Reality TV World By Christopher Rocchio, 09/26/2007

MTV has announced Pageant Place, a new Donald Trump-produced reality series that will follow several beauty queens as they live together in a New York City apartment and represent their different crowns, will premiere Wednesday, October 10 at 10:30PM ET/PT.

Current Miss Universe Riyo Mori and Miss USA Rachel Smith as well as former Miss Teen USA Katie Blair will star in Pageant Place, which captured the beauty queens’ daily lives during their respective reigns this past summer.

Pageant Place’s season will also eventually feature Hilary Cruz — who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2007 last month — moving in with Mori and Smith and adjusting to the spotlight that comes with being Blair’s successor.

While the women coexisting together isn’t new — as they normally live together during their yearlong reign — this will be the first time viewers will be invited inside to witness some royal cattiness.

In addition, The Donald — who is co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization, which includes Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA — will also make regular appearances on Pageant Place to keep the beauty queens on track and in check, similar to the way he handled the January controversy surrounding former Miss USA Tara Conner’s underage drinking.

The previously announced eight-episode series is being produced via Trump Productions (which Trump launched last summer), Evolution Film & Tape, Inc. and the Miss Universe Organization.