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Written by Jason Moffitt, II, Staff Writer

“The Real Women of Atlanta” is a reality TV show that will air in spring 2010 on the Peachtree or Bravo channel.
As part of her business class, Career Tech Business Teacher Quinita Morrow invited Jamilah Rouse, the show’s executive producer and one of its stars, and husband Cyrus Ellison to speak to her class Nov. 5. in Porter Auditorium. The presentation will air on the initial show in a three-minute segment.
“Real Women. . .” is not to be confused with “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” as it is rumored to showcase the fast-paced lives of five women who all are business savvy and worked from the bottom to the top of their careers, according to atlanta.metromix.com.
“We are self-made, and didn’t have husbands to give us money. We worked from the bottom to where we are today,” Rouse said. She added that she hopes, through the show, to reach out to others, have them relate to her, and for viewers to realize “the sky is the limit” to their achievements.
Rouse is originally from College Park, and attended many high schools, where she hung out with the “in-crowd,” which unfortunately prevented her from graduating on time.
She eventually received her G.E.D. and got a job at 18, but wanted to do more with her life. Years later, she now owns three businesses; two of them being accounting firms and one of them being a check-cashing facility.
“The fact that I did not want to work for someone, make a lot of money, and provide a good lifestyle for myself and children helped attribute to my success,” Rouse said. “I got a lot of investors together, had a business plan, they believed in it, and it turned out to be very successful.”
Profiles of all five women can be viewed on their Facebook page, and cast members include Rouse, Ellison, Nicole Massiah-Brown, Regina McGill, Cade Shawn, and Krista Gable.
Both guests provided their insights on life and shared valuable information to the students.
“You have to know when to turn it on and when to turn it off, as in playing and joking around,” sophomore Myiah Bolden said.
After high school, Bolden plans on going to college for four years to major in either accounting or technology.

1. molly woppa Says:
   December 9th, 2009 at 9:41 am

   this is average and very boring

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