Ralph and Karen Guastaferro

Here is a picture of Wife Swap’s Ralph and Karen Guastaferro and daughter Alicia. Now Ralph and Karen Guastaferro joins Balloon Boy in post Wife Swap trouble.

Ralph and Karen Guastaferro of Amherst came to fame in January last year for their appearance on Wife Swap in which Angie Boss from Indiana went to join Ralph and Alicia.

Now Ralph, 62, and Karen, 55, have confessed to laundering $1.2 million in a Canadian telemarketing scheme. He faces 46-57 months and she faces 16 months. They have pleaded guilty to felony charges.

But the bigger crime? Letting Alicia have not one, not two, but three cellphones on the trainwreck episode of Wife Swap.

Wife Swap said of the family the following:

“New York mom Karen Guastaferro (54) has made her home fit for a queen — a pageant queen that is. A former pageant contestant herself, Karen waits on her daughter Alicia (15) hand and foot. Their home is a shrine to beauty, pageant trophies and sparkle. Alicia has been winning pageants since she was 11 months old and says she “feels sorry for anyone who’s not gorgeous.”

“Anything Alicia wants, Alicia gets, including a gift every single day under the Guastaferro’s year-round Christmas tree.

“ Ralph (61) works tirelessly to keep up with Alicia’a $100,000 a year pageant lifestyle. He loves his pageant princess and wants to make her happy all the time, allowing her “choreless” schedule of pageants, social activities and cheerleading to run their lives. At school, Alicia is one of the most popular girls, and the family embraces that, playing chauffeur to her and all her friends.

“When do the kids do their homework and who helps them?

“ “ Alicia is a very smart girl. She always has intelligent answers to difficult pageant questions. School is important to her because she wants to become an orthodontist and make people sparkle.

“ “Alicia usually does her homework around 8 or 9 at night while talking to her friends on the phone . If she needs help her with her homework Ralph and I will help her together. Alicia is a perfectionist and does not want to look bad to her teachers or peers. If she hasn’t done her homework for a particular class then she stays home from school so she doesn’t get in trouble.

” “One of my favorite projects I’ve done for Alicia was a miniature church that I spent two weeks and hundreds of dollars building complete with pews and worshippers. We do not mind spending thousands of dollars on her projects as long as they look good and she receives a good grade. I spend time at work doing any research she needs for term papers and then I give the information to Ralph to type up. If she has projects that involve design or drawing one of our staff members does them for her because they are great artists. Teachers are always very impressed with her projects and she enjoys taking credit for them. When you look as good as Alicia having brains is just an added bonus.

” “ Alicia is constantly on her phone. She has two cell phones now but at one point we gave her three cell phones to try and keep up with all of her friends. On any given day she can receive over 150 text messages. She uses a wireless phone headset so she can talk to her friends and watch TV at the same time. We speak to her as often as we can. She calls me everyday from school at exactly 11:40 a.m. When she goes out she calls us at least once to talk casually and gossip and of course she always calls us to coordinate when she and her friends need to be picked up. ” “

taken from: http://news.lalate.com/2009/11/21/ralph-and-karen-guastaferro-photo/

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