Melisa McLaney from Bama Belles on TLC
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PHOTOS Meet Melissa McLaney of TLC’s Bama Belles

ByAsa Hawks

TLC’s new reality series Bama Belles features five women living in the small Southern town of Dothan, Alabama. The women on the show range in age from 25 to 39 and come from diverse backgrounds, including a couple Northern transplants trying to adjust to the Southern lifestyle.

One of the cast members that needs no adjusting is 35-year-old Melissa Mclaney, a stunning former beauty queen and current business owner that was born right up the road from Dothan in Ozark, Alabama. Keep reading for Melissa’s life story that includes years as a pharmaceutical salesperson, co-founding H2O Sports boat dealership and taking home the crown of Mrs. Alabama in 2009!

Bama Bells Amie Pollard Val Tignini Jana Roberts Melissa McLaney Dakota Redding
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VIDEO Watch the ‘Bama Belles’ commercial for TLC’s newest reality series!

ByAsa Hawks

TLC announced earlier this week that they will be airing a documentary mini-series titled Bama Belles based on the lives of five women living in the small town of Dothan, Alabama. The Real Housewives inspired show is set to premiere December 5 and TLC aired the first commercial during last night’s Sarah Palin’s Alaska and we’ve tracked down a YouTube version for y’all’s viewing pleasure!

Bama Bells Amie Pollard Val Tignini Jana Roberts Melissa McLaney Dakota Redding
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Real Housewives of Alabama? TLC to premiere ‘Bama Belles’ December 5

ByAsa Hawks

TLC continues to try to recapture the reality show gold it had in Jon and Kate Plus 8‘s heyday, following up it’s controversial and successful polygamist reality series Sister Wives with a quintet of ‘Bama mamas from the small town of Dothan, Alabama in a new limited-run series titled Bama Belles set to premiere December 5. Keep reading for brief bios of the women to be featured as well as lil’ photos of four of ’em!