michelle miller is here with how the show changed guilbeaux's life and how she's paying it forward. >> this is all about the power of television. good morning. before she amassed more than 67,000 followers on instagram, jessello! we're in your house. >> reporter: when the cast arrived at jess guilbeaux's home, she was ready for the fab five treatment. the evaluation of how she lived -- >> is this your closet. >> reporter: how she dressed and how she looked. but the five men who can easily pick you apart -- >> she needs a bed frame. >> she needs a bed frame. >> reporter: are there to help put yourself together. it wouldn't be easy for guilbeaux. when she came out as a lesbian at 16, her adoptive parents kicked her out of the house. >> i was hopinging that they would realize, hey, that's my kid, so of course i'm going to love them, you know. >> reporter: despite no family support, guilbeaux made it to the university of kansas to study computer science. but the pressure of going to school and earning a living collided, and left her with little choice. >> college was a different ball game. but supporting myself at that time was just doing what i needed to do, there wasn't any other option. it was either that