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Toddlers and Tiaras MiniCap:
Toddlers and Tiaras
Thursday, May 17, 2012
9:49 am
167 Comments
At least mom has a grip on reality…and the knowledge of who this REALLY is about!
Well, again Toddlers & Tiaras is KILLING US with their nice families and good kids. Seriously, get a shrink on staff and find us hot messes to make fun of! You’re going to ruin my reputation for disliking kids and pageant freaks!
This episode brings us a really cool pageant idea – meaning no animals! – America’s Genuine Jewel Pageant: All Around the World – showcasing other cultures! Wee! That is actually a really cool idea, especially where all the girls get to pick a country and dress in their culture. Kids are actually learning something at this pageant. T&T YOU ARE KILLING ME HERE!
So first up is Lacey-Mae, 8, which is an unfortunate name but she can shorten it to Lacey when she gets her master’s degree and begins taking over the world. At first, I thought Lacey-Mae was the wife on Little People, but it just turns out she’s a little person herself! In addition, she has a nice family and a super-supporting and loving mother. Crap. Lacey-Mae does have trouble with the dresses they buy (used, because they are a smart family)…they often don’t fit her body type and have to get them altered. But Lacey-Mae kicks some serious ass in her Around the World wear and her Outfit of Choice (which was unbelievably cool and spooky at the same time) and she has a lot of stage presence. Love it.
Next up is the SUPER-UNFORTUNATELY NAMED Damitri’ana, 8, who is beautiful, talented and because of her name, slated to become a receptionist at some low-rent nail salon. Thanks, MOM. She is very confident when practicing at home and her mom and aunt have a healthy (sort of) competition going on whose routine is better – the African one or the Michael Jackson one. Because an homage to a pedophile at a little girls’ pageant is really a smooth move. Onstage, she’s less confident during her beauty walk, which surprised me, but she did a great job in the other two categories.
And finally, we meet Mackenzie, 4 – not the NiNi one like I had hoped (I didn’t’ see a commercial for it, only read it on the DVR description) – who normally does natural pageants. We know that means instant death for most kids (unless they are on Eden’s World where the pageant is fixed so the kid they are helping wins EVERY TIME), but Mackenzie and her family are pretty humble about it and just hope to do well. Oh, and she does! That kid kicks ass for a first-time-glitzer.
There really isn’t much controversy in this episode, a few funny things said by Damitri’ana’s relatives and some funny faces by kids in the pageant, but perhaps the families are on to us and they fake being weird until they are on camera, then they go all normal on us. Dang!
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I thought Lacey Mae was the best in terms of facial beauty. The dress was too long but what a gorgeous child – with or without the glitz. Still, she and her family need to be prepared for some idiots if they are going to put themselves ‘out there’ like that. Not so much from little kids, they may stare or ask questions but that’s generally natural curiosity and not intended to hurt. But, some of the adults were giving her the fishy eye. Glad she has supportive parents. And the Dami whatever kid, she was also pretty and clearly a terrific athlete but she needs to do a little less athleticism and a bit more smooth beauty if she wants to do well in pageants. Or, she could stick to competitive dance, something she clearly excels at. All in all, a nice episode which is a bit of a relief. Then, of course, they had to reshow the Eden Woods World Championship farce. Guess they thought we might need a little Micky. Blech.
Having missed this epi, I know you’ll come through for me DearC in the fullcap. Sounds like it would have been a sort of slow twitterfest, but I still reeeeeeely missed it.
And don’t worry about boring. J-Ho will come in all trollish and awful. That’s the point where I tune out the comments, so normal peeps, please get here early and reserve a space for fun and games.
As much as I love to watch some trainwreckery, it was nice to see three normal families on this episode. MacKenzie was adorable, Lacie Mae and Apostrophe Kid were great on stage, and they all seemed to enjoy being there. (Yawn.)
LOL…and here I was thinking you were the trouble maker SSC.
With almost 1000 posts for that one show (mini cap and full recap) this episode featuring good kids and parents will be a relief for the moderators.
Yep, all the kids were well behaved for the most part, the families were supportive and well adjusted, all 3 kids kicked ass in the pageant with no major melt downs. What a boring ass episode, lol. Come on T&T, give us at least one HAM family an episode. If I wanted to watch a family show, I’d turn on ABC Family.
I did love when the announcer said that Damitri’ana would be “representing the COUNTRY of Africa.” Swing and a miss.
ANTM Fan — Yes! I loved that. I actually had to rewind it to make sure my ears had not deceived me. Next time I go overseas, I’m totally going to go around telling people I’m from the country of North America.
(Okay, maybe I won’t.)
Awesome dads(voice of reason..I’ll touch more on it when the fullcap is up), awesome moms…I couldn’t take the sibling rivalry seriously, those ladies had me cracking up. Lacey-Mae is truly a gem and her Mom what an incredible woman. I usually hate it when kids ham it up for the camera(hers seemed more natural), but every time Makenzie was on the screen I had a goofy grin. Dam-soonandsoforth, was a little firecracker and was excellent besides that nervousness during beauty. These girls gave me nothing nada to work with. I fell love with all of them and all of them LOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEDDDDDD pageants. I think what I’m trying to say is never have them back on the show again I can’t take the normalcy. j/k
Now classy, you KNOW all I did was direct her to the correct spot. Well, I guess that kinda did sorta start it…
Who knew?
Hey, Gasmi! Not to worry. You-know-who is sure to be back whining about how we have all abused her gorgeous daughter. Three weeks ago!
Okay, I have been seething about this since I saw it. Note to frosty-haired Judge: Do you understand the concept of dwarfism??? Lacy Mae is an achondroplastic dwarf, which means, she is not just really short, but her PROPORTIONS are different from you and me. And bitch, you CAN’T shorten that skirt, because THERE IS NO MORE LEG THERE!!!! That’s all there is! If you shorten it, you will see her butt!!! Do you get it? Yes, the dress hangs differently on her, because HER BODY IS DIFFERENT! It cannot be shortened because there is not room on her, so quit expecting her to look like just a short version of the other girls, and, yeah, if you get a minute, maybe quit being such an ignorant bimbo! If that bitch took off even one point for the dress, it was completely unfair. I really couldn’t believe she bitched about that, and said it TWICE! Who taught this airhead, Micki Wood???
@timgunn – The dress was not too long, it was the only option to not have her butt sticking out. Do you understand how short her legs are, and how bowed? She simply does not have enough leg to have shortened it. What is so hard to understand about this?
The better option would have been to put her in a long dress, so that her long torso and short legs wouldn’t have made the dress look ill-fitting, since people seem not to understand that, when your proportions are different, even well-made clothes will hang funny.
