Figtree's Bianca Stevens was expelled from Eggleston Hall in last night's episode of the WIN TV show, Ladette to Lady.Ms Stevens, a former television production assistant, went on the show in a bid to turn around her hard-partying lifestyle.And since she was sent packing from the British finishing school after just three weeks, Ms Stevens says she has "moved on'' from her old ways.
EDITORIAL: Bianca seems content to fade from limelightBut Ms Stevens is upset by the media attention and the community's reaction to her story and yesterday took aim at her critics on the Mercury's website."First of all I am not proud nor ever was proud of the way I was acting,'' she wrote."Instead of judging me based on what you read (which is mostly incorrect anyway), have a look at the hurtful things you're saying to someone you don't even know, and ask yourself whether that's something a mature and responsible person would say about another person. "I'd say it makes you worse than us ladettes - at least what we do doesn't hurt other people and their feelings - we were only hurting ourselves.''The 23-year-old told the Mercury last week that she had always been a tomboy-like character, always wanting to climb to the highest branch in the tree.She plays soccer and attends boxing training and a lot of her friends are blokes."It was a learning experience, I have learnt everything in moderation but I can still hang out with the guys and do sports," she told the Mercury last week."But then there is also the times when you need to kind of be a bit more of a lady . . . what I have learnt is that you have got to be able to fit between the two.''The anti-smoker also said she was aware of the health risks with alcohol but the young always thought they were invincible."I am anti-smoking because of the same reason and alcohol is just as bad but it is not as enforced on us that it's as bad as smoking, it's a bit more socially acceptable to drink,'' she said.In last night's episode the ladettes had a royal make-over and prepared afternoon tea for the aristocratic mothers of potential suitors.The show has been criticised by feminist writer Dr Leslie Cannold who says the old-fashioned, repressed ideals it promoted, demeaned and trivialised women's intelligence and turned ``them back into pathetic creatures who were dependent on men''.