Former Miss Teen New Jersey 2009 Alexa Brunetti Bares All on “Dating Naked”

August 23, 2016
JACK-BLACKBUSH

Maybe All Beauty Pageants Should Be Nude

I don’t know what normal beauty pageant winners do after their reign - I’m sure most of them go to school or get a job or become pageant consultants, but in the case of the former Miss Teen New Jersey 2009, Alexa Brunetti, they go on VH1’s show “Dating Naked.”

Alexa Brunetti was working as a waitress in Atlantic City and is hoping to branch out into hair and make-up somewhere in NYC or LA. She appeared on an MTV reality show, but then got a call from VH1.

“I didn’t even know ‘Dating Naked’ existed before that, but yeah, why not?” Brunetti said. “I’d been out of the industry and in school. So, we had a phone interview, they loved me. A Skype interview, they loved me. And finally, it was ‘Come out to LA and audition.’ In the beginning of March, I got a call: ‘Next week, you’re going to Bora Bora.’

And while one would think a former beauty queen would be fine taking her clothes off, for Brunetti, years of body issues came rushing back when she saw all the other girls who were going to be “Dating Naked” with her.

"I was never big. I was just thick and curvy. As you see on TV and in magazines, that’s just not in. Being in Bora Bora, I was seeing all these in-shape, fit girls. They either have tiny figures or are very in shape, like, ‘I’m a fitness model,'” said Brunetti, carefully avoiding the public release of plot details. “And here I am: the makeup artist, but what are they going to see on TV? Oh, the fat one, the fat one, the fat one."

Honestly, I don’t know what the hell Brunetti is talking about. She has a rather fantastic body and anyone who says otherwise should get their eyes check.

“I’m prepared. I have thick skin," she said. "I’ve been bullied my whole life, so I went into the confident this-is-who-I-am thing. I’ve really learned to push down those insecurities, especially now, with the videos and stories about ‘plus-sized models.’ I think it’s just beautiful. They’re starting an amazing movement. I hope I can help break down those barriers about body size and image.”

I’m not going to say that “Dating Naked” isn’t a good show, but if it was a different channel, then it would be an awesome some.

Though, if you are a lover of the rear end than this show has to be one of your favorites and Alexa Brunetti will probably end up being one of your favorite contestants. Keep your eye out for her episode, which will air sometime this month.