One is a law student who can always be seen carrying a chihuahua under her arm. Another claims to be the Beyonce of the Valleys.
One has nicknames for each breast and another thinks he is the "Jean Claude Van Damme of the Valleys".
This is the cast of the latest reality show to hit our screens. Aspiring models, wannabe film stars and prospective TV presenters are among contestants for The Valleys.
The cast list, revealed by broadcaster MTV today, features two mentors along with nine contestants “plucked from the tranquillity of Valley life” in their South Wales “hamlet towns”.
The six-week non-scripted series follows participants as they move to live and work in Cardiff and follows reality shows The Only Way is Essex, Geordie Shore and Made in Chelsea in charting the daily lives of "ordinary people".
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Housemates in the show, which is due to air later this year, include 21-year-old law graduate Jenna Jonathan from Tonyrefail, who had breast implants as an 18th birthday present, and 25-year-old bricklayer Darren Chidgey, of Bridgend, who has set his sights on a career as a male model.
Labourer Leeroy Reed, 21, wants to become an urban music hit, while teenage kick-boxing fanatic Aron Williams wants to become “the Welsh Jean Claude Van Damme”.
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Call centre senior manager Carley Belmonte, from Caerphilly, wants to become a TV presenter, while accounts administrator Lateysha Grace pledged in her audition to be “the Beyonce of the Valleys”.
Rugby fan Liam Powell wants to make it as an international DJ – though the 26-year-old said he didn’t go on the show to become famous.
Natalee Harris, 23, hopes to fulfil her dream of becoming a model, while teenage hairdresser Nicole Morris, from Swansea, would “love to be famous” and is looking for a celebrity boyfriend.
Their progress will be presided over by two mentors – 31-year-old glamour model and photographer Anna Kelle, known as AK, and nightclub promoter Jordan Reed, 28.
Rhondda MP Chris Bryant has described the show as “hideously patronising”. But its producer has hailed the area as a “brilliant setting for a constructed reality show”.
MTV has begun filming with True North Productions for the series, which is set to air in September.
Wales Online
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