T-Shirt Maker Seeks 'Real' Jersey Girls

Egregious tanning, overblown drinking, furious fist fights, big hair, overturned tables—some say enough already.

Two current contests are looking to overturn negative perceptions of New Jersey and its inhabitants by promoting "real" state residents, their accomplishments and their communities.

Assemblyman Jon Bramnick recently launched a video contest to illustrated the "real Jersey shore" in response to the hit MTV show "Jersey Shore."

Now a T-shirt maker A Simple Daisy is looking to provide an antidote to "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" by a searching for "real women of New Jersey who are making a positive impact in their communities and represent all the wonderful qualities of the Garden State."

To enter the contest, women 21 years of age or older should submit a picture or 30-second video of themselves performing a charitable deed or in front of their favorite state icon, landmark, restaurant, beach or store while wearing the Jersey Girl T-shirt from A Simple Daisy and explaining why they believe they are the ultimate Jersey girl.

All profits from the sale of the Jersey Girl T-shirts will benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. For more information, visit A Simple Daisy's Web site.

"The reality shows can be amusing, fun and entertaining, but we all know that there is so much more to Jersey girls than what is depicted on television," the Web site reads.

Bramnick is asking residents to send 30-second videos to asmbramnick@njleg.org showing their favorite Jersey Shore moments. He will have a panel of shore-based legislators judge the submissions and plans to host an event to showcase the clips.

The assemblyman from Westfield has not yet announced a date for the showcase, which he said is still being put together.