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Red-faced Michelle asks the judges if they should do something differently to improve and Judge Pam lays down the law. “There was a lot of non-eye contact with the judges today on her part,” she says. She tells Michelle that McKenzie kept looking at someone to the left in the audience (ha!). Michelle interviews what she heard, “All I got was ‘She was staring at someone in outerspace.’” Uh Michelle, that’s not what Judge Tight-Ass said at all. You’re pissed because she was probably looking at YOU.
Because it kinda looks like you’ve been off to the left during the entire pageant. And it also looks like you are a little “off.”
We see Michelle tell the judge, “That’s interesting because she NEVER does that. NEVER.”
“Well, she did today,” Judge Pam snots back, winning points from me.
Oh, there’s plenty of eye contact going on right now. LASER eye contact.
“The judge got very defensive,” Michelle interviews, “and I thought she was very unprofessional.” SHE got defensive? Because you totally did. She wasn’t unprofessional, she just told you something you didn’t want to hear or believe. Plus, your kid had ugly duck face, as did you. In fact, please use this episode to know how hideous you look at these pageants, it is truly disconcerting.
And I would recommend kneeling on a heating grate while reciting the entire Rosary.
“She wasn’t looking at anybody!” Michelle says to the judges at their table, tossing her hand up, and we hear, “Yes she was!” and I think it was Judge Pam – she was not in the shot but I think it was her voice. Oh, snap! Now they are just getting bitchy.
Hank says they are getting Emma her horse – it has to be blonde and they are going to color its mane pink. That sounds healthy and safe.
Hope holds Emma’s crown towards her and says, “Do you want this?” Emma smacks the crown and says, “NO!” Yeah, I’m thinking they’ll be doing pageants for maybe another year or two, then Emma’s done. Or more done than she is right now.
Just so you know, new episodes are coming back on Wednesday, July 11th, but at a new time – 9pm EST (it’s usually on at 10pm)…the DVR should know what to do. Fingers crossed there’s more crazy coming our way, or at least crazy pageant moms commenting!
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I’ve been shouting with laughter reading this. Unfortunately, it’s 11:30 at night and my neighbours want me to STFU. They just don’t understand!
Wow, Hope was super scary, and the damage she’s doing to Emma won’t be easily overcome. Although its excellent training for Emma’s inevitable future career.
Liz? Needs to learn she’s not a staaaarrr but an obnoxious little witch. If only there were someone in a position of authority in her life, some kind of “parent” type person, who could actually raise her. Aw, what am I saying – that’s just crazy talk.
Can’t wait until July! Please more Mak and Paisley!
DearCrabby, amazing job, thank you! My favorite of a richly funny recap was you eviscerating the director- cleaning out the basement outfit, so on point!
It was satisfying having a group of nuts again! The pineapple comments crack me up, but what that little girl (I refuse to learn their names, sorry!) evoked for me was big head, no neck, sort of like a bullfrog?
The little blonde girl was so cute! So sad her career was already chosen by both parents. Some people put kids into intensive athletic training or push academics rigidly from toddler-hood, but you just don’t see a lot of toddler stripper training. I guess somewhere out there are parents drilling their babies on the drive-thru window operation? I loved her little beach outfit though, especially with the orange wrap! Something about when those kids wear maxi lengths it is so adorable, more like little girls playing dress-up than being tarted up.
Mackenzie was the one in the ref uniform for OOC and then the Pineapple for Luau wear right?? If I am correct, then it was the pink and yellow eye shadow! I noticed that there was something off, well ok, besides the duck face, but yeah. The pink and yellow Shadow was ok with her pink and yellow dress, but wouldn’t you have time to change that once you changed her for OOC or into her Pineapple?
Yeah, 6 weeks until the new episodes come on, just in time for MR Z to come home from deployment
I can make him spend quality time with me watching this trainwreck….I can just hear him now “oh fuck no, you are not going to do that to our daughter, EVER!”…..ps no kids….
Ok, I knew Hope had said that she was MRS Mississippi….that is the only reason she put Emma in pageants, so they could do them together….As soon as Emma said “I’m sexy and I know it” I knew Crabby would have something to say about it….and all those pixi stix…holy crap! Just give her a can of coke, I am sure it would have the same effect on her! I did love her beauty dress, though. We don’t see to many lavender beauty dresses….
I’ve never commented before, but I’ve reading this recaps for some time now and I think they are hilarious!!! So, congratulations DC, and thanks a lot for writting and recapping this show because they are the icing of the cake after watching it. Sometimes, during the episode, when something bizarre happens I can’t help thinking what are you going to say about it and… well, you never disappoint! This was the main reason why I decided to write today for my first time (evah’!)
About the show in general, I can’t get enough of it. I am from Spain (yes, DC, I’m reading you from overseas!
) and we don’t have anything like this in here so it’s a constant cultural shock seeing people doing this kind of things and making their kids do such weird things. Sometimes you see families that enjoy doing that, adorable kids and it’s certainly enjoyable but other times… OMG… I can’t wrap my head around it, why are you treating your child like that and raising aperson with no manners, that thinks they are the center of the universe because you spend thousands and thousands of dollars in buying things they don’t even need??!!!
That’s why sometimes I get that kind of ugly fascination, like when you’re seeing something you know it’s wrong in so many levels, but you can’t stop staring… yeah, I discovered a new world with this show and now I’m addicted to it! (but in a good way xD)
This episode was very weird… mostly because of the mums and… the judge! The one with the “eye contact” fixation!!! The third time she said it I was like… WTF??? I can even understand you find that very important but she should have realized she was saying the same thing all the time and I was fed up with her. Although she earned some points in the confrontation with McKenzie’s mother because she didn’t held back and it was very funny to watch.
One last thing, I apologize for my english. As I said before, I’m from Spain, so english is not my mother tongue and my grammar is not so good, specially when I write. At least I understand (almost) everything so I can enjoy the show although I have to say that some parents have accents that are soooo strong that sometimes I don’t get a clue of what they are saying!!!
Yay full recap!! I didn’t get a chance to comment on this mini cap!
I thought this episode was awesome, it had enough crazy to be interesting but not enough crazy that one of the moms are going to come one here and sling off at everyone.
I might have been the only one but I didn’t find Emma’s mom that bad. Sure she was a bit overly attached to the child and didn’t really ‘get’ that you can’t be too sentimental about keeping her a baby then dress her like a sex symbol. She seemed really kind to Emma and getting excited when she did well. Unlike these delusional moms who think the kid is having fun, at least this kid was! Plus the child was gorgeous and sweet and I want an adult size version of her purple dress but I think the reality of me in that sparkly cupcake dress would look more like honey boo boos mom on Anderson Cooper – so maybe not!