Caprica6 and ANTM the Country of Africa…Really? I haven’t seen the ep yet but really Africa as a country….sorry but what the hell is up with the education of these people. Of course it could be worse, I was in a certain state and when they found out I was from Canada they asked me with a dead straight face, where Canada was, what state was it located in….then when I told them that Canada was the country above them they looked at me like I was crazy. Oh the stories I could tell you about the questions I have been asked…if you want to hear them just ask.
Ok, these kids were all adorable and I thought Lacey Mae was precious and Damitri’ana is super talented and Mackenzie is so cute. I wanted to hug Lacey Mae when she cried after her awesome Around the World wear performance, she did so well and I felt so bad for her.
One thing I laughed at though was when Mackenzie represented Portugal for the Around the World Wear. Bullfighting and flamenco is Spain not Portugal. Her parents needed to do some more research.
Unless Lacey-Mae spent the whole time talking about her dwarf egg folicles and fallopian tubes and birth canal and invitro fertilization attempts and her husbands trips to California to spank it into a receptacle and then her eggs again, she wasn’t the wife from Little Couple.
Do they make dwarf-sized flippers? Or do they have to just make do with normal-sized ones and look like Jerry Lee Lewis impersonating a Japanese person on stage?
These things prey on my mind.
adorable!! Loved the lacy mae, the other two very great also. Instead of shortening the skirt, I bet a good alterations person could have put more cupcake ruffles on top to give the illusion of a shorter torso? Loved the mom! wow, take note j-ho
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Loved all the kids in this epi! And it was a cute pageant idea. I have 2 quesstions:
1) Why did Dami-whatever’s mom keep shaking her head from side-to-side whenever she talked?
2) They didn’t give away a real trip did they? That would cost at least $10K I would think. Pageants never give away more than crowns, trophies and a few hundred bucks!
@Jazzy. It’s for emphasis. Everything you say is more forceful, more memorable, and totally sounds smarter with head movement. It’s also an advantage if you get into a shouting match with some drunk bitch who all up ‘n yanked on your weave.
Man I missed this one. Looking forward to the full recap DC and my God the names these people give their kids are atrocious. Also been reading the other few recaps and the comments cracked me up. JLo or whomever comes off as a troll to me. (When she said her daughter was a bitch I nearly died laughing XD- reminds me of the fanfic, My Immortal, a glorious work of trolling whom JLo kind of reminded me of- with her poor grammer and insults
) Anyways you ladies (and gentlemen) are always hilarious. Don’t feed into the trolls too much though, JLo is clearly an amateur and not worth a whole lot of words.
I took a package to be mailed to Senegal, and the postal clerk told me I needed to put the name of the country on the customs form and on the shipping label. I told her Senegal is the country. She asked where Senegal was, and I told her in Africa. She told me, “No, Africa is the country.” I took my package and went to another post office rather than argue about it with a line full of irate customers forming behind me.
@crankyguy OMG really? Africa is a continent. Some people are ignorant. :/
ash, how am I to know how long Lacey-Mae’s legs are? I know nada about the clothing issues and proportions of little people, dwarves, midgits, extremely tall people, etc. It’s not as if it was explained to me over and over and I’m too thickheaded to get it. It looked as though the dress was too long. Apparently that’s not the case. But it won’t be the last time this is brought up by a judge as I’m betting many of them are as ignorant as I am regarding this subject.
Moving on, I too am bumfuzzled about the ‘trip around the world’ prize. Maybe they got airfare to Vegas?
The “country” of Africa thing had me rolling too. I have a couple good totally off-topic anecdotes:
–I went to grad school in London. Before I left, I got my hair cut. The stylist (who also cuts a family friend’s hair) said, “I heard you’re going to be living in London. At least you know the language, right?’ I laughed and said, “True!” Her reply: “They speak French there, right?”
–I was at the WWII memorial in Washington, D.C. The memorial has obelisks with the name of each state carved into the front. I’m from WI so I was getting a pic of the WI obelisk, and two kids behind me were like “Seriously, WHERE is Wisconsin? Like, what state is it in?”
Wow, even I thought the kids featured in this episode were cute. Really, the only meanish comment I can make is that most of the adults needed a set of flippers. Geez, the pageant director must never have owned a can-opener and D’am’i'tri’an’a's mother’s gap was huge enough to drive a Rose Parade float through it. Some of her grammar goofs were priceless as well, but I can’t remember them. Perhaps Crabby took notes and will have soe of those gems in her full recap. All in all, the moms and kids were great. I got a big kick out of Mackenzie getting irked with her mother’s coaching out in the audience. I think the kid should have gotten points added, not taken away for telling mom to knock it off during her performance! Those coaching moms mugging along with the routines look so idiotic and annoy the hell out of me.
Re: the “around the world” prize…my roommate suggested they got a gift certificate to try everything on the IHOP menu, LOL!
@rubinia, okay now you’ve done it, here are 2 of my stories…I was in California and wanted to use a travelers cheque, pulled out my ID and the clerk asked me where Alberta was, told her it was above Montana, she then asked where Montana was and I explained that to her. Then she looked at me and asked if she could ask me a question, I said sure…What do you do with your dog sleds in the summer…we eat them I replied. She looked at me horrified, well I said we then wear their hides for shoes and clothes as we live in the igloos.
I’m in Arizona and the waitress brought my steak out to me, she found out I was Canadian and asked if I was sure I wanted the steak as it was beef and she didn’t know if we Canadians ate beef, I said only if whale blubber is not on the menu.
I’m in Seattle at the airport, customs officer says oh your from Alberta, yes I said they said “do you know a family named Smith, they are from Toronto”. First of all Toronto is a city of about what 7 to 10 million and is on the other side of Canada and Smith is a common name right, so I said sure I do they live right to John and Jane Doe. He believed me and started telling me all about them.
Where and the hell has the education gone.
Sorry that was 3 stories LOL.
I can’t wait to see this ep now.
What? Why wouldn’t Canadians eat beef? Did she think you were Hindu or something?
My personal laugh during this ep, although completely inappropriate, was them showing the “Mini Miss” sash that Lacey-Mae had won. I mean, really? They couldn’t find ANY OTHER sash that she had that didn’t include Mini on it?
I do think, based on seeing her in “street” clothes that they could have shortened the dress a little bit, BUT it would have to have been in the torso, which while, mostly the same size as a normal 8 year olds, still isn’t quite there. I think it would have been a pretty complicated alteration, though.
Ok, confusedinCanada, you reminded me of a comedy skit I saw somewhere about a guy going through customs on another galaxy.
You’re from the Milky Way?
Yep.
What solar system?
Sun.
You’re from Earth then?
Yep.
Hemisphere?
Western.
Say, do you know . . .
I love the stories @confused. John and Jane Doe…classical.
