Rich Girls was an MTV

MTV

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 reality show that aired for one season in the fall

Autumn

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 of 2003 and winter of 2004.

It followed the lives of the privileged Ally Hilfiger

Alexandria Hilfiger

Alexandria Caroline "Ally" Hilfiger is an American heiress, socialite, model, stylist, film and television producer and former reality show star.-Early life and education:Hilfiger is the daughter of Tommy Hilfiger...

 and her then-best friend

Friendship

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, Jaime Gleicher

Jaime Gleicher

Jaime Lee Gleicher is a former reality show star.-Biography:Her father Leo Gleicher founded Innovation Luggage, he died in 2008. Jaime has a younger brother named Michael. She lived in Manhattan until age four, when her family moved to Tenafly, New Jersey, and then moved back to the Big Apple...

. They are shown shopping

Shopping

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 and gossip

Gossip

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ing in a series of luxurious locales such as: London

London

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, the Hamptons

Hamptons

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, Hilfiger's family estates in Nantucket

Nantucket, Massachusetts

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 and tropical

Tropics

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 British West Indies

British West Indies

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, as well as Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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They are the show's eponymous "rich girls" because Hilfiger's father is Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger

Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger is an American fashion designer and founder of the premium lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger.-Early life:...

, the multi-millionaire

Millionaire

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 owner of the same named fashion label and Gleicher's late father, Leo, was the founder of Innovation Luggage, a company with a net worth of $10 million.

When season 1 ended, Hilfiger entered rehab

Drug rehabilitation

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 after seeing her actions on the show and Gleicher attended Barnard College

Barnard College

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 as a freshman

Freshman

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