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01-08-2008, 09:44 AM
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Hannah Montana Essay Fraud
Sponsor takes Hannah Montana tickets away from girl who won them with false essay
Dallas Morning News
Dec. 29, 2007 01:45 PM
GARLAND, Texas - A 6-year-old girl who won four tickets to a Hannah Montana concert with an essay falsely claiming her father died in Iraq isn't going to the show after all.
The contest's sponsor, a store chain named Club Libby Lu, withdrew the prize Saturday and awarded it to another contestant. It didn't identify the new winner.
“With this decision, we hope to revive the intended spirit of the contest, which was designed to make a little girl's holidays extra special,” Club Libby Lu chief executive Mary Drolet said in a statement Saturday.
Officials of the Chicago-based chain surprised the girl on Friday at a Club Libby Lu store in mall in this Dallas suburb. Club Libby Lu sells clothes, accessories and games for young girls.
The girl won a makeover that included a blonde Hannah Montana wig, as well as the grand prize: airfare for four to Albany, N.Y., and four tickets to the sold-out Hannah Montana concert on Jan. 9.
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/art...hannah-ON.html
Dang. Is it really that deep?
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01-08-2008, 09:53 AM
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From the title, I thought this was going to be a thread about the actress who plays Hannah Montana plagiarizing a school essay. To which I would have replied: Why is this news?
Although in light of what this thread is really about, I'm going to reply with: Why is this news?
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01-08-2008, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
From the title, I thought this was going to be a thread about the actress who plays Hannah Montana plagiarizing a school essay. To which I would have replied: Why is this news?
Although in light of what this thread is really about, I'm going to reply with: Why is this news?
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Especially since it is several weeks old now.
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01-08-2008, 10:12 AM
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Especially since it is several weeks old now.
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Same reason why Brittany is news.
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01-08-2008, 10:13 AM
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She won the tickets by saying her father died in a roadside explosion in Iraq. I'd like to know what the contest rules though before I comment.
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01-08-2008, 10:23 AM
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I'm assuming that since she's 6, she had to have a parent or guardian's consent to enter the contest. So where was her mother when she was submitting the essay?
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01-08-2008, 10:30 AM
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I'm assuming that since she's 6, she had to have a parent or guardian's consent to enter the contest. So where was her mother when she was submitting the essay?
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Mom was helping.....here is her apology. She didn't think that she would get caught...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Musi...rss_topstories
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01-08-2008, 02:14 PM
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It said an essay, though it didn't say it had to be true. It's pathetic that mom had daughter write a "tug your heartstrings" lie of an essay to get the tickets, but was probably technically w/in the rules. Kudos to them for not giving it to her because of a technicality though.
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01-08-2008, 07:44 PM
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While the rules did not say the essay had to be true, I think it's really awful for someone to make something like that up to get concert tickets when real families are having to deal with the loss of their family members every day.
And that lady needs to stop shaving her eyebrows too. It makes her look like an alien.
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01-08-2008, 08:28 PM
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You know, the mother is a calculating bitch.
BUT, I feel sorry for a six-year-old who thought she won something only to have it taken away because her mom is a dumb fuck.
As far as I am concerned, the company sponsoring the contest is just covering its ass for its own stupidity. The essay was either 1) NOT the best one, but they gave it to her just because of the political angle or 2) was the best one they received and she won it fair and square.
They should have done their homework to make sure they were giving the prize to someone who had a true essay if they were so concerned about the validity of the essay. They are at fault, too.
They should not have to check out the stories. But, we all know there are lying sacks of shit in this world.
And, although the spirit of the contest might have been broken, the rules were not. She won. Maybe under a veil of impropriety... But, she won according to the rules.
Like I said, I feel sorry for the little girl who thought she had won this contest. She only did what she was told by her mom. But, in the end, she's the one paying for this.
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