Why are people so confused about Canada? The only major difference I can tell is how they play football. That one point thing confuses me every time.
Im from New Mexico and went to an international theatre festival in Nebraska. Multiple times we were told “I can’t believe how well you speak English!” (we had name tags saying where we were from) and the worker in the student union building made sure to let us know that they don’t accept pesos. Ridiculous.
On a T&T note, this was such a cute episode! I loved all the girls and moms. Mackenzie cracked me up! Did anyone else see the sweet time out chair in the background when she was practicing? I may have to steal it, and it’s refreshing to see proof that some parents actually do discipline their kids.
And I can’t even count how many times I’ve been told I’m way too pale to be from Mexico.
The steak story reminded me of my own encounter with a helpful food server. I ordered a large milkshake, a couple of double cheeseburgers, and a large fries from McDonalds. When I asked for a pack of salt, she said, “Salt? That’s not good for you.”
I found D’apostrophe’s *Africa* routine offensive, and I’m an old white woman. Quinoa would probably be the first person crying racism over an innocent remark, but she showed her ignorance (and her ass) with that ignorant stereotyped costume and “dance’. Sure, D’apostrophe, sure. All Africans do handstands and cartwheels while wearing leaopard-print white spandex with dyed chicken feathers. I saw it on “National Geographic.”
I thought that the “trip around the world” would be either a visit to Vegas or Epcot, and apparently….it was two tickets to Epcot! Talk about a spin doctor!
I’d love to know if they actually got that trip. It seems insane. I remember there was a pageant the first season that offered “a free weekend trip anywhere you want.” As of the airdate, the winner still hadn’t received her prize…
I’m from Ohio and my ex-husband is from coastal North Carolina. We were visiting his parents one Christmas and I was doing some laundry as the kiddo was a baby. My very sweet mother-in-law asked me ever so nicely: “What did you Yankees do in the winter before dryers were invented?” My instant reply: “We wore dirty clothes.” That earned a nasty look from the ex, so I explained that almost all homes in the North built before 1960 have basements that had drying lines strung all over at one time..
You know what Yankees say about the Civil War?
Nothing. We won it.
I too thought the alleged round the world prize would either be an IHOP gift certificate or a trip to those foreign locales “New Mexico” or “Hawaii”. Glad to see I wasn’t far off the mark.
I have a clearly Eastern European first name. I am caucasian. Once a woman – standing right in front of me – asked for my first name and, when she heard it, said “Oh, so you’re Japanese”.
Love our Neighbors to the North. Curling, hockey, poutine, Mounties, maple syrup – what’s not to like? I am also proud to say I know all the lyrics to Oh Canada. (All those hockey games).
I thought Lacey and her mom were wonderful. But I agree, it was slim pickings Twitter-wise last night. Hoping for more of the usual trainwreck next week.
@Gigi, as a resident of Nebraska I apologize, Lord, some can be dumb hicks. On the flip side…
@J-nut I used to live in Buxotn, NC (very coastal Carolina) and we were visiting up in Wanchese, the lady at the dock asked where we were from, I said, “Nebraska”. She freaked out and wanted to know “well how did you get here?” When I said that we flew, she then said ” well how did you get HERE”, I then tried to explain the rental car situation, oy
We always get strange looks from people when they find out we are from Nebraska.
@Gigi, please tell me this happened at a small college? Otherwise you are confirming why my daughter is not attending the UN of NE
University of Nebraska-Lincoln lol! It was during the summers and it was a high school festival so it was mostly other high schoolers and their teachers amazed at our English skills but the peso lady was definitely a college student
Sparkle McSnarkle! I effing love it! That gave me a good giggle
Now Why couldn’t I have come up with that name..
Confused, you gave me a good giggle too! Oh, man do I have a good story about my Maiden name…it is long so I won’t really go into it…I went to NC about 10 years ago, and had to ask for directions. The woman said to me, you talk kind of funny, where are you from, I told her Seattle. She said to me, wow, I didn’t know Seattle had Canadian accents…I said to her, you do know that Seattle is in Washington State, and you do know that Washington State is in the United States and not Canada…she looked at me like I was Crazy!
I loved Lacey Mae! She was adorable! All the kids were. We also had some Pageant Dads that were awesome! Makenzie has her dad wrapped around her finger
Looking forward to the full recap, I am sure this is not going to be an easy one, since they were all normal!!
Okay, one more. We recently hired a woman of Korean descent at my workplace (she’s lived in the US from a young age, though, so she has an “American” accent). At her “welcome” party, one of the older people attending very confidently greeted her with “Namaste! That’s what ‘your people’ say, right?”
@whoochile – Small World! I am a refugee in Nebraska (only for 8 more months thank god!) I’ll never get used to it here…especially since I’m out here in the Panhandle and even the rest of the state doesn’t know we exist!!
I’m surprised that Gigi didn’t mention that New Mexico license plates include USA just to inform an amazing number of ignorant Americans that it is one of us.
Iowa held a contest several years ago for a new motto for its license plates. My favorite entry was Baja Minnesota.
Ja sure, youbetcha!
snowshoecat, we lived in iowa for a while and when we moved to NE we said NE’s motto should be,”nebraska, at least its not iowa”. Holy shit, Iowa City with a newborn sucked ass 18 yrs ago, I think it’s better now.
ash1- so sorry for you, the panhandle kills me! when those high county number license plates come rolling into Lincoln we giggle.
gigi- I freaking weep, confirmation, thank you.
thisbuggs4u- Thanks! I was posting under my boring first name, Marisa, but needed a change. I wonder what would happen if I tried to legally change my name to that.
I’m a flight attendant and when I hand out custom forms you should hear ALL the confusion about them. Majority of the people say “why do I have to fill this out, I’m an American.” my favorite tho is when a guy asked me “when it asks my nationality, do I put Caucasian?” I told him yes. I hope the customs agent got a good laugh like I did.
@whoochile – ha! I know! I’m from Denver, and EVERY time I go there with my NE plates, I get pulled over. I’m like “NOOOOOO, I’m one of you! I swear!”
@whoochile since you live in Nebraska you must have heard about the University of Nebraska’s library burning down, right?
It’s terrible…I heard BOTH books were destroyed, (one wasn’t even colored in all the way).
Sorry..had to. Iowa girl here!:):):)
@ skychickie I took Anthropology this past semester and since it was an online class we had to post discussions. They were people genuinely surprised to learn that ethnicity and nationality were two different things.
lol! Sheesh, that is really funny! are you a Un of IA fan?