You could tell McKenzies mom was gorgeous in her big haired day. But seriously I thought starting a first name with a Mc was an urban myth like La-A. It’s absolutely ridiculous. Her facial expressions and over the top makeup reminded me of my little knowledge of the pro- am kids in the 90′s all over the top and pouty. She was a really cute kid naturally though.
I didn’t like Liz, she seemed like one of the mean kids at school. Normally I would think the mother needs a smack but in this case the kid needs a smack.
As someone that isn’t from the US, all I have been led to believe about Mississippi is that it’s the most economically and socially backward bible bashing state that Oprah grew up in. Probably a bad misconception but anyway, that is what I think of when I hear Mississippi. But the must breed the gorgeous down there, because usually in the background shots we see the usual dowdy mom who enjoys pizza a bit too much and hasn’t bought a new outfit since the 90′s, and no doubt those types were there, but there was an abnormally large amount of really good looking people in the background. And no I am not talking about the guy in the pink suit haha.
In the minicap, everyone was talking about the Emcee, but I thought she seemed really sweet?? Like the type of person you want to hug you when you are upset. Or the next door neighbor that bakes cookies. And she had her hair and makeup done nicely.
Tell you who I didn’t like though? Pam.
My favorite bit of the whole episode was when Liz had her crowning meltdown and the camera did a shot of the audience. Everyone looked like pageant people and then off to the side was an old man that looked homeless with a scruffy old beard and a scruffy old beanie, like he came in for some free pixie sticks in a “hey who’s that guy” kind of way. Hilarious.
” . . . kneeling on a heating grate while reciting the entire Rosary.”
ROTLMAO!!! You, too, Crabby? You brought back some very painful memories with that line!
I don’t think that kind of pain would faze Liz, McKenzie, Hope, or Michelle, all of whom seemed oblivious and willful to the max.
Emma is a sweet-faced, beautiful little girl, but I hope her mother Hope doesn’t distort her natural personality.
Oh, I forgot to say that McKenzie has to be one of the fugliest children we’ve ever seen on the show. I’m not sure if it was her orange skin, unfortunate facial structure, or weird facial expressions, but she was not attractive at all.
Poor poor Emma. Her parents are doing nothing that is “wrong” but everything they are doing is wrong. Her swimwear was just a stripping act. They chose Marilyn because she was a “sex symbol” not a great actress or American icon, wow. Emma is too young to be getting her language from anyone but her parents, “Shut the front door” isn’t that a non swearing way of saying shut the F up? and maybe you know, don’t teach her songs about how sexy she is, ugh.
I almost died at Liz doing the pineapple princess routine. I recall after big fat gypsy weddings saying that the pineapple and palm tree would make great pageant outfits if they had the section to go with the costume. Kinda glad someone did it. Next time I want a kid dressed as a palm tree!
I didn’t know there was no more till July at least they ended on the crazy.
Couldn’t wait for your fullcap, and wasn’t disappointed. So glad to be on track with this week’s disasters, and hope we stay that way! Thought this one overshadowed this season’s previous shows.
Somewhere in Asia, teachers are showing this video to classes telling their students that just because the bar is so low, they still have to study hard. This program just might be propaganda to lull their kids into complacency.
I totes missed the birthday cake in the Marilyn routine!!!! Want sexualization? That about sums it up– a kind of visual mixed metaphor!
I hope Hope doesn’t turn Emma into a mean girl.
Awesome recap Dear Tabby!!! The funny thing about Hope and Rhinestone Cowboy is that Cockblock is not their only child, they have two more (I think I read that somewhere) , I wonder if they put them in pagents also. And after Cockblock got her hair colored, I couldn’t tell the difference, looked the same to me!
Marty Feldman!! That had me LMAO!
I am going to be LOL’ing all day about the title of the recap ALONE, much less the content of the recap! I’ve been making duckfaces at my husband for a week now, LOL!
Duckfaces Rooooool!
First pic proves it!
Thank you for including the “word” delican. I have a roll of dollar bills just waiting for the person who can tell us what it means. I love the South Park in the closet reference. The Tom Cruise episode is one of my favorites, it is right up there with the Michael Jackson episode. I think that Hope should get together with Tricia to discuss the “business” because I believe that they are the only ones that refer to pageants as the business. That was breaking point for me regarding Hope. Up until then she was just annoying, after that comment I truly began to dislike her. I dislike people who complain about situations that they have 100 percent control over. If the pageant business is making your daughter grow up to fast then don’t do pageants. See how easy that is. Quit or STFU.
Once again Dear Crabby, you are keeping me from doing my job because I kept checking for this recap, and now that it’s here, I had to read it instead. Oh well, shit happens. A written masterpiece as always! Liz needs a good smack in the head and then a lesson in losing gracefully. Hope- No hope for you. you’re a psycho. I can only imagine Emma at 17 sleeping with her mother wearing a frilly dress, mary janes on her feet and a nini in her mouth. (NiNi, I miss you so !!) Emma is adorable, I will hope she is allowed to grow up someday. McKenzie– I got nothin. Judge Pam- you rock, I could totally see you drop kicking the next smart ass mother who challenges you to say her child sucks. However, do you repeat over and over no eye contact with the judges in your sleep? Jes wondering!
I am thinking “delican” may be a synonym for “prettyal” from a previous season?
“So they wipe the excess from her mouth and hand her a French fry…which is going to be the same story on prom night”
Ha ha….So vile, and I love it. We can only blame the parenting skills (or lack thereof) in cases like this.
I’m at work and don’t have time to read the whole thing or the comments, but I did want to make two comments before I forget.
1. When I read the line about Emma Dad looking like a Ken doll, I immediately started wondering about what kind of Barbies Crabby had growing up. I don’t remember any of my Ken dolls looking like that – maybe Crabby had the limited edition “special edition” Stranger Danger Barbie set starring Kenster the Molester. That guy was definitely scary and a creeper. And a scary creeper.
2. If the emcee really is the love child of Roseanne and Kyra Sedgwick, think of all the awesome new connections we have for the 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon!
There is nothing wrong with having kids in bed with you, even at 3, people do it all over the world. The odds of squashing them is pretty unlikely. You have a sense that keeps you from falling out of bed, you develop the same sense about the baby as long as you are sober. I think it is cruel to take some little baby, put them in a cold dark room by themselves after being so close to mom. After my sons stopped nursing at about 1 we put a little mattress on the floor for them, by the time they were each 2 or so, they wanted their own room with a big boy bed. I slept with my little granddaughter for the first time last week, I had forgotten what a wonderful feeling it is to cuddle with a baby all night!! (also forgot about the wet bed part!)
