Miss New York: Down for More 'Work' With Latest Reality Show

Reality TV lovers: Brace yourselves!!!

VH1's reigning reality TV personality Miss New York (aka Tiffany Pollard) will set out to tackle America's real-life working world in the new series 'New York Goes to Work,' premiering May 4 at 10 p.m.

After being rejected twice by hip-hop hype man Flavor Flav on his highly rated reality dating competition, and then being dejected twice on her very own similar show, Miss New York set out to make a name for herself in Hollywood as an actress.

Womp womp. That didn't go as well as she had hoped.

But since she's such a personality (even making a cameo appearance in Ice Cube's 2008 movie 'First Sunday'), reality TV show producers came up with the genius idea of having her pound the pavement in search for a real job.

And America gets to play along – by (according to a network rep) choosing from a list of three possible job opportunities and voting via mobile phone which job they would like to see Tiffany try out for.

That's an interactive spin on things.Will she be a Cal Trans sewer worker, a mortuary beautician or a fast-food employee? It's all up to the viewers.

So why would the Utica, New York-reared potty mouth, liquor-swigging, cleavage-bearing, chain-smoking, former alleged Syracuse University graduate subject herself to more public ridicule, some may wonder?

For the money, of course.

If Miss New York can impress her new employers, she'll receive a

$5,000 bonus each week. But if she quits, fails or gets fired, she'll get absolutely nothing.

Well, she'll still have her good name, and that may be a good thing in the black reality TV world, where it's all about her, Keyshia Cole, Omarosa Manigult Stalworth and newcomer Brooke Crittendon from 'Harlem Heights.'

And a chance to see her scene-stealing mother, Sister Michelle Patterson, in action just may be worth the price of basic cable.

'New York Goes to Work' is created and executive produced by Mark Cronin and Cris Abrego for 51 Minds Entertainment. Cronin and Abrego also produce the record-breaking series 'Rock of Love,' 'Flavor of Love,' 'Charm School,' 'I Love New York,' 'The Surreal Life' and 'My Fair Brady.'

Finally taking a page from the playbook of other broadcast entities, each episode will be available online at VH1.com the day after its on-air premiere.

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The Cosby Show
Seasons: Eight
Notable Cast Members: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tempestt Bledsoe, Lisa Bonet, Raven-Symoné
Storyline: Popular comedy television series based on a happily married couple raising their children in Brooklyn, New York.
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Seasons: Nine
Notable Cast Members: Reginald Vel Johnson, Darius McCrary, Kellie Shanygne Williams, JoMarie Payton, Jaleel White, Telma Hopkins
Storyline: Based on middle-class suburban Chicago black family, the Winslows.
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The Jeffersons
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Notable Cast Members: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Marla Gibbs, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover, Paul Benedict
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