I actually liked this episode, and all the families featured. All of the kids seemed well behaved, and the parents were all supportive of their kids. You could tell all of those girls really wanted to be there, and were having a great time, even while practicing. I have no snarky comments to add, but I will say that I really dislike the whole “bad means good” thing. At the beginning of the episode when Dimitri’ana said she would be the “baddest at the pageant,” I was kind of hoping that she would, in fact, be bad.
On a side note, I am from Oregon, and while visiting family in Chicago I walked down to Navy Pier. I met a young sailor there who said he was going to be stationed in San Diego the next month, and maybe we could get together for lunch sometime while he was there. While CA and OR may be neighbors, San Diego is over 1000mi away from here. I have often found that many people on the east coast do not realize how big the states on the west coast are.
I have to be, Rodel’s daughter goes there.
And if I can brag about her for a sec….to be a doctor, and she’s gorgeous, and sweet.
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that’s where hubby did his residency
Congrats on her accomplishments!!
he is a super great kid
If you follow their football, the QB’s dad is my husband’s best friend, he was practically in the delivery room when James was born
Rodel does. I will have to ask! Cool!
@Gigi, the pesos comment had me dying! So funny!
I remember as a teen arguing with my favorite aunt about how Alaska is bigger than Texas. She insisted I was wrong and would not budge. This was in the days before the internet and they didn’t have a set of encyclopedias so I had to drop it.
@sagittariuskim lol I can believe it, Considering the number of MENSA candidates I see everyday;)
@ash1, Hey girl, I’m in Colorado Springs!
Poor Iowa…when I lived in Chicago, we used to joke: What do they call Illinois without Chicago? Iowa…as in I-owe-an-apology to the rest of the country for being so boring. Hee…
Again, poor Iowa. They need some pageant love.
@Looney – beautiful land! I wish I could run in Garden of the Gods. Hard to even find a hill to run on here.
Oh dear. Now I’ve unleashed the Iowa jokes. Iowa is surprisinly beautiful. In places. Iowa City, bytheway, Whochi, is a neat city. It’s what Madison, WI used to be. Just a great college town.
Still, it is Baja Minnesota.
@thisbuggs4u LOL, I was in San Diego and the hotel clerk said oh your from Alberta, do you know the Calgary Stampede (it’s a famous million $ rode0) Yes I said do, at that time I was from Calgary. So he leans over to me and says “tell me what do you do with your horses?” Excuse me I said, well what do you do with them so the polar bears don’t eat them while you are shoping at the trading post” he was dead serious…to which I replied ….we eat them….no seriously I said, we tie them to the hitching posts outside of the fort, you know the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) well you give them a beaver pelt and they babysit them for you. It tooks us forever to get here as they were holding them randsom until we trapped, skinned and cured 4 minks.
Mac’s mother broke even with me. She gained a point by not flipping out over the flipper. She lost a point when her daughter kept asking her to stop dancing and she didn’t. She would have done better without it. Sure she may have forgotten a move or two but it would have been more natural. I would love to see Lacey hook up with Katie’s Kuties minus the removal of clothes. I think she is going to have to be sharper than the competition. I loved the silly bickering between the sister’s. They all have a lot of love for each other. I loved at the end when D Anna said that even though she wished she won Ultimate she was happy for and complimented the girl who did win.
Iowa.
I Oughta Went Another way.
The “country” of Africa rankled me too. Are people really that ignorant? I weep for the future.
@confused, I love the way you handled yourself. I was in London talking to a Brit and I said something about speaking “English”. The Brit corrected me and said I was speaking “American”. Couldn’t really argue that point.
All I know is that Dimitri’ana SHOULD have been keeping it real and been representing the country of Zamunda, because her mom did NOT choreograph that African routine. That is straight-the-hell outta Coming to America, people. I’ve watched that movie enough times and loooove the dance sequence. I know it well. I’m calling bullshit. Bullshit on Africa as a country and bullshit on Dangle Gums being the choreographer she claims to be.
Dimitri’ana, however, did the dance justice. She’s a talented kid.
Because splits in a handstand is “African”? I guess it is if it’s in a Ludacris video?
Americans are notoriously geographically challenged. Anything “around the world” themed will probably take a turn for the ignorant.
Ok cutest moment for me was when Mackenzie was walking in the hotel and she announced to the cameraman…”Look I’m walking backwards and I’m not even falling!” She was so happy and proud of herself. Even the hubby smiled. I said that is such a typical 4 year old thing to say…
Was anyone else confused with the comment from Lacey Mae’s mom that the dress was too heavy because her legs are too short? Ummm, I thought the whole point of a dress was that legs weren’t involved. You know, big hole at the bottom? Now I think that the mom meant that the dress was too heavy for her in general because she is smaller and may not have the muscles in her limbs to hold it up. It was just the way she said it made me give a face like a dog does when it hears a weird noise.
I like to go back to Iowa City now that I don’t have a baby. The only place colder than Iowa city was Mason city, I swear to god it was colder in Mason City than International Falls, fricking freezing, the snow piles in IC never melted until mid July. Ido think that Iowa is way prettier than Nebraska. However, you are talking to a girl who grew up on many beaches and southern states so crops (and livestock farms) don’t really hold my attention. Missouri is a pretty state though! I do have to give kudos to Iowa for introducing me to ranch dressing and french fries.
Snowshoe, yes, I also think Iowa city is a great college town, fun restaurants etc
Sheesh, when I lived there the phrase was:
IOWA
Idiots
Out
Wandering
About
we had the first of the big floods and the other motto was “iowa, a great place to row” instead of “a great place to grow” which was the motto on the state sign at the time.
I meant to write this here:
Beth I am so happy that you shared the pics of the girls. Gabby is beautiful. Like we discussed on FB, something was really off about her makeup during her episode. And I love Zoe’s dress! I like the wow factor of the color and it really suits her coloring. I really wish you would go on again. The issues with Lori worked against you and added stress and Gabby’s makeup hurt her.
I read an interview with Lacey’s mother. She said that the curve in her back hurts her and she becomes easily tired. She said they typically take alot of breaks. She was over- tired and that was why she was upset. It also said that her max height would be 4 feet 8 inches. I remember reading that Snookie was only 4 feet 9 inches. I would donate to help them pay for some custom clothes. Lacey was just that cool
Lol I think Crabby fans should take up a collection to have Beth make Lacey Mae a dress lol
Stagemom…great idea. I just watched a video of Lacey’s beauty walk. I am not a seamtress but it appeared that her dress could be a bit short without seeing her butt.
@icegirl
Mackenzie’s grandparents were born and raised in Portugal….I don’t know how much more research could have been done
And the prize trip “Around the World” was a trip to Disney World (EPCOT)
I did not care for D’Anna’s every day hair when it was down but when she has it pulled off her face, simply beautiful. Mackenzie was really funny, sweet and articulate for a 4 year old.