You don’t have to either sleep with the baby or put it in a cold dark room. What about a nice cot next to mum and dads bed, which is the norm here until a kid is around 2 when they usually go to a bed room of their own.
I think what people are finding odd is not the fact Emma sleeps in her parents bed, but the fact her mom said she does so she can stare at her. At 3 and a half Emma is a big enough girl to at very least have her own bed set up somewhere, even if she does at times crawl into mom and dads bed after a nightmare or during a storm.
I thought delican was supposed to be delicate, but that does seem like an odd thing to grow up to be.
Oh I see the problem here. Among my circle of friends and family it is a tradition to make eye contact while toasting, or no sex for a year (minors until marriage or age 30, whichever comes first. Gets them out of the house quickly).
Poor Judge Pam found out about our tradition and thinks that ANY eye contact will get her some. If you know what I mean, and I think you do.
@Chickenlips ~ Bwahahaha! Stranger Danger Barbie…..Pretty Feet sold separately!
@Crabby ~ Thank you for the shots of Platypus McGee! I thought of you while watching the episode, calling out each fantastic shot. *applauds*. Nicely done.
Oh, speaking of which…… If her daughter never, NEVER, looks at her, why did she make all the faces and nodded approval at each facial given? *shivers at that word*
Both of my sons slept with me, but (a) not until 3 1/2, and (b), not so I could stare at them. My reasons were far more practical, having to do with it being a far easier arrangement with a nursing infant and my younger son’s penchant for climbing like his sperm donor was spiderman. They both moved into their own rooms quite seamlessly after they weaned. I don’t think, honestly, though that crabby would have even brought that up except that Hope did, in the same sentence as proclaiming that she wants to keep Emma (who knows the words to “I’m sexy and I know it) “a baby for as long as possible” while having her “baby curls” highlighted, and in between (thanks to the magic of editing) essentially calling her a “sex symbol” and encouraging her to STRUT in heels. Emma sleeping with mom really isn’t the crazy part– just in combination with all the rest…..
Before the it’s normal/it’s not normal sleeping arrangements conversation earns a right to it’s own minicap, lets all agree to each her own.
What I took from the comment was the fact that Hope has Emma in her bed for the point of looking at her day and night. As a mom I have stood in the doorway of my kids bedrooms and watched them sleep for a moment or two. I never thought about bringing them into my bed or bedroom for the sole purpose of looking at them.
Hope needs to get her act together now or poor Emma will be receiving mixed messages the rest of her life. She can start with not coloring Emma’s hair.
Don’t color your 3-year-old’s hair. People have that done so their hair looks like it did at that age! Don’t buy 3-year-old-sized heels! Let her clump around in yours like we all did, and let her wear shoes that won’t jack up her ankles at the pageant. Never, ever, mention your 3-year-old’s name and the words “sex symbol” in the same sentence! I actually kinda liked Hope, in as much as she was encouraging to Emma at the pageant, and did seem like a devoted, loving mom, but Holy mixed messages, batman!
Also, I officially decree that if the 100yh comment is “snarkle baby!” and the 200th is “thundercunt”, then 300 should definitely be “clusterduckface”.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Clusterduckface Pageant! Contestants include J-Lo, Squidy, and many more. Special appearances by Shparkle Wood and everyone’s favorite hard working lady, Ni-Ni!
Crap! That was supposed to announce the Thundercunt Clusterduckface Pageant!
I think I may have solved the mystery of delican. Maybe. I think the kid was trying to say ‘and elegant’ but he sort of slurred them together so it came out ‘an delegan’ with no ‘t’ sound on the end.
Mckenzie wasn’t the most facially attractive kid there, but honestly I think the giant majority of that can be attributed to whoever the heck did her makeup. Her lips were this weird three-tone thing that just looked bizarre and I don’t even know what was going on with her eyeshadow. And with the spray tan, she kinda looked like an oompa-loompa in bad drag. BUT – and yes I am throwing a but in here – her attitude when she saw the girl who beat her and the loud cheers she made for said girl made her far nicer in my eyes. You can fire the makeup artist (and holy hell should they ever), but you can’t get a child to be genuinely gracious like that without some seriously hard work.
SPEAKING OF WHICH oh my god Liz was about the worst I’ve ever seen. Her routines were okay (I honestly liked her hula routine the best, and I don’t care if they hate lip-synching, kid was spot on with her lip-synch, come on!) but the fit. THE FIT. Seriously the moment that kid started sulking off the stage like a spoiled brat I would have hauled her butt right out of there. She doesn’t like the crown she gets? Then she can skip the pageants and crowns altogether if her attitude is going to be that bad. Her mother doesn’t seem to have a clue what discipline is – a kid does not get to that state of ridiculous entitlement without some serious failure in the parenting department.
Emma was adorable. Her mother was not – and oh man every note of her forehead in the recap had me cracking up. I think my favorite bit was when she she had the Sun Chip sticking out of her mouth. (It was a sun chip. Cheese flavor. Don’t judge me, I’m hungry.)
Hello – I’ve been reading these recaps forever, but never commented until today. I wanted to address the word “delican,” which everyone has been eagerly trying to decipher. I am pretty sure that what Trayven was trying to say was that he wanted to be “intelligent.” I had noticed that little verbal tic of his earlier in the show, saying the same thing using different words. Then, he said he wanted to be smart and *stumble, stumble, big, hard, word* what I think was supposed to be “intelligent” but came out “delican.” And you know what? Poor kid is is smart and delican, it’s his mom and grandma who are as dumb as rocks.
Don’t even get me started on Holly. What a douche. She is not delican at all.
Half the point of pageants, soccer, t-ball, or any other competitive event for kids should be teaching them good sportsmanship– how to win ad lose gracefully. Mckenzie displayed that, her mother did not. The judge wasn’t “defensive and unprofessional”– YOU were. Liz’s mother was fine in that department, but clearly hadn’t taught her daughter a darn thing about the concept! I thought it was odd how emma’s mom referred to pageants as a “business”– they are, I suppose, for the directors who charge $1000 to enter (we don’t do those), the coaches who charge $200 an hour to coach babies, and the “designers” who charge $400 for ill-fitting, poorly constructed casual wear, and the hair/makeup “artists” who charge $300 to make your kid look like a pineapple/bullfrog/miss kitty, but for the contestants and their moms, it’s not a business. It’s a hobby– an expensive one at that.
* Oops. I meant Hope, not Holly. Was writing, cooking, answering questions about dessert and trying to remember that kid’s name all at the same time. Trayven, right?
