New Bern native, Christina Best, brought her southern charm to Ontario, Canada, for the new season of “MILF Manor.”
Best, 46, from Trent Woods, will compete with other women on the second season of TLC’s love-themed reality television show.
Best describers herself as a free-spirit, who loves meeting new people and gaining new experiences.
“I had been single for awhile, and it’s out there that I’ve been through a divorce. I’m just going to be honest, I didn’t have a lot of dating history and I don’t normally date in my hometown,” Best said. “The opportunity presented itself and I was like why not. I got on a plane and went to Canada.”
The premise of “MILF Manor” is for women to compete with each other in activities to win dates with their love interest.
“Christina understands she can be intimating but knows there’s a difference between cocky and confident. On the weekends, she can be found in her hometown dancing the night away or watching sports. Christina never thought she would find love after her 20-year marriage ended in divorce, but now she is confident that a younger Mr. Right is out there!” Best’s profile reads on the TLC website.
Best said she is a hopeless romantic, who went on the show to find her person. Best never knew what to expect on the show, but she embraced whatever came her way.
The women were there to compete, and Best’s competitive side did come out, as she worked to earn dates.
Although the other female cast members were her competitors, Best said she formed amazing friendships with the cast and crew. In fact, Best keeps in touch with some of the women she filmed with.
“You form bonds with these people very fast, we all became a little family, even the producers, makeup artists, everybody. You just form those connections,” Best said. “Some of them deeper connections, but I definitely came out of the experience with a lot of love and forming a lot of great connections.”
Best said this experience was unlike anything she’s ever done, but she would do it all again. It wasn’t always easy to be out there on TV to be vulnerable in front of a huge audience, or even to be vulnerable in front of strangers, but Best embraced the process.
“We lived with strangers until we got to know each other, but you just have to go on the ride, as I say,” Best said. “I feel like in life there’s always lessons, and there’s reasons why we’re meant to be where we’re meant to be. I feel like I was meant to be on this show.”