Yeah Nebraska isn’t the prettiest place I’ve ever been, but all the green is nice. My granny from Arkansas told my dad when he was moving out here “now George, I understand you want to move but why do you have to go to a whole other country?” and when I was born (I’m half Spanish) she would tell my parents she just couldn’t believe she had a mexican for a grand baby. She would call me her “little brown girl”. Ah racism, still alive and well. Needless to say she and my mom weren’t on the best of terms. I suppose we just get used to being “foreigners” around here lol.
I somehow managed to miss the preview again, are the twins next week?
Looney Lioness: I lived in the Springs from 1996 -1999. I left kicking and screaming. Best place EVER to live.
@Kimmi- Mackenzie walking backwards made me smile too. She was so silly, which is my favorite kind of kid.
@Joy-Lol, Zamunda is exactly right! That was the dance before “She’s your queen to be”. They tried to pull a McDowell’s.
“Lacy Mae is an achondroplastic dwarf”.
Wow. Lacy is an eight year old child. Who gives a flying donut about anything else? All this talk about altering her dress or having her wear a long one to disguise her body or legs is just as nutty as some of the crazier moms from earlier episodes!
Lacey-mae’s skirt could definitely have been brought up some without her butt hanging out– even to just above her knees would have helped. Or a long dress (which is usually okay after age 8 or so), but that’s harder to do without buying custom, and is also heavier.
Since this episode lacks the snark factor I went back to read some others Wouldn’t it be fun to see Candyass and J-Ho together in an episode?
I know I’m late to the party, but I’ll forget to share this on the fullcap.
Am I the only one that thinks that Dapostrohpe’s mom has seen the “Today you meet your bride” scene in “Coming to America” a few times too many? If you are going to represent the “country” of Africa with a dance, perhaps you should do more research than an Eddie Murphy movie. I’m just saying.
Mac’s mom almost got a cheer from me based on the teaser that showed Mac taking off the apron thing and mom looking disappointed and saying she’d never done that before. I was excited because FINALLY someone had the sense to know it’s not cool teaching a 4 year old all the stripper moves (because, honestly, if they learn them too young they just get stuck in a rut and when they are strippin’ at the truck stop at the age of 16 she won’t want to try new things…). Sadly I was wrong and mom thinks it is just fine to rip off her skirt on stage.
Good catch Chicken Lips. I forgot all about that. I wonder if they got that from watching Katie’s Kuties. I hope that they never do it again. It is so wrong on so many levels.
@Nannie – Lighten up! I was defending Lacey regarding the judge who took off points because her body looks different in a dress, and stating that fact about her to explain why it is so much harder to fit the way the judges expect it. NO ONE on here is putting Lacey down.
I think someone earlier mentioned Coming to America. Lacy-Mae’s mom definitely needs to get custom-made dresses instead of “used” ones if they want to continue. The dress didn’t fit right around the torso. I thought the same thing as Ash about the legs — you can’t raise it to “above the knee;” there IS no “above the knee.”
@Closet Fan They are both in Oklahoma. I’d pay for their ultimate nacho supreme package just to see the showdown.
I didn’t realize that they were in the same state! I hope the Pageant Gods are listening, lol.
I looked on FB to see if Lacey had a FB page. I could not find one. Maybe they will start one now.
In the interview that I read today with Lacey mother she said that Lacey wants to keep competing until she wins Ultimate Supreme. I believe that she has the beautiful face and amazing personality to win. The judges judge on how she and every one else looks in their dress. Does it fit, does it flatter, etc… To get the best fit that will flatter her the most she is going to have to get a custom made dress. She has a strong personality and nothing about her says feel sorry for me. She wants to win on her abilities. I am sure that she is not the only girl who would do better with a custom dress. Some people just do not fit that standard dress. Whatever she does in the future with pageants I will be cheering her on because she is beautiful on both the inside and the outside. She has the “it” factor.
This comment is for Jazzy: Yes, she gave a real trip…to Disney World (including a trip to Epcot (Around the World), cute!) And $1,000 to the big winner is the most I have seen on T&T, that wasn’t “set-up” for TV. Chris (and America’s Genuine Jewel) is a good pageant….In the past she has awarded trips to Disney and for 3 years awarded Cruises. MANY pageant give a lot to their contestants they are just not showcased on T&T….this particular pageant IS WHAT pageant asre all about, as a mom to a competitior for the past 10 years, we made great lasting memories and friendships!! It’s just funny what some people will do on camera for their 15 minutes of fame becasue that’s not what the pageant are like at all!!
Trip around the world – a globe with sparkles on it.
Snarkle Baby!!!
A trip to Epcot is a pretty good prize. I wonder if it was just the entrance tickets or if it was airfare too?
I’m psyched they show some New Englanders and that they were normal!!!!!!!!!!!! Go LaceyMae and Mackenzie!!
Lacey Mae is awesome- You let me know kid if anyone ever teases you and I will step in and bitch slap them into oblivion.
Anyone notice the emcee say “the country of Africa”? Really?*sigh*
@Closetfan – A blind man would be willing to pay full price for a seat during that showdown;)
I got nothin’. These kids were all majorly a-dor-able, their moms supportive and nice, and the contest didn’t feature shaking puppy mill dogs as trophies; instead it had a trip as a prize. Could some of it be that this was primarily a Northern pageant without crazy hicktwats from the South?
The prize was just two one-day entrance tickets to Epcot, apparently, so, no…not quite as exciting as it was made to sound!
@PennyDreadful, thanks…as one of your Northern neighbours I can say it’s nice to hear you say good things about us Canadians!
Although D did a good job of her dance, I agree with a few posters upthread. First, I think that if a white competitor (or Asian, or Indian) had done that, it would have been considered stereotypical and not appropriate. I also felt that it was too much like a dance routine – the point is to showcase her face. It was more like a talent routine.
@ClosetFan Come on back girl! I came to C/S in 1985. Left to live in Germany again (for the 3rd time) for a couple years. Came back in ’89 and have been here ever since. I love camping in the mountains in the summer, but I really want to move back to the beach and the warmer climates though. I miss Panama. I lived there for 5 years when I was younger. (My mom is Panamanian, born and raised, but a naturalized American citizen.)
@ash1 – Haha. My daughter’s school field trip was at Garden of the Gods just yesterday. As for running. . .well, let’s just say something really big, really dangerous and really slow would have to be chasing me.
The dress was too long…. on sweet little Lacey’s torso. When people say it’s too long, I dont think they meant the actual length. I think the meant in the torso. A good seamstress could have fixed that…. A custom made dress is the way to go- it would be a good investment too because she is not growing at the same rate as some of the other rug rats.
I loved “father figure” – is that another way to say the guy who comes around every once in a while and sleeps with the mama?
