Aussie ladettes and our lost generation of ladies

By Jodie Minus
Updated November 5 2012 - 7:41pm, first published February 20 2009 - 6:33am
Ladette to Lady contestant Bianca Stevens. Picture: DAVID TEASE
Ladette to Lady contestant Bianca Stevens. Picture: DAVID TEASE

After a hard working week at WIN Television, production assistant Bianca Stevens would go out and get plastered with her mates.To save money, Stevens would drink between one and two litres of cask wine or "goon'' at home, before hitting the nightclubs in Wollongong.The Glasshouse and the North Gong Hotel were two favoured spots. By the time she arrived, the 23-year-old was drunk.Occasionally she would get into a fight, get kicked out of the venue or wind up sick from the alcohol.But usually around 4am, after a hard night of partying, she would crawl home to Figtree and sleep until midday.It was this alcohol-fuelled lifestyle that had her mother, Alex Stylus, worried. She encouraged her daughter to apply for the new Aussie version of the reality television show, Ladette to Lady, in the hope of turning her life around.So after successfully auditioning late last year, Stevens and seven other Australian ladettes boarded a plane to London, bound for the finishing school, Eggleston Hall. The TV-show's arrival in Australia also reflects the changing norms for young women here.For the full story see Saturday's Mercury.

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