King of the Crown (TLC)

In KING OF THE CROWN, pageant coach Cyrus Frakes (of Gowns and Crowns in South Carolina) coaches young women to win in beauty contests. He's had several clients in fairly high-profile pageants and works hard to help his current protegees present themselves in the best way possible -- which can  mean everything from helping them lose weight to coaching them for the on-stage interview process and teaching them how to compete in swimsuit competitions.

While Frakes clearly has a stake in how well his clients do -- if he didn't produce winners, people wouldn't hire him -- he seems slightly more interested in his own welfare than his clients'. In one case, for example, Frakes pushes a client who embarrassed herself in a national televised competition to compete again to redeem herself ... and him, too.

And Frakes isn't the only one with mixed motives and messages. In another instance, viewers see a mother pushing her daughter relentlessly, then sabotaging her and berating her for it. It's painful viewing -- to the point that you can't help but wonder whether the daughter really wants to be in a pageant, even though she says that winning Miss USA is her lifetime dream.