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Women judge each other -- it's a known, yet sad, fact. So last night as I sat down to watch the season premiere of The Girls Next Door featuring Hugh Hefner's new girlfriends, Crystal Harris, 23, and twins Kristina and Karissa Shannon, 20, all I could think was, "These girls are going to be fake, dumb golddiggers."
But as The Girls Next Door premiere kicked off with Hef's last three girlfriends, and the previous stars of the show, Holly Madison, 29, Bridget Marquardt, 36, and Kendra Baskett, 24, leaving the mansion (which, I'll admit, caused me to get teary-eyed), I realized that they shattered the Playboy stereotype for me.
Over the past four seasons I grew to really like the girls of The Girls Next Door. I loved Madison's determination, Marquardt's smarts (yes, I said smarts) and Baskett's ridiculous laugh. (And I know I'm not alone in liking them as all three now have their own shows -- Planet Holly, Kendra and Bridget's Sexiest Beaches.) So as I watched scenes of the show's original stars ending their relationships with Hef and starting lives of their own, I remembered that, yes, Playboy models are people too and that I should give Hef's new three girlfriends a chance.
Who knew that The Girls Next Door wasn't just for looky-loos fascinated by the idea that an 83-year-old man could date not one, not two, but three blondes at once? Perhaps the reality show can actually force us to question our own preconceived -- and sometimes incorrect -- notions about people.
The Girls Next Door airs Sunday nights at 10 p.m. on E!
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