The Swan premiered on Fox on April 7, 2004, and followed a group of women who called themselves "ugly ducklings," transforming them through exercise, dental work, cosmetic surgery and wardrobe and ...

Makeover shows reached a new level of controversy in 2004, when The Swan debuted on Fox. The show was an answer to ABC’s Extreme Makeover and took the concept of a beauty overhaul to the true maximum, ...

"There’s a circle of hell that we’re gonna be in," producer Michael Addis says on "Dark Side of Reality TV: The Swan." The Swan, the controversial reality competition series that aired on Fox for two ...

Twenty years ago, Rachel Love took part in a bizarre televised experiment that transformed her — inside and out. It all began one morning as she drove to work in downtown Seattle. An ad came on the ...

The Swan, which ran for two seasons from 2004 on US network Fox, saw a group of women participate in a pageant after undergoing a three-month transformation. The everyday women, titled 'ugly ducklings ...

The early 2000s reality television scene boasted such long-running favorites as Survivor and The Real World, but also brought a new subgenre of makeover shows including Extreme Makeover and The Swan.