And why did she just call her Ana? And let me guess that poor childs real father is name Damitri and her mama named that child after the both of them………………she must of thought that was a cute idea….then 4 weeks later he left and she’s been pissed ever since.
@jomama – Hey, that’s my screen name on another site! I got confused…didn’t remember writing that. Lol on your father figure theory!
I dud not see this episode, so I don’t know Lacey-mae’s particular anatomy, but I have seen (not pageant attire) for a couple achon kids, and both definitely had some leg “above the knee” without their backsides hanging out. I don’t think she will ever get the flawless fit that judges are looking for without going custom, though, regardless of how long the skirt ends up being. A good custom designer would be able to make it as flattering as possible, and even be able to take into account the weight and pressure points issue. I don’t blame mom for buying used though– I don’t think I know any other achon kid’s in pageants, so it’s not like she can cut some of her losses by reselling after. Achon kid’s typically have “normal” torsos, it’s just their limbs that are short.
I have sewn, not seen.
@ash 1 – I wanted it to be “bobbie nacho supreme queen” but that was just a bit too long. I thought about TNT ‘ ing it and spelling it “bawbee na’cho sue’pre’m kween” but nope still too long!
I don’t feel the need to “lighten up”. It is simply obnoxious on your part to “describe” her by her body structure. She is an adorable little girl and should never be discussed as anything but.
Whether or not a good seamstress could have made her dress fit better is not the question, but rather why her body structure is addressed at all.
She is an adorable little girl and should never be discussed as anything but.
This is the wrong place to demand something like that. Well, you can demand anything you want, but how many people here will fall in line is another matter.
It is not an insult to note someone’s condition as a way to explain why the judges were treating her unfairly. You are obviously too sensitive on this issue and it is clouding your ability to follow a reasoned argument. Noting a medical condition (which it IS whether you like it or not,) is not an insult. We are simply discussing whether or not a dress can be made for her which will adhere to what the judges are asking for. and why it might be difficult. NO ONE on here has insulted Lacey in any way. I’m done with you now.
Ha Ha, Kween.
@nannie – the first person to bring up her body structure was her mom…that’s part of the reason why it’s being talked about. And yes, a dress could be made to fit her correctly. It doesnt matter if Laceys proportions are different, a good seamstress understands proportions and can make it work.
Ok I keep laughing every time I think about this – It does have feathers and in Africa that’s what they wore. If you watch history.
I really have to watch this one tonight, I’m having a rough day here at work, lets invite JoLo back so I can have something to laugh about. Lacey and her mom, what I have been reading seem like really nice people. damn and double damn to that
I am a Special Education Teacher and have been working with young children for 31 years. Yes, I am jaded. No, I will not accept that Lacey should ever need to disguise her body in order to meet the ludicrous expectations of some judge in Backwater, USA.
She is a beautiful child. At the same time she chooses to do pageants and her mom is fully aware that doing pageants means your attire will be judged on how well it fits and how flattering it is. When attire is part of the score, judges will look for a specific length on short skirts. The mother and judge both brought up the issue with the fit of the attire. There have been several other girls on the show who have had the length of their skirt pointed out by judges. I know my daughter has had points docked before because her skirt was falling a little funny one day. Anything being pointed out about her body type is done with the upmost respect and love, because I think most of the posters here would love to see her in a winning dress.
What I personally love about these pageants is that you don’t have to be a perfect Barbie doll to win. You need to make the most with what you have. I’ve seen girls who are not “perfect” go out in flattering clothes, oozing personality on stage (you know, the firecrackers) and win. I’m so glad T&T is taking a break from the train wrecks to focus on the positive side. I’m sure the drama will be back soon though, shows like this week can’t be good for ratings.
No one said anything about “disguising” Lacey-mae’s body type. What was said was that because of her body type, it can be very hard to get a correct fit, and her dress on the show did not fit. No one suggested putting her on stilts. My older son is competitive in martial arts. Due to a medical condition, several of his joints (elbows and fingers, most notably) do not straighten all the way, and he lacks flexibility in others (hips, and shoulders). He loves competing (he is a 2nd degree black belt), but we recognize that he will occasionally get marked down because his firm isn’t always going to be perfect. It is what it is. Same with Lacey-mae’s build, and their choice of dress. They’re not likely to find a used dress that will work for her 100%.
PG, how hard would it be to take a formally loved dress and remake it?
No one is suggesting that Lacey wear a long dress in order to “disguise” her legs. Lacey like every other girl competing are being judged on how well her beauty dress looks on her. We are commenting on what we saw, as we do in every episode. We have commented on the color, style and fit of most of the girls that have been on the show. We are treating Lacey the same as every other girl we have commented on in the past. Many times we have stated that a particular style or color was not flattering and have given our opinion to what we think would be a better choice. I don’t believe a judge expecting a perfect fit is ludicrous.
It would totally depend on the dress. Shortening a bodice can be easy, or impossible, depending on the construction and design. A properly fitted glitz bodice usually hits right at the hip. A cupcake skirt for a bodice that would fit correctly on Lacey-mae will be too long, but a skirt made for a shorter child would likely be too narrow.
I personally would hate to see Lacey’s not held to the same standards as every one else. To do so would be an insult.
Last comment and then I burn my soapbox:)
My older son has a disabilitity. It impacts his speech in a big way. In the 10th grade he took a drama as an elective. He loved it. The play for the season was Romeo and Juliette. He loves the movie version. He signed up to audition for the part of Romeo. So on top of his speech issues he was adding a Shakespearean accent. Every one was given the same lines to learn. He practiced so hard day and night. His teacher never once suggested that he not try out because she knew that would be insulting. He tried out in front of 5 judges. each judge wrote their comments and gave them to each student so ther student could learn from them. Each judge commented that they had a difficult time understanding him. He did not get the part but what he did get was the same treatment as every one else and that meant the world to him.
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/18375159/honey-boo-boo-child-to-get-her-own-reality-show?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter ‘Honey Boo Boo Child’ to get her own reality show. Six-year-old Alana Thompson from McIntyre, GA, will be featured on her own reality show on TLC.
OMG! Did anyone see this? Honey Boo Boo child is going to get the infamous “dolla make me holla” after all.
Can you imagine how much this is going to crank up the crazy on T & T. Every one will now be gunning for their own show.
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/18374891/toddlers-tiaras-paisley-dickey-to-release-song
‘Toddlers & Tiaras’ contestant Paisley Dickey to release song about booger’s. Yes, that’s right: boogers.
The little tot has been caught in the act on the set of Toddlers & Tiaras picking her nose.
“Don’t do that! Don’t pick your nose! Eww, it is nasty, please don’t do that, it is nasty,” her mother begged her on the show.