Ziplock– I agree– the kid (traven– think “raven”, but with a “t”, for which I have to give his mom some credit for not making up a spelling for the “created” name) clearly was a smart kid– the adults in his life need to be smacked into next week along with Liz and her mother. Emma was a darling, and while her dad (whom I still might want to arrange a lunch date with David Perez, and the fathers of a couple other girls who have been followed), honestly seemed a dad who loved his kid, and her mom (conflicted much?) had some issues, I actually got the feeling she’ll end up being okay.
Dear Crabby – thanks for subtly mentioning Hope’s Botox forehead. It bugged the crap out of me. Seriously funny recap. You pulled a Marty Feldman reference for crying out loud!
Ok I HAVE to share this story here even though it’s VERY difficult for me to do so. After reading some of these comments, I have to do this!
For anyone who’s saying that it’s ok for babies to sleep with their parents…NO IT’S NOT! Seriously! That’s NOT ok. Do you know how many babies DIE by an accidental roll over while sleeping with their parents? Doctors everywhere stress the importance of not doing that for a reason. Even the most careful & loving parents are capable of rolling over on their child in the middle of the night.
Take it from someone who’s best friend’s 1 month old died by being suffocated while he was sleeping with her and his sister. That is a devastating thing for any parent to withstand, and her daughter still has nightmares to this day and she followed her baby in death less than 3 months later. That is something NO family should have to endure. So I encourage anyone who thinks it’s ok for their babies to sleep with them to PLEASE rethink that because it is soooo dangerous! I’ve let my babies sleep with me without a second thought before that happened, but I would never do that again. Just because your kids turned out fine while sleeping with you, doesn’t mean they all do. Again, if you or anyone you know allows their babies to sleep with them, please, please, please encourage them not to.
When a baby is old enough to fight back to a point where it will startle you awake, then maybe and that’s a big maybe, but please try to stop an infant from sleeping with an adult or even an older sibling until it’s much older.
Sibling, definitely. They lack the “sense” a parent has. I have scoured the Internet today for a documented case of a child being smothered by a sober single mother (other people in the bed are less predictable, and not applicable in my situation when my children were small), and couldn’t find one. But I get where that experience might really make you want to spread the word.
Not quite sure where you’re getting your info PG, but there are definitely PLENTY of cases where a mother, alone in her bed with her child, has suffocated it. I don’t think it’s socially responsible to suggest that it’s ok for a child to sleep in the bed with a parent if it’s ‘a sober single mother’ or not. It is never a good idea for an infant to sleep with ANY adult under ANY circumstance. Sober, single mothers unintentionally kill their babies in this manner a lot! It’s not ok. Period.
Like I said, I’ve let my kids sleep with me, as has every one else I know, but that doesn’t make it ok because nothing happened. We were blessed that nothing happened not proof that it’s ok. Ask a doctor and they’ll let you know the real statistics.
I did a quick Google search and found this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232265/Breastfeeding-mum-smothers-baby-jet-falling-asleep.html
It mentions two cases of infants smothered by their sleeping mothers. One mother happened to do it TWICE.
However – back to the recap: I threw a fit in public once, and only once when I was about 8. My parents spanked me in public and that was the end of that. I totally deserved it. I guarantee that the spanking did less so-called long-term psychological damage than if my parents just let me be an ass in public. Think of her future, Jennifer! Spank away**!
**disclaimer – last sentence was pure snark.
Oh lord I can’t handle a co-sleeping debate right now. Millions of parents safely co-sleep with their babies around the world. I talked to my doctor and my doctor had co-slept with her kids. We had the arms reach sleeper which worked great for us. Co-sleeping with a nursing newborn is one thing, co-sleeping with a 3 year old because you want to watch her sleep is creepy in any book.
I think angry judge was deducting points like crazy from all of the kids. The girls followed still pulled high titles, which leads me to believe a lot of kids lost points for eye contact.
Good news for drama lovers, the boards are saying that squidley is being followed again this month. I can’t wait to see the drama that breaks out. There’s a couple episodes that should be interesting to watch next season.
PG – just google Mikwaukee and infant death. It is an epidemic here. It s realy sad.
@SnarkyShark…exactly my point! You never know what can happen so the more we can do to prevent a tragedy, the better. Like I said it’s a really touchy subject with me & I still have problems discussing the deaths of my best friend and her son, so putting it out there was difficult, but I felt compelled to share it after seeing people saying it was no big deal.
And I agree…back to the epi because there’s nothing that cheers me up more than bat shit pageantry.
I have to say that McKenzie didn’t bother me as much as others. In fact, I loved her spunk on stage. Yeah she didn’t make the best faces and her makeup was questionable, but I think she really deserved her title.
And poor, poor Liz’s mom lol. That’s all I have to say about that (in my Forest Gump voice
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@Stagemom…if your DOCTOR told you it was ok to sleep with your infant, she needs her license revoked. I can’t see ANY physician cosigning that b.s. Yes they make things to prevent a tragedy from happening, but they also make airbags to prevent deaths and we know the success rate of those. I really want to move away from this topic because that’s not why we’re here, but I can’t let ignorant comments like that go without commenting on it. Not saying that you’re ignorant, I just think someone saying it’s ok to sleep with an infant is an ignorant thing to say when the death toll is so high. Yes we’ve all probably done it, I don’t think there’s a new mom on the planet that hasn’t fell asleep exhausted with their babies in the bed (doctors included even though they know how dangerous it is) knowing that they have to get up again in a couple of hours, but that doesn’t make it ok. Like I said, we’re BLESSED that nothing happened NOT proof that it’s no big deal!
Just to jump in on the co-sleeping thing (I know, groan…most families in the world still do or until recently did he “family” bed. It’s perfectly natural, healthy, produces confident children without any disproportionate amount of attachment issues.
And yes, there are tragic cases where children die in bed with parents. But there are tragic cases of children dying in cribs or beds alone, as well. Don’t believe the spin. Remember, in the 60s and 70s doctors convinced women breast-feeding wasn’t as healthy as formula. And most people bought that idea, too (much to formula-maker Nestle Inc.’s delight). We seem to have this cyclical aversion to natural processes.
My ex is from a part of Europe where it was unthinkable to isolate an infant from its parents, and we live in a progessive university community where co-sleeping is supported as a parenting option, and my kid is as normal and kick-ass as we could hope for given his parents.
