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"Real Housewife" of New Jersey, Teresa Giudice and her husband recently declared bankruptcy after it emerged that—despite their free-spending on-camera ways—they were allegedly more than $11 million in debt. Now, Giudice has surfaced as the face of New Jersey's Sizzle Tans tanning salon—where she tans and gets sprayed with some kind of organic spray tan. (Side note: Organic spray tan? What?)
· Sizzle Tans commercial with Teresa Giudice [YouTube]
· Bankrupt Teresa Giudice sizzles in tanning ads [PopEater]