Oliaee has teamed up with Audacys Pineapple Street Studios and Wondery forThe Competition.
The series explores the Distinguished Young Women program.
Some girls enter for the money, some for prestige.
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Oliaee has personal experience on the subject.
She was Nevadas contestant in 2001 and more than 20 years later she returns to Alabama as a judge.
The Competitiontakes listeners behind the scenes of the Distinguished Young Women (DYW) program.
Shima Oliaee’s time as a competitor in 2001
The series launches on Wondery+ and Amazon Music on April 15 before becoming available everywhere on April 29.
Before that she co-created, produced and reportedDolly Partons Americaand she also createdThe Vanishing of Harry PaceandUnErased.
Before moving into audio, she worked for four seasons on comedyBrooklyn Nine-Nine.
But weve heard very little from girls themselves.
What was asked of me, of all of us, in our attempt to reach new heights?
What can these hard working teen girls in The Competition tell us about being a woman in America?
And what does the ever elusive American dream look like through their eyes?, said Oliaee.