@BellicoseBaby…yet another example of being BLESSED that your child saw no harm and NOT proof that it’s ok. Babies do die in cribs and beds alone, you’re correct, but take a minute and look up the statistics and you will see that more babies die while co-sleeping than they do from accidents in a bed or crib. FYI…SIDS isn’t ‘crib death’ as people are apt at calling it. It’s an unexplained death in an infant that can occur anywhere at anytime, so SIDS doesn’t factor into the equation. So the chances of a child dying in their own bed or crib is significantly lower than the chances of a death that occurs when you sleep with your infant. Again, just because you got away with it doesn’t mean it’s not harmful and you shouldn’t encourage others to follow suit.
Did anyone else notice coach cambrie (sound of thunder) standing next to mckenzie’s mother in the audience? I have no idea why she would be in mississippi when so far we’ve only seen her in las vegas pageants, but that would explain the signature miss cambrie drag queen makeup complete with bright yellow eyeshadow and too dark lipliner that mckenzie was not so much rocking
Just to get off topic and my apologies to readers of Edens World for posting the same there – PLEASE please please someone maybe pageant gran or stagemom would you go to the FREE pageant of Heather Ryans and report back to us. I would go but it is a 24 hour plus plane ride.
Normally I don’t comment but—-Oh dear GOD! Step away from the cosleeping debate! My guilty pleausre is getting all messed up with grown up talk!
I looked up Hope….I don’t see her as a winner of Mrs Mississippi anything.. just some kind of runner up or something…just saying
http://mrsmississippipageant.com/2011Contestants.html
But here http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/365/Mrs/2011 she’s listed as a delegate so I don’t know how this works…but she’s a grad student in Marriage & Family Therapy…hee hee
@Michelle – nice catch! Raymond must be a county in Mississippi, I’m guessing? That is too funny.
Poor forehead.
Peeps!!!! That crazy la…woman took over the minicap, and I don’t want the family bed hijacking CrabbyCakes’ fabulous fullcap. ‘Kay?
I loved the recap more than any other, right from the picture of what happens to contestants in the future. The show gave Crabby so much material and she ran with it like Michael Vick from a pack of pound dogs.
Thanks for think, Michelle. I was wondering about Hopeless too. Somebody on the minicomments said she is so nice and normal, but ya just can’t edit in batshit crazy! And Botox!
Went Back for the URL, Michelle (my comment was thanks for the link, BTW) and caught the comment about Hopeless being a grad student in Marriage and Family Therapy. And she will no doubt get her license.
Another great reason to live way up north.
I’m all in for the let’s get off the co sleeping train. As a numbers gal you can generally find numbers to support just about anything in your favor.
Michelle –
How weird…here’s a news story about Hope being Mrs. Mississippi 2011: http://hindscounty.wlbt.com/news/people/raymond-woman-competing-mrs-united-states/45752
I wonder if there’s intrigue, ankle-breaking, & disqualifications we don’t know about, LOL!!!!! Hmmm…
I agree with leaving the co-sleeping argument behind, but I do have to say, I think the issue (for me) is less the sleeping with her mother part and more the “I sleep with her so that I can just look at her.” Creeeeeepy! How does that child sleep with someone staring at her like that???????
Well peeps, I’m sorry for ‘hijacking’ the cap to discuss something so close to me. As someone who has gone through the tragedy I felt compelled to issue a warning after seeing so many people saying that it’s ok. I never wanted a discussion on it, just wanted to share an experience to try to enlighten people who had such a cavalier attitude about something so dangerous. I apologize and I will NEVER deem to do something so um…err..irritating(?) again. I didn’t expect to get COUNTERPOINTS on something so widely known to kill babies everyday, so again, didn’t think it would go any further than maybe opening up someone’s eyes to something they didn’t give a second thought to and since we were discussing the SHOW that mentioned co-sleeping, I didn’t find it all that irrelevant. Let’s go back to using the comments for what they’re made for. Talking about little debbies or something else as relevant as that. Geesh. I’m officially done with this comment section.
The pictures in the recap are classic…thanks Crabby
Our pediatrician and my OB-GYN both co-slept. Whether or not an anonymous fellow snark lover on my favorite recap site agrees with them is not my concern. We used the arms reach co-sleeper, which is what our doctor recommended. @fancyface, I understand that this is something that you are passionate about and I’m very sorry for your loss, but this is something that we are also passionate about. We researched the topic in depth and it was not an ignorant choice, it was the best choice for our family.
Will the real Mrs. Mississippi please stand up? “Campbell is the reining Mrs. Mississippi United States of America 2012, and Cole won the Mrs. Mississippi America title in 2011.” So on the link
http://mrsmississippipageant.com/2011Contestants.html
Emma’s mom Hope Campbell was a delegate and didn’t win, but McKenzies mom, Michelle Cole won. Apparently Emma’s mom won a different Mrs. Mississippi title.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20120528/NEWS/205280318/-Toddlers-Tiaras-Miss-girls-following-moms-footsteps
Oh Noes I’m awaiting moderation.
@Bluedog maybe PG or Veruca can be bribed with a couple of bags of pixy stix to go. The entire Eden circus wears on my nerves like nails on a chalkboard and I don’t think I could handle being in a room with them without ripping my brain out from between my ears and running for the hills.
My mum never slept with my sister and I as infants. She did keep a bassinet/ cradle thing in her room next to her bed for us to sleep in, so we were in the same room, but not in the same bed. Three year olds should be sleeping on their own. Where is this girls independence? Mum is coddling her which may have some bad repercussions for her down the road ( I have a friend that was coddled and quite frankly still is and she is doing nothing- no job, no school- and she is 20.) protective moms are fine but obsessive/babying winds up creating insecure adults. The recap was great as always DC
and to my fellow commenters, I think it’s neat to get all the perspectives on stuff (including the sleep with baby debate lol) Homestly I’ll probably do whaty mum did and use a cradle in the room because while I don’t move too much at night, I would worry about accidentally crushing my kid. Not saying it happens or it doesn’t but I wouldn’t personally risk it. Plus with the cradle right next to the bed for the first Lil bit, it’s basically sleeping with your kid.
Co-sleeping with an infant is a completely different topic than co-sleeping with a toddler. Regardless, in Hope’s case, she’s a schizo — wanting her 3-year-old to be a baby one minute and a sex symbol in a “business” the next. Why not just let her be a 3-year-old?
Also, years ago my kids and I used to watch Supernanny. Remember that? My kids watched it with a sort of appalled fascination knowing that if they ever acted like those kids, they wouldn’t be needing a nanny, they’d be needing a pillow to sit on while they mourned the loss of their possessions. Parents like Liz’s and Traven’s (thanks for the spelling correction PG) need to buy a good book on parenting and follow its instructions.
I don’t know if I’d cite the mom who had TWO kids die from co-sleeping as an example of how it could happen to anyone. That sounds pretty suspicious to me.