Her mother decided they might as well poke fun at the incident.
The song will be released on iTunes this month.
Heaven help us
Oh, holy shit! TLC seriously needs to change their name. How about Trailer Life Channel?
Nannie, I think you are being too sensitive. Of the 131 posts no one has said anything negative about the absolutely gorgeously awesome Lacey Mae. People commented on her dress as ANY OTHER child that is in a pageant. Lacey Mae is being judged on her dress as ANY OTHER child the performs in pageants. We all know that Lacey Mae has short legs and a long torso. We all know she and nor her mother can change her body type. I actually think(I can’t sew a button on) they could have moved the skirt portion up therefore creating the LOOK the judges are looking for. All children are judged on how well their clothes fit and compliment them, in beauty wear(from what I have learned from T&T).
Sad to say, closet that the trailer (trash) Life channel (10Q ash!) will certainly be upping the ante. Already they advertise the show as being a train wreck. I can’t watch Eden, and I certainly won’t watch Honey Boo-Boo. Of course I’ll read the recap. *sigh*
I can just see J-ho negotiating as we write.
I love this site, the recaps, and all of you commentators on all of the action. I have been browing past recaps and comments this afternoon, and I have one little thing I want to get off my chest.
There are occasionally (often?) spoiled brat children, who act like monsters, terrorize their parents (and siblings, and h&m, and the general public) and seem to possibly have developmental delays due to their lack of communication skills. There have been some here who suggest that a few of these kids may be suffering from Aspergers syndrome, and therefore may not be completely at fault for their behavior. I am someone who has a mild case of aspergers, and I don’t think some of you really understand what that means.
I have trouble, for example, with metaphor. I am highly intelligent (but modestly educated) and I understand the CONCEPT of a metaphor, but don’t always ‘get’ when symbolic language is being used. I am quick to point out factual inaccuracies when I see them. The phrase ‘very unique’ gets me bent out of shape (Unique, by definition, means ‘one of a kind.’ Things cannot be ‘very’ one of a kind, they either are, or they’re not.) I can have a difficult time understanding tone, and sometimes I can’t tell if sarcarm is being used. It may be helpful to think of it like communication over the internet. It can be hard to tell when someone is joking, because tone is not easily transmitted in writing. Most communication is like that for me, even in person. Sometimes I will try to make a joke, and people will get upset or offended because I executed it wrong. I don’t like to be touched. I am quite uncomfortable with strangers hugging me, for example. I am fasinated by details. When I encounter a topic that I find interesting, I can spend DAYS scouring the internet for information about it, and finding out everything I can. This can drive my family crazy when I am spewing out facts that I find interesting about a topic that they couldn’t care less about. I can find it difficult to tell when others have lost interest, and would like me to stop talking. I know I can come off as ‘odd’ or rude, and I really hate to upset others, so I can become anxious in groups of people I don’t know very well. I rarely even post on internet forums I read, because I am afraid of how I will be taken.
I have posted this because NOTHING in an Aspergers diagnoses makes you act like a holy terror. Almost all of the terribly behaved kids I have seen on the show suffer from a complete lack of discipline, and (frankly) shitty parenting. Kids with Aspergers are not (by definition) developmentally delayed in speech. They are often ‘little professors’ with over developed vocabulary. You may find that speaking to a child with Aspergers is like talking to an awkward adult. They don’t grunt, scream, pitch fits, throw things, or have tantrums as a result of Aspergers. Kids do that shit, because they are shits. Almost always, when a kid is a shit, the parents are the primary cause. I do realise that many kids with autism may have communication problems, and speech delays. I am not ruling out any potential diagnosis’ for some of these kids, but I felt compelled to stand up for those with Aspergers. Additionally, people with Aspergers may be assholes, but Aspergers does not directly cause people to be assholes.
Thank you, Samanda. Very unique drivers me crazy too, but just because I take the English language very seriously (even though I love to play with it).
I have friends with children with Aspergers, and I have found the kids exactly as you describe yourself, but I am educated in language, not psychology. I don’t know about anyone else, but thank you for educating me.
The child whose awful mother joined us a couple of shows ago is a monster. Glad to know it is “just” bad parenting, because the mother certainly illustrated what kind of parenting that poor child receives.
Samanda– my older son has asperger’s syndrome/borderline high-functioning autism. His speech was quite delayed, so at 2,3 he did a fair bit of gruting/pointing/screaming to get his point across. He also had major tactile issues (being touched by people he didnt know well (ie, hair/makeup people) would have triggered a major response as a young toddler). Sometimes when hecwas stuck in what we called a “brain rutt”, he would have a major fit when we tried to sidetrack him. What you describe is very typical of an aspie adult, but ask your parents about your early years.
. That being said, I think a lot of what we see on t&t is a result of poor parenting/editing/just a bad day.
Confused in Canada – I’m from Alberta too and we were in Knotts Berry Farm where I was chatting with another mother waiting for her children and she says to me “You from Canada? How do y’all heat your houses? Y’all have electricity?” I wanted to snark so badly but I answered her properly. I love how your responses are we eat everything! I ‘m going to try that next time!
And like someone else said, I’d hate to see Lacey-Mae held to a different standard than other kids. Other kids are expected to have clothes that fit. I agree that’s hard to do if you don’t want to sink the money into custom dresses, for a kid with those proportions, but I do think she’d be insulted if she was treated differently. I got a chance to see the episode tonight, and she didn’t strike me as the kind of kid who wants special treatment.
Paisley’s mother is just an idiot, and her father too, for going along with such nonsense.
I feel bad for poor Alana. That show will be all about looking at the little Hillbilly kid with the fat mom who clips coupons all day.
@Zedd LOL, us Albertians are a special breed of patience aren’t we
please use the eat them it will confuses them 
@PG I watched this last night, and I think your right Lacey-Mae is a tough young lady. She’s doesn’t think of herself as different she just wants to be judged the same as everyone else. I agree the dress was a little long for her, but her talent was great and she’s such a beautiful girl. I hope she keeps on going in pagnents
Paisley was cute when she was seeking cheese dip. The hooker outfit was beyond stupid. I’m not sure if it’s a T&T thing or just an idiot thing but there seems to be a trend in parents putting their kids in totally inappropriate outfits after their episode airs. Wendy and Lauren I’m talking to you.
@ ConfusedinCanada and Zedd — I’m taking my first trip to Canada this summer (yay!), and in order to communicate clearly, I intend to talk very loudly and slowly to everyone I meet, because I’m sure no one in Canada knows English, right? And whenever I order something in a restaurant, I’m going to make a face and loudly ask, “Y’all Canadians don’t put anything weird in that, do y’all?” and “Is that REAL bacon or Canadian bacon?” I also intend to constantly express amazement that no one lives in igloos.
