RememberThe Swan?20 Years Later, One Contestant Looks Back on the Controversial Reality Show with No Regrets (Exclusive)
Kelly Berdyck, née Becker, today.Photo:Courtesy Kelly Becker Courtesy Kelly Becker The early 2000s reality television scene boasted such long-running favorites asSurvivorandThe Real World,but also brought a new subgenre of makeover shows includingExtreme MakeoverandThe Swan. The Swanpremiered on Fox on April 7, 2004, and followed a group of women who called themselves “ugly ducklings,” transforming them through exercise, dental work, cosmetic surgery and wardrobe and makeup changes, in addition to therapy....