I think Sonya from RHONY could teach us alot about co sleeping. That’s the co sleeping I like to hear about.
@BlueDog she only does the pageants for the show, and they are not filming right now. They are under contract for a 2nd season, but right now nothing has been posted about the pageants. You can all trust me I know what I am talking about, I am just not saying any more
(NO, we are not involved in this either, lol, I just know someone)
I did read the same “rumors” about the filming of Camarie, interested to see if it is true as well.
Squidly is coming back? Thank God for the hiatus until July…I need the prep time!
@Ziplock, “they’d be needing a pillow to sit on while they mourned the loss of their possessions” made me laugh out loud…we were the same way. My dad never yelled or got mad, but if he gave us the look we knew we’d better shut the hell up!
@Beth were you filmed for that German show that was also at rumble in the jungle talking about Eden crying? If you don’t wish to answer thats cool but I’m sure it was you because the lady looked like you and was mother to a Zoe who looks like your Zoe. Sadly it was all dubbed in German so I really couldn’t understand it. Interestingly Brooke Breedwell from Painted Babies (the first show I watched on glitz in 1996) was there and was talking about protecting children and not caring for Eden’s costume.
@DC “Squidly is coming back? Thank God for the hiatus until July…I need the prep time!”
and don’t forget we all need the time to buy the southern redneck dictionary of vile and abuse words so we can clearly communicate with the giant squid.
@Beth, what would we do with out your insite
thanks
Well I will be turned to YouTube watching reruns and working up myself up over stupid people. Dear Crabby should have a open forum topic so we can just resnark the past shows.
@moragkim Yes, that was me filmed. I was very very very angry about it though. We were told we were going to be “followed” to do a story about families starting into pageants. Brooke was introduced to us as a college student learning about film and television who just happened to be a former pageant kid. She NEVER said a word about her “horrible life” in pageants around us. We were totally misled. The very few seconds of me on film were just that a few seconds of two whole days of filming. I hade NO idea that they were using me to make fun of Mickie and Eden or to talk bad things about them. We had been in pageants for 5 months at that point and obviously just learning. If I remember correctly from what was translated I was saying something along the lines of her on stage and Zoe. I truly can’t remember and I know it was totally taken out of context. This was at the Rumble in the Jungle pageant that Heather directed and was filmed for T&T.
@confused…you’re welcome
LOL
If Eden isn’t filming now does that mean she is enrolled in school…..wishful thinking on my part.
Unfortunately, no. To my knowledge, Eden has never been to school. Mickie “homeschools”. Don’t get me wrong– I totally recognize homeschooling as a valid educational option, and normally I would be the first to say that as a licensed teacher, that Mickie is qualified, but clearly she just is not.
I think that little Emma is beautiful. I wish she could have a normal life and not these ridiculous pageants. I really hate this show. It is awful in every way.
@DC LOL “the look”! My parents (my mum) perfected it. The look used to make me wanna per my pants
amazing what parents can do without saying anything.
Emma was sweet- believe it or not dying her hair won’t harm her (though t may eventually fry her head- so her mum is not persay abusing her… My mums a hair stylist and when I asked her about it she was saying that she would not recommend dying little kids hair but it is safe. (she totally disagrees with it though- would not even highlight my hair till I was twelve…)
Liz, total sore winner(loser?) her parents should be embarrassed by her behaviour- I would be!
And Mackenzie was—- actually I barely remember her XD man im going to miss T&T for a month :/
Again great recap, I was jumping up and down when I saw it was up haha
Roseanne and Kyra Sedgwick’s love child…..hahahaha! DC, how do you come up with this stuff?
I don’t have much to add about the show – I agree w/ the majority: Emma’s mom was nutty, Liz was a brat.
Re: co-sleeping, I never slept with my babies b/c I didn’t feel it was safe so I put the bassinet right next to my bed. All the benefits of having the baby near you with no risk. I don’t think it’s that weird for Emma to sleep with her mom (or is it w/ both parents?). A lot of people do that. My 9 yr old daughter likes to get in bed with me if my hubby is away b/c she likes to lay in bed and talk before she goes to sleep. I’m not complaining… all too soon she’ll be a teen and not telling me anything!
Yeah, I’m a little surprised at the judgmentalism being expressed here. I didn’t sleep with my kids but I’m not going to say “that’s weird” or “that’s wrong” when I have no idea what the individual situation is. I had all kinds of plans concerning what kind of mother I was going to be. Then my first baby had acid reflux that was mild enough to undiagnosable for a year but bad enough to keep him awake 20 hours a day, every day for the first nine months. Then I became the kind of mother who did whatever she had to do to get through the day, and I learned to give other people the benefit of the doubt.
I looked at all the links – how many Mrs Mississippi’s are there?
PG or Veruca – we don’t have pixie stix here. Would you go to Heather Ryan’s pageant if I sent over some rum or beer. We do make good alcohol and you’ll need it.
Sometimes when I watch this show I can’t but think of this quote:
“…. Heh, if you lived in any other country in the world, you’d have starved to death long ago.”
―Frank Grimes,The Simpsons “Homer’s Enemy.”
Emma’s mom was nutty, yes. A bit (okay, a lot) conflicted, but I will say that she genuinely seemed loving, and Emma seemed to actually have fun at the pageant, which is more than we can say for some kids we’ve seen before. Practicing is clearly not her thing, but I was like that, too, as a kid. I grew up in competitive dance and baton twirling. I loved both, loved my classes and lessons, lived for competitions, but hated practicing at home. Luckily that is one of the situations in life where the natural consequences (losing, in individual events, or the wrath of my team) were a far better teacher than anything my mom could impose. Liz needs to take a break from pageants, and a good swift kick in the rear. Mackenzie needs a better makeup artist, for sure, and her mom needs sportsmanship lessons along with Liz. “that’s what we do– we win pageants”– the “royal we” thing needs to STOP with any mom whose kid is older that 2– “we” don’t compete– Mackenzie does. She didn’t do her best that day. It’s okay. Live. Learn. Improve.
know someone that went to the lame Cutie Patootie Pageant.. and YES everyone has to pay to enter. Its not FREE. Eden tries to sell auotgraphs and they nickel and dime you to death. The little girl we know said her her and her mother thought it was a complete waste of time. Mickie and Andrew fighting then you throw cutabitch in there.. people were having to take their kids out of the room because there was so much arguing and fighting, cussing going on it was ridicoulous. Needless to say, she took her daughter and they left. Miss Sparklebaybee was making sure everyone knew it was all about her and Eden and anytime the cameras would go to another child she would get pissed off and storm out to the room…What a mess is all I can say.. when she told me what happened I was really not surprised but thought they would have more decency about themselves around other children.. guess not!! And they call themselves Classy.. give me a break!! Another reason to call child services.
