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"   Photo: Getty Images  NBC&amp;#039;s gearing up for their first fashion-focused reality show, Fashion Star. Supermodel Elle Macpherson&amp;#039;s already been confirmed as the host, but the network just named Jessica Simpson the show&amp;#039;s official mentor. The singer, whose own fashion empire is worth an estimated $1 billion, will coach the fledgling designers as they compete for a multi-millions dollar contract to fund their own line and sell their collections within three major department stores. (The store&amp;#039;s buyers double as the show&amp;#039;s judges.) They&amp;quot;ll shoot the series in front of a live audience\u2014which doesn&amp;#039;t quite jive with the reality show experience\u2013and feature models (wouldn&amp;#039;t it be great if they used real models?), music and dancing. So it&amp;#039;s like every reality show ever made rolled into one? There&amp;#039;s no word yet on when the show will air, but in an added twist, whatever clothes the winning designer whips up on the show will be available to buy online that same week. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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