First there was Stylista, the reality show that featured Elle's fashion news director, Anne Slowey, auditioning (read: abusing) prospective staffers. Then there was word of The City's Olivia Palermo joining the ranks of the magazine's publicity department. And each time, we thought, how bo-ring. If we have to see yet-another reality show featuring good-looking people in expensive clothes causing needless trouble, we're going to cancel our cable service.

And then E. Jean came to the rescue.

E. Jean, Elle's resident advice columnist, is helping someone out in a different way this fall by giving a homeless girl a four-month long internship at the mag. (We can't help but chuckle at the inevitable jealously of all those Chanel-clad college students passed over for the spot for a girl who admits to never having seen a single episode of Sex and the City!)

Homeless Tales, a blog founded by two formerly homeless people and contributed to by people who are homeless, has the back story on how the girl, named Bri, landed the coveted position, which she starts September 1. (Spoiler alert: E. Jean says Bri "knocked [her] out with [her] courage and spirit.")

We just have one question: Where are the cameras this time? How much would you love to see Bri show Olivia Palermo a thing or two about what it means to actually earn something?

--Jennifer Merritt