@Beth from what I can remember you came across fine. Not bitchy or mean or anything, I am so sorry they misled you like that though. I remember one mom saying she heard Eden crying, which was shown on TnT but it may not have been you. I think there few a few moms other than Mickie interviewed and I could only understand the first few words because of the dubbing. Interestingly that clip is no longer on youtube.
I feel bad that you weren’t told the truth about Brooke and honestly I remember when her show was on and she was 5 and seemed like the saddest mostly forced kid in the world, so I’m not surprised she hates the whole thing but misleading anyone into being filmed, especially with their children is just really wrong. On a side note Zoe’s pink dress was adorable.
I will say that what I did like about the moms on this ep is that, to their daughters, they were supportive, and encouraging. We get shown so much “that was terrible!!” that that was nice to see.
I have to ask, as close as my family is we don’t do the co-sleeping(sleep in parents room until you grow out of your bassinet)…what do you do in the instances when you and your husband/parent want to be intimate? Do you have sex with the child in the bed?
*partner not parent…man that sounds creepy
That wasn’t a cconcern for me (I was a single mom– donor babies) but other families I knew who co-slept just moved elsewhere.
Co-sleeping is the issue of the day. If not, it would just be something else. I entered motherhood thinking it was going to be this supportive sisterhood only to find it more divisive than a high school lunchroom. Everyone judges the person who doesn’t do it THEIR way. If you don’t breastfeed, you’re not dedicated enough to your child’s well-being, if you don’t attachment parent, you’re setting your kids up for failure, if you don’t let them cry it out, they’ll never learn to self-soothe or become independent….enough! There is no right or wrong when it comes to parenting, although there are several manuals. Most parents enter into it with the best of intentions and the decisions they make for their children often come from a loving place, including those who co-sleep.
Yes, there are dangers to co-sleeping with infants. But this is also a worldwide practice, so obviously there is only a small percentage of casualties when looking at the big picture. That doesn’t mean the dangers should be disregarded. Nor does it mean a parent who co-sleeps is just asking for something bad to happen. My daughter started off in the bassinet and went to the crib. I even used an ‘infant positioner’ to keep her on her back. I still checked on her several times a night. One night, I watched her roll onto her side and her face somehow got mashed into the mattress. She was about 4 months at the time. I waited to see if she would lift her neck. She never did. She lay facedown, smothering herself, despite being in a positioner, despite sleeping alone.
Of course, in reality, this lasted less than 10 seconds, but I was a wreck. I couldn’t keep her so far from me anymore, even in a crib. I brought her into my bed and she’s been there every since. She’s two now, and I want her to get a toddler bed, but now I’m scared she’ll wake up, get out of bed, and get into danger while I’m still asleep. LOL…if it’s not one thing, it’s another. Parenthood is stressful business… let’s stick together.
@sarcasatire – you are totally right, if you don’t do it a certain way, you are considered a bad parent and I could totally see it becoming as devisive as high school.
Bottom line is, kids will continue to be screwed up no matter what parents do…and the worst ones become recappers! Tragic, really.
Oh, crabby, you have no idea– middle school has nothing on new mamas. Don’t/can’t breastfeed? You SUCK! Breastfeed? You SUCK! Choose to work outside the home? You SUCK! Choose to stay home? You get the picture.
Co-sleeping is safe when done correctly and it does not make the child have issues. In fact it makes kids feel very secure. Why should kids sleep alone. Married couples sleep together. Why is it okay for a child to sleep alone but not adults? Co-sleeping is the least of this kids problems.
@pageant-grandma, I think you mean: “Don’t breastfeed? YOU suck. Breastfeed? THEY suck. ”
@nancy: My mom says that it is always confusing to a child to be banished alone to a room down the hall while two adults sleep together. “Mommy and Daddy sleep together, yet no one sleeps with me?!”
Co-sleeping is not for everyone. But if your child refuses to sleep alone, it’s best to be patient and diligent as certain things are confusing to a little one. If my two favorite people shared a bed, I’d want in!
I was a breastfeeding, co-sleeping, delayed-vaccinating (my older son had major reactions), baby-wearing mama, and while most of my friends at the time fit that mold, many did not, and my “granola” friends totally could not wrap their brains around how I could have friends in both camps. It’s easy– I did what was best for my children, and for me. So does nearly every other mother I know! We may not have the same definition of “best”, but that doesn’t make bottle-feeding, crib-sleeping, bucket-toting moms “bad”. And I’ve gone from being a “granola” mom to a pageant grandma, so there’s that.
@Pageant-gradma, I love you. Wish there were more around with your attitude when I first had a baby.
Crabby!!! I’m pretty new to reading your recaps (I think I’ve only commented once) and I must say, you are a recapping genius. I am a person who rarely smiles, let alone laughs, but you recaps always make me laugh like an idiot! So thanks for making me smile and laugh!
Now, I was just thinking, and feel free to ignore this completely if you think it’s a stupid idea, but I think you should do a post with all of the highlights and low points of the season. I bet you’d do an excellent job with that. But like I said, feel free to ignore this if you think it’s a stupid idea!
I wish Beth’s husband was on every episode. He’s cute and has a great butt! If you read this Beth, don’t worry because I’m a guy so you have nothing to worry about. lol
It is sad that most of you try to speak as if you are intelligent. If you hate the show and pageantry so much, why do you watch and why are you obsessed with talking about it and trashing people on the show? You should know that the show is HEAVILY edited. Look up a recent article on Examiner.com to explain this. I do love my children and I never force them into any activity, evens pageants. Those shoes, worn just for her Marilyn outfit, are no higher than the plastic heels you can find in the toy aisle. As for me staring at her while she sleeps, that’s because children stay small for a short amount of time. I want to soak up as much of her being “my baby” as I can. She started out sleeping with us because I have a son who almost died from sleep apnea as a baby. If it werent for him sleeping with us, I would have never known he would stop breathing in his sleep. So excuse me for being a bit over-protective of my kids. Thank you to those who said nice things of my Emma. I am not crazy by any means. Possibly you need to take a look at your own life before being so quick to judge others. There are many different pageant organizations in the world. Michelle was Mrs. Mississippi America 2011, I was Mrs. Mississippi United States 2011 and currently Mrs. Mississippi United States of America 2012. Lastly, as for the BOTOX, I’ve never had anything more than microdermabrasion done to my face. I’ve never had botox or any kind of injections nor has my husband.
