Disney Claiming Wife Swap Ruined Her Life

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 Chip 4 Comments

New York teenager Alicia Guastafarro said being portrayed as a pouting pageant princess on ABC’s Wife Swap destroyed her life, and wants the network and Disney to cough up $100 million to make up for it.

RadarOnline.com has learned that Guastafarro, 18, is suing the show and its’ parent companies, claiming she was subject to “incessant verbal and physical assaults from her peers” after her appearance on the program, which focuses on the culture clash that ensues when two random families swap mothers.

Guastafarro, an ex-beauty queen, said many of her scenes were scripted to paint her in a negative light, making her recite lines such as “I am the most popular girl in school,” and “I do feel sorry for people that are not gorgeous people.”

Guastafarro said she received so much “ridicule, mockery and derision” from her peers, she had to finish high school in a special program.

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Beauty Queen Suing ABC, Disney Claiming Wife Swap Ruined Her Life

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Ember
You've got to be kidding me! I hope her case gets thrown out of court and she finally has to deal with reality! Her parents are nothing more than crooks who deserve to go to jail, not only for their crimes but for raising their child the way they have! It's absolutley appalling that any lawyer would lower themselves and actually take this case to begin with. These people were stupid enough to go on the show – they made their bed, now they have to lay in it!
Danielle
I knew Alicia and went to high school with her and she's right, Wife Swap did make her look so much worse than she really was. She's a very sweet girl and everyone hated her so much after she was on that show. I saw her crying several times in the first couple weeks after that show aired from the incessant and cruel ridicule. It wasn't fair by any means.. I t was most likely her parents decision to participate in Wife Swap which meant she had no say. I hope she wins.