The foulmouthed contestants on the upcoming Australian version of Ladette to Lady have been labelled the cheekiest and rudest in the show's history.
The controversial reality show features eight outrageously behaved "ladettes", who — in the first episode seen by ninemsn — are shown almost getting arrested on the flight to London's Heathrow Airport.
The ladettes are later caught urinating on the side of the road, binge-drinking, vomiting and offering to strip at the local pub.
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The show's cookery teacher, Rosemary Shrager, told ninemsn the Aussie girls were "fighters".
"They wanted to change but on the other hand they wanted to fight it all the way," she said.
"It was mainly the swearing that was the issue with the girls and the rudeness in a very cheeky way, they were cheekier than the Brits."
The show has already attracted criticism from psychologists who say it is likely to do the troubled contestants more harm than good.
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"I would be very surprised if the show did help these contestants become so-called ladies," psychologist Sally-Anne McCormack told ninemsn.
McCormack criticised scenes from the show such as one in which 21-year-old Queensland delinquent and alcoholic Skye Harper is forced to man a bar at a cocktail party.
"I think it's terrible, it's just cruel TV," McCormack said.
"Something like that would be traumatic for her and I don't see any benefit in it."
Without long-term support there was the potential for the contestants to become depressed and resort to even more inappropriate behaviour, she said.
But Shrager defended the show, saying the series had achieved an "amazing" amount of success.
"Each one had their own major problems but we certainly broke through with some of them," she said.
"The proof will be in the pudding as to whether they are ladies or not if you see how they are behaving now."
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