Tonight's Best TVSaturday, August 6By Alynda Wheat
Entertainment Weekly
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MO'NIQUE'S FAT CHANCE (Oxygen, TV-PG) Finally, curvy lady crusader Mo'Nique ("The Parkers") puts a producer's credit where her motormouth is, bringing us cable's "first full-figured beauty competition." Here, 10 ladies pack off to Beauty Boot Camp to focus on "attainable beauty." Translation: "I wasn't trying to make them anything but who they were," explains the actress-comedian. "Just be the best you can be!" The confident ladies then face off (competitions include lingerie and evening wear) for the title of Ms. F.A.T. (that's Fabulous And Thick) in front of judges such as NBA star Shaquille O'Neal and plus-size model Mia Tyler. Still, Mo'Nique stresses, Fat Chance isn't so much about the prize ($50,000 and a modeling contract with Just My Size) as it is about the precedent: "We already won because this show is on the air." Enough with the sweet talk, did she unleash any quips to devastating effect? "I'm a big girl just like them," Mo'Nique notes. "If I say a big-girl joke, we laugh together." -- Abby West
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