Why I Love Shahs of Sunset

Photo of Asa courtesy of Bravo TV

I love the reality TV show Shahs of Sunset. It's true and here's why. Reality TV has opened the floodgates for diversity. Whether we like or dislike, approve or disapprove, Reality TV is a showcase for real people. And that means real women. Women with curves and all that goes with them.

In the first two episodes we saw mean girls and gayness, with an extravagance towards livin' the life.
Aren't there mean girls and gay guys everywhere? Don't you know some chicks that bitch and whine about everything? Don't most of us have a swishy pal to dish the dirt with? Don't most of us succumb at one time or another to the "I want I Gotta Haves" over something fashion related?

The Iranian community is up in arms over what they feel is an innacurate portrayal of their culture.
But is there really a cultural divide when one is young, rich and living in Beverly Hills?

I don't watch the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but I bet that there's a bit of bitchiness and showing off, albeit in perhaps a less obnoxious manner, they're older after all.
The RHBH live in grandeur, wear expensive, designer clothes and live La Dolce Vita. And just as the RHBH are real women, they are more like cookie cutter cut outs, more Stepford Wife than Real Life.


And then there are Asa and MJ, two of the females on Shahs of Sunset. Two completely different creatures, one short in stature and the other statuesque. One with an overbearing Persian mother, another a "gypsy" with a boho lifestyle. These two female characters have figures that are buxom, curvaceous, full, lush, voluptuous, well-rounded and zaftig, just to list a few synonyms for hot and curvy!
Whether you like the show or not, the cast's escapades are food for fodder, tweets for Twitter and a raison d'être for the Persian expat community.
Read more about the two, enterprising, curvy cast members.
Asa Soltan Rahmati and Mercedes "MJ" Javid