Omarosa Debuts Sizzling New Dating Show on TV One June 17 harsh mart NNPA National Correspondent WASHINGTON(NNPA)- TV One's new television show Donald J. Trump Presents"The Ultimate Merger" sounds more like business program about joint ventures than an African-American dating show- but it isnt Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump and the producers of the highly-successful NBC reality program The Apprentice have brought their can't miss formula to TV One hoping that one of their most infamous Apprentice contestants can close the deal on love If nothing else, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, usually just known as Omarosa, always makes for good television. Trump knows this. That's why he invited his season one contestant back for a second time as a participant on Celebrity Apprentice and has now green-lighted her a reality show of her own In the more than 20 reality and talk shows that she has appeared on Omarosa's on-screen persona is unapologetic, manipulative, contentious and down right mean. The self-described"b---"and diva " has also been called an ice queen, a race baiter, and worse by more than just the media The 36-year-old Ohio native has made a career of being a professional reality show shrew. She doesn't care. It's worked for her so far, judging from the avalanche of bankable opportunities and publicity as of late. In interviews, Omarosa has claimed that the mean queen seen on screen is only a persona. When you ask how much of that is really me, I'm a competitive woman, I'm an outgoing woman a charismatic woman Omarosa said in an interview with the NnPa News service. "There are so many facets to my life that this show introduces another facet of who I am to audiences The former political consultant-turned-reality star walks a thin line between reality and "reality After her appearance on the original Apprentice in 2004, Omarosa told Jet Magazine that the shows producers edited the show to portray her as a villain saying that those types of "shows dont appen, nor do they portray actual reality. They are constructed reality. She added: "Historically, African-Americans have been portrayed negatively on reality television We don't come across well. You've got to start looking and saying, 'ls that really how all African-Americans are?' Because they are trying to say that this is representative of our people Five years later, Omarosa continued with her same venomous persona, even embracing it after many major media outlets like E! and TV Guide named her the most villainous real ity television ar of all time In 2009, Omarosa was accosted by talk show host Wendy williams after a catty exchange for reinforcing the "angry Black woman"stereotype in the media. Omarosa replied by saying, " I would rather be an angry Black woman than a buffoon And a buffoon she is not Omarosa has cashed in on her controversial persona and turned her 15 minutes of fame into a continuous weekly prime time slot. But how will Omarosa do with her own Not bad actually. Omarosa's"Type a personality works well as a domineering beauty looking for a fellow of equal yoke. Although she contends that her search for a mate is"genuine"she's trying to blow away mounting smoke building around a series of photos that have surfaced her with her1 Omarosa Debuts Sizzling New Dating Show on TV One June 17 Pharoh Martin NNPA National Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) - TV One's new television show Donald J. Trump Presents "The Ultimate Merger" sounds more like business program about joint ventures than an African-American dating show - but it isn't. Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump and the producers of the highly-successful NBC reality program The Apprentice have brought their can't miss formula to TV One hoping that one of their most infamous Apprentice contestants can close the deal on love. If nothing else, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, usually just known as Omarosa, always makes for good television. Trump knows this. That's why he invited his season one contestant back for a second time as a participant on Celebrity Apprentice and has now green-lighted her a reality show of her own. In the more than 20 reality and talk shows that she has appeared on Omarosa's on-screen persona is unapologetic, manipulative, contentious and down right mean. The self-described “b----” and “diva” has also been called an ice queen, a race baiter, and worse by more than just the media. The 36-year-old Ohio native has made a career of being a professional reality show shrew. She doesn't care. It's worked for her so far, judging from the avalanche of bankable opportunities and publicity as of late. In interviews, Omarosa has claimed that the mean queen seen on screen is only a persona. "When you ask how much of that is really me, I'm a competitive woman, I'm an outgoing woman, a charismatic woman,” Omarosa said in an interview with the NNPA News Service. “There are so many facets to my life that this show introduces another facet of who I am to audiences." The former political consultant-turned-reality star walks a thin line between reality and “reality”. After her appearance on the original Apprentice in 2004, Omarosa told Jet Magazine that the show's producers edited the show to portray her as a villain saying that those types of “shows don't happen, nor do they portray actual reality. They are constructed reality." She added: "Historically, African-Americans have been portrayed negatively on reality television. We don't come across well. You've got to start looking and saying, 'Is that really how all African-Americans are?' Because they are trying to say that this is representative of our people." Five years later, Omarosa continued with her same venomous persona, even embracing it after many major media outlets like E! and TV Guide named her the most villainous reality television star of all time. In 2009, Omarosa was accosted by talk show host Wendy Williams after a catty exchange for reinforcing the “angry Black woman” stereotype in the media. Omarosa replied by saying, "I would rather be an angry Black woman than a buffoon.” And a buffoon she is not. Omarosa has cashed in on her controversial persona and turned her 15 minutes of fame into a continuous weekly prime time slot. But how will Omarosa do with her own dating show? Not bad actually. Omarosa's “Type A” personality works well as a domineering beauty looking for a fellow of equal yoke. Although she contends that her search for a mate is “genuine” she's trying to blow away mounting smoke building around a series of photos that have surfaced her with her