OLDER GALS, YOUNGER GUYS
August 4, 2008 --
SINGLE Manhattan women over 40 - start your engines! IiN TV Productions is developing a reality series called "Cougars: NYC," about five older hotties "living the glamorous life in NYC . . . with men 10-plus years their junior."
Producers have picked three gals so far: R&B singer Mel'isa Morgan, WOR Radio ad exec Dawn Ellison and Shahla Husein, v.p. of a medical sales company - all of whom only date guys in their 20s. A casting call for two more women will be held at a singles mixer at Libations on Ludlow Street Aug. 20.
Executive producer Elizabeth Mwanga disputes the negative connotations of the word cougar. "Basically, it's meant to symbolize empowerment. This isn't just horny older women chasing younger guys," she told Page Six. "It's women who are beautiful, successful and hot, who can get these younger guys because they are hot."
