Little Miss Perfect/Toddlers and Tiaras

[Xidelt]

What was with the redheaded puppet and crazy-eyed Mom at the Oklahoma pageant? And the girl who went onstage and did some cartwheels and then tried to sing Mary Had a Little Lamb? Where do they find these freaks?

[Kappamd]

I thought Jaclyn was adorable, but she's going to be a fiesty one when she grows up. At least her parents seemed a little more grounded than the others.

[AGD1978]

Originally Posted by ColdInCanada11

I've never had anything to do with pageants, but I know that in Irish dance, most dresses are second hand, until you get to about prelim champion. I paid $2500 for my dress + shipping from Ireland, so I made sure I took more care of that thing than I did myself. I wore my dress for the minimum amount of time I had to at a feis, kept it in the double layer protective case at home, and made sure it was always safe. While it might be so extreme, I'm guessing it's a similar situation in pageant dresses. Once you retire from Irish dance, or you want a new dress, you sell the old one to pay for the new one. It's pretty common to see ID dresses that were owned for 2+ years, but only worn 4-7 times.

There's not much Irish dancing here, but I've always thought about making not only pageant dresses, but ice skating costumes. I'll have to think about Irish dancing now, though when I Googled some of the dresses my eyes popped. That might be a little much for me! But they're gorgeous!

[Kappamd]

Originally Posted by Jen

Jaclyn's family was pretty normal for T&T lol. When she fell and was going to do her routine and her family started dancing, I lost it - every single one of them out of sync, doing different moves - and the dad made the puppet dance. And the puppet did a leg leg lift. I was dead at that point.

The older sister reminded me of the actress Hallie Hirsch.

YES! I couldn't think of actress's name, only that she was Rachel Greene on ER.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by BAckbOwlsgIrl

Didn't know that they did not go to college. I wonder why not?

Because many of them are, to use a completely un-PC term, PWT.

GC used to have a perpy pageant contestant. Oh, the memoriez.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Because many of them are, to use a completely un-PC term, PWT.

GC used to have a perpy pageant contestant. Oh, the memoriez.

Sadly that KD perp had a daughter with yet another babydaddy and now has her on the pageant circuit. PWT indeed.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by Jen

RUIN PAGEANT DAY FOR US!

*dead*

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Barbie's_Rush

Sadly that KD perp had a daughter with yet another babydaddy and now has her on the pageant circuit. PWT indeed.

Yes! I have seen the pictures!

I've seen my share of not-so-cute kids, but why make up your baby girl like a corpse?

[BAckbOwlsgIrl]

Some of the Mom's should be contestants on Biggest Loser!
Brenna was a piece of work. Where is the Super Nanny when you need her?

[KSUViolet06]

I wonder if any of these people realize that if you spend $5,000 and you win Grand Whatever Supreme and cash prize for that is $2,000--you, um, didn't actually WIN anything.

I'm slightly disturbed by tonight's mom saying "Thesee are good practice for my daughter's future. She's eventually going to be a wife and mom. Pageants are good practice for finding a husband because your husband has needs and he's going to expect you to look like this all the time." WTF?

[KSUViolet06]

A lot of moms use the rationale of "oh I just want her to become more confident/outgoing."

I'm not sure if they realize that there are TONS of activities that help kids to become "more outgoing" that do not involve spray tans/make up/creepiness.

Just say what you want to say, which is "she is doing these because I want her to do them." lol.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by carnation

True story. It's sad. I mean, I see why she was a perp. Her real life is highly unfortunate. lol.

[FSUZeta]

have you all seem this blog? hilarious-and i just saw this episode this afternoon.

http://www.mamapop.com/2010/12/toddl...t-arizona.html

[twinkle555]

Originally Posted by Jen

The Arizona Gold Coast pageant has everything one might want:

Trailer trash new money former strippers
Makenzie and ni-ni, that hard workin' lady
A bitchfaced 8-year-old who gets beaten by a baby and cries tears of jealousy on stage.

It is epic and wonderful.

Indeed, cant believe that Danielle girl!!!! Im glad she got beat, and honestly her cockiness makes her so UGLY!

[DaffyKD]

Tom Hanks does a fantastic spoof of Toddlers and Tiaras!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLWKBWkn3s

DaffyKD