Then again, maybe I’d better not. My sister would surely run my down with the rental car. (Y’all do drive cars up there, right? I’ve always wanted to try mushing.) Okay, I’ll stop now. Hey, I’m from Texas; I know what it’s like to be on the receiving end of silly questions.
What on earth could Honey Booboo do on her own show that would even be remotely interesting??
And I want to smack Paisley’s mother. She is apparently determined to make her daughter famous at any cost. Haven’t any of these mothers ever heard of Lindsey Lohan?
I can only think that these mothers must be terribly insecure themselves to need their children to be famous. It’s not just enough for them to think (as we all do) that our children are beautiful and amazing, they need the whole world to say it, over and over again, or they’re not really sure it’s true. Fame for fame’s sake, not for DOING anything, not a famous actress, or a famous author, scientist, inventor, just….FAMOUS. They value notoriety over excellence or achievement or hard work. These kids (Paisley, Eden, Alana…) will grow up completely lacking the ability to self-motivate; to feel either pride or disappointment in themselves, they will only ever be as good or bad as other people tell them they are. It’s actually really sad, because their parents are crippling them in so many ways.
@Caprica6 you’re right and remember the Hippo races are at 8 pm at the seashore….you better love rattlesnake, moose, reindeer and Bison cause we eat a lot of it. Now shopping, well since we are all fat from eating whale and seal blubber remember that clothes will be big. We don’t have much bling on stuff cause our tongues freeze to it when we try to lick it
Seriously where are you going?
@Jazzy, come on it’s never to young to learn how to coupon!
@ash1 – exactly! So sad for those girls. I hope they end up having enough God given talents and intelligence to rise above what their mothers do to them.
@confused – Sigh. I suppose you’re right: Booboo could teach the kindergarten set how to “save” money by buying a decade’s worth of tinfoil that you might never need. Btw, my father is Canadian so I’m half Canadian!
@Jazzy, welcome to the the State north of the US of A called Canada LOL
You know when I was watching the show, I forget that Lacey was not as tall as the other 8 year olds. She bubbled and shone on stage, my heart broke for her when she was crying. If anyone deserves their own reality show it’s her. i would love to see her in more pagnents and then maybe some company or person would become her sponser for her to get a custom made dress to knock the socks off of the other girls. I hope she or her mom comes on there to hear all the nice things that are being said about her instead of the usual talk we have for those idiot moms.
@stagemom who’s mom was Lauren?
A big shout out to Zoe, Gabby and Beth! At The Southern Celebrity Pageant yesterday in Lansing MI, Zoe won Age Division Most Beautiful and Best Personality and Little Miss Grand Supreme!!! Gabby won Age Division Most Beautiful and Natural Photogenic and won the Ultimate Grand Supreme!!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Gabby and Zoe!!!!!!! Ms. Moli says GREAT job ladies:)
Gabby also got overall most beautiful. That is out of every kid. We were there.
. (my granddaughter got grand supreme in the natural pageant and mini- supreme in the glitz (gabby and Zoe only competed glitz. ). Having seen gabby’s new dress in person— Holy cow! It’s stunning.
that’s great new, congrats on the wins!
I wish t&t would do more Michigan/northern pageants. Most of us moms/grandmas are fairly normal, we help eachother out (my mom sewed on girl into her dress while I pinned another into hers, another mom loaned out a whole outfit (which, coincidentally, I made) when someone had forgotten theirs, etc). On a “pat myself on the back” note, all but 1 of the 6 kids who wore outfits I made got supremes, and Isabella (remember awesome Isabella?!) got supreme titles in both pageants. Gabby beat her by a half a point!
LOVED Isabella with her cute glasses, fart machine and awesome mom!
Thank you, Thank you
It haas been a crazy long weekend, recovering today from “Pageant Hangover” so glad to be taking a little break over the summer, yay!! And I am so disappointed that I took like ZERO pictures 
Going to have to wait for our stage shots to come back.
So, I finally caught up on Me and my Pet and this past week’s episode. There are just no words for some of what I saw, I will just leave it at that because I may have to cross some of these paths someday. But, a certain mother or two just made me really wonder, lol. Yes, they were mild episodes, but I had to shake my head! As far as Lacey-Mae’s skirt, I am not sure how it would be shortened, as her waist to knee lenth is so much shorter, but she can very well have a more proportional fitting dress I think. Even with her size she probably could wear a modified babydoll dress that looked more mature. It would be a challenge but a fun one
Beth, the girls looked great. I ADORE gabby’s new dress. Did you get your hair back from Troy?
I just got back from my cousin’s high school graduation. And some of the names were: Odlanier, Alma Christian Sinclair Storm! (I really hope the exclamation mark in the program is a typo), Tristan Paige Noelle, Some guy had the middle name was Orion, Some guy’s middle name was Odin. Fiorella, and O’Brien. These are just the few that were called before my cousin or caught my attention while skimming the program.
@PageantGrandma Thank you
Maybe one day I will actually finish Gabby’s dress! And, no, I didn’t get it back, I’ll have to get it at our next lesson!!
am I crazy of was there a part during Mack’s country routine that she looked like Eden in the face?
@Beth, post the pictures when you can I would love to see the dresses.
Lacy Mae should have won. Not only did she have a gorgeous face, but she had COURAGE. She is an extraordinary little girl . she obviously cant do flips and cartwheels , but it isn’t about that at all. its the fact that she got up there despite what shes probably heard all her life , and did a great job. That little girl really touched my heart. SHE SHOULD HAVE FUCKING WON -_- im pissed
Not to rain on your parade – however, I think there ought to be a new name for T&T’s -
Make that Freaks, Toddlers and Tiaras.
that is exactly what this show is providing.
A shortlegged dwarf walking around on the stage with either 3 or 8 year olds is not a sight I never want to see again.
That mother ought to tried for child abuse.
She obviously wanted to make sure that we all saw that somebody once found her attractive enough to f.ck her.
And no judge at a beauty pageant would dare to deny this little freak her crown.
She can’t help being waht she is, but I don’t wanna look at her.
Not a politically correct statement and I will probably be crucified for my remark.
Amen!
icegirl
Actually bullfighting is Portugal. Flameco although originated in Spain is also a bit part of Portugal. And she also had a “soccer player” part in her routine.
Mackenzie’s parents might have been born in Portugal, but clearly have no clue about Portuguese culture. Which if it’s true, it is sad not knowing your own roots.
The colors of the outfit match the Portuguese flag, but everything else was all too wrong.
The dress is from Sevilla, Spain, as well as the dance.
There are bullfights in Portugal but are not a trademark like in Spain.
And what’s with the football player, just because Ronaldo is one of the best players in the world…
Overall ridiculous