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Trading faces
Texas A&M student to appear on TLC’s A Makeover Story'
By Shena Bausch
THE BATTALION
After stepping out of her flip flops and leaving behind her
teenage years, Julie Bennett said she hopes to be transformed
into a “professional” as she and her mom are styled, clothed and
manicured for three days in front of video cameras.
Bennett begins filming with The Learning Channel’s “A
Makeover Story” today on her and her mother’s shared birthday,
when camera crews will be on campus spending time with
Bennett and her friends.
Bennett, a sophomore marketing major, said she came across
the show’s application last fall on its Web site. She said she told
her mom she had applied but didn’t expect to hear anything.
On Feb. 6, however, Bennett received a phone call from the
show’s producers saying they were interested in a mother and
daughter with the same birthday.
Bennett and her mother completed 30-minute phone interviews
and corresponded by e-mail with TLC. On Valentine’s Day, Bennett
said, she received another phone call notifying her that she and her
mother had been selected to appear on “A Makeover Story.”
“It was around 8 in the morning, and my roommate and 1
hadn’t even woken up yet,” she said. “But after the phone call, I
started calling everyone I knew.”
The good news traveled fast to members of the Bennett family.
“Danielle from the show asked if she could call my mom at
work to tell her the good news, so she did and I immediately
called my dad,” Bennett said. “When I was on the phone with my
dad, my mom called him on the other line. When I finally got to
talk to my mom, she was just as excited as I was, if not more.”
Diane Bennett, Julie’s mother and a nurse at Cypress
Fairbanks Medical Center in Houston, said she was surprised.
“Julie said the show received thousands of applications and
not to expect a call back,” Diane Bennett said. “So, it was a big
surprise and it’s just getting more and more exciting every day.”
Bennett said her dad, a former Navy pilot, would be seen on
the show flying a 4-seater plane into Easterwood Airport to pick
her up for spring break.
After flying home to Houston, Bennett and her family will be
filmed having dinner and baking birthday cakes with close friends.
Danielle Burrows, a researcher at Banyan Productions in
Philadelphia, said she chose Bennett and her mom to be on “A
Makeover Story” because of their shared birthdays and close
family relationship.
Burrows said what struck her was the story of Bennett’s family
picking her up in an airplane just for dinner at her Houston home.
ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION
Julie Bennett, a sophomore marketing major, will trade in her "T-shirt-
and-flip-flop” routine when she appears on TLC’s “A Makeover Story.”
“There is just something really enduring to their story,”
Burrows said. “They just seem like really genuine people.”
Burrows said Bennett’s application explained that she was
stuck in a flip flop rut and that her mom tended to wear scrubs.
“I think Julie will have no problem making fun of her clothes
on camera or with people observing her,” Burrows said. “When
I talked with her on the phone, her energy was just contagious.”
Bennett said her fashion expertise stops at T-shirts, jeans and flip
flops, and she needs a proper look for summer internships. Diane
Bennett said her daughter needed to start thinking about Ipoking
more professional as she nears the end of her sophomore year.
“She’s been at college wearing jeans and T-shirts like a lot of
other students do,” Diane Bennett said. “She’s forgotten how to
dress up.”
Tori Vaughan, a sophomore industrial distribution major and
Bennett’s roommate, said her friend needs a new look to go with
her bubbly personality.
“Her wardrobe is kind of drab,” Vaughan said. “She wears
clothes like from the eighth grade, and it’s high time she gets a
new look.”
Vaughan said Bennett’s hair is gorgeous, but she would like
to see her witlva new hairstyle and wearing brighter colors.
Bennett’s boyfriend, Micah Lightfoot, said his girlfriend and
her mom could use a little change in style.
“Julie’s style depends on if she had a test that week. She has
the clothes but just doesn’t wear them,” said Lightfoot, a sopho
more industrial distribution major. “Her mom has this 1980s
style, so it’s definitely going to be interesting to see them with a
makeover. 1 just hope Julie doesn’t cut her hair off too short, but
other than that, 1 think she’ll look good.”
Bennett said she was nervous about saying goodbye to her
long hair.
“The first thing the show asked me was if I was willing to cut
my hair,” Bennett said. “I know the new trends are shorter lay
ered cuts, but I don’t know if I want that.”
Diane Bennett said her casual clothes are fine until she wants
to go somewhere nice, and that she could use a hairstyle change
along with her daughter.
Bennett and her mother will shop with clothing experts on
Friday and undergo a day of hair, nail and makeup treatments on
Saturday before they reveal their new looks at a joint birthday
party at a Ninfa’s mexican food restaurant in Houston.
Bennett said she looks forward to having memories of being
with her mom and gaining a new look.
“Being off at college, we don’t get to see each other as much and
I’m glad to get to spend these three days with her,” Bennett said.
For Bennett, appearing with her mother on TLC’s “A
Makeover Story” will serve a dual purpose.
“My mom and I have a very close relationship and we’ve
been celebrating our birthdays together for 20 years,” she said.
”1 like to think this is my way of giving my mom a great birth
day present. And as for myself, I’m excited to have a fresh new
look as I leave my teen years—maybe an older, more sophisti
cated look.”
The showing date of Bennett and her mom’s shared birthday
story, “Star-Crossed Styles,” will be announced at a later date.
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