Did any other ‘Lost’ viewers see the resemblance between Berkeley and ‘Hurley’? I think this is what Libbey and Hurley’s kid would have looked like.
Watching some tlc, and am I crazy or is the new cheer show following one of the pageant families from a while back?
Oh and the co-sleeping thing… well I am due in Sept and keep saying how nice it woyld be to try it out… but I know what has happened in my bed sooo I would just feel icky doing it.
Sweet potato casserole, here I go again! Stop me, somebody, I’m feeling particularly soap-boxy this week.
@sarcasatire — I just wanted to applaud what you said about the high school lunchroom dynamics of motherhood. I think what it boils down to is that deep down we all recognize that we have no fucking clue what we’re doing, which tends to translate in real life as becoming extremely defensive and confrontational when other people disagree with our parenting choices, because OMG what if they’re right and I am ruining my child forever?!?!?! I am friends with very few other people with small children simply because I’m tired of being judged for vaccinating, co-sleeping, occasionally letting my 2 year-old have a cup of soda, not carting my kids to ballet/martial arts/swimming lessons the second they can walk, not feeding them only free range and organic foods, etc., etc. They’re my kids, it’s my life, if I screw up then I’m the one who has to deal with that guilt for the rest of my life. And when you’re a parent, if you don’t wake up feeling guilty about something most days, it means you are either completely delusional or your kids are being raised by a bevy of nannies, probably on another continent.
@Hope — Regardless of editing, if you make the choice to put your family and your child on television then you have to be ready to take whatever criticism comes your way. Warranted or not, signing that filming release implies signing away your right to not be publicly discussed, criticized, and judged. Why do you think we’re all sitting here safely behind our keyboards instead of applying to be on whatever reality show applies to our particular peccadilloes? ‘Tis easier (and way more fun) to be the snarker than the snarkee, and that’s just the way of the world.
@Pageant-grandma — Every comment you write makes you sound more and more like someone I wish I had as a next door neighbor.
@fancyface — What happened to your friend is horrific, it truly, truly is. There is no discounting that. But, and this may sound calloused, bad things happen and sometimes they happen to little babies. I knew a woman whose year-old son managed to undo the mini-blind cord holder (specifically installed by his parents in order to keep him safe) and died as a result of the damage done when he got the cord wrapped around his throat. Does that mean I should crusade against mini-blinds and tell people who own them that they are being irresponsible parents? I knew another family whose eighteen month-old managed to circumvent the security fencing, climb up the ladder, and drown in a neighbor’s above ground
swimming pool in a matter of minutes. Yet swimming pools have not been banned. Bad things happen, and sometimes they happen to little babies. And it sucks, and it hurts, and it completely alters the lives and outlooks of those directly affected, but you can’t expect everyone to change their lives based on those statistically infrequent accidents, regardless of how you have been personally affected by them.
And finally: for what it’s worth, my understanding based on my own research is that the majority of co-sleeping infant deaths in the United States are a result of the use of alcohol or pharmaceuticals on the part of the parent (generally the mother,) making a breastfed baby less likely to physically respond (fight) if it has difficulty breathing and making the mother more likely to be in a deep enough sleep that she doesn’t notice when she rolls over on her infant. (Please notice that I said “most” not “all.”) You’re supposed to have trouble sleeping well when you have a newborn because you need to be able to respond quickly when that baby needs you; if it weren’t for the ability of the mother (yes, mother; I’m not being sexist, this is biology) to be easily awakened during the first few months of a baby’s life, the human race wouldn’t have made it this far. So a glass (or bottle) of red wine or an Ambien before bed not only suppresses that very important biological drive, it also makes you as much of a danger to your child in bed as it would to other drivers on the road. If I recall correctly, alcohol was a factor in both instances of the woman who lost two of her children in co-sleeping accidents. If you don’t believe in co-sleeping, don’t do it. If you do believe in co-sleeping, do it responsibly. And for goodness sake, give each other a break. None of us really know what we’re doing.
Think there will be a British version of T&T coming?
http://sellyourstoryuk.com/2012/06/10/is-this-britains-youngest-beauty-pageant-entrant/
I’m trying to the find a link that I received yesterday on my FB page. Seems Alberta is having a “beauty-pageant” for kids….It was up for about 2 hours yesterday and now I can’t seem to find it. Damn I wanted to share
The comments some of you are making are really just ridiculous.
@Penny Dreadful you are an adult calling a child a name. Who needs a parent in their life? Did your mamma teach you any manners? Maybe you just needed a better role model. Take a dose of your own medicine.
@MrsMiaWallace you are judging a child by her looks. What kind of decent human being makes fun of characteristics that a child has no control over? Let’s hope you are through having children. Karma might come to bite you in the ass for that one.
@Harriet you’re making fun of the way a mother spells her childs name. Seriously, get a life. It’s a common name. Maybe you need a smack in the face while you’re dishing them out. And yes, your misconceptions about Mississippi only reflect your lack of education. Have you ever heard of John Grisham? Faith Hill? BB King? Eudora Welty? Elvis Presley? Jim Henson? Morgan Freeman? All Mississippians.
@J-nut what a role model you must be. Another adult so insecure about their own life they have to call kids names. Hope you’re done having kids too. That karma….she’s one nasty b….
@featherhead cockblock? really? you think the child was the only thing blocking your cock? Let’s just hope you don’t ever intend on having children at all. Please use condoms. Maybe double up.
I don’t know about where all of you come from, but at least have the decency to refrain from picking on children. I know Mississippi isn’t the only state that has PSA’s about bullying. Sad thing is those are geared towards other kids. You are all grown. Act like it. Do you seriously think these children aren’t going to grow up and google themselves? How would you all feel if when you googled your name, you found a blog full of adults calling you fugly as a 5 year old? You people are what’s wrong with this world. Where are your morals? I see you are all talking about the parents of these children, yet you think your behavior is perfectly acceptable? Did your parents teach you to call names and judge children by thier looks? I bet not.
Kudos to all of these parents for getting their children involved in extra curricular activities and giving your beautiful little girls self confidence. I don’t know one adult (even the unattractive ones) who did not become more well rounded after participating in pageants as a child.
They’re baaaaaaaaaaaack!!
I am TOTALLY PISSED I didn’t get called out in that tirade…damn!
Damn I hope she comes back
Oh shit! I don’t even have a cock! Now what? I can’t believe you didn’t get a shout out Dear Tabby!
I wonder which crazypants mom Mississippimamma this one is?
Uh, isn’t putting kids in a BEAUTY PAGEANT judging kids on their looks? Isn’t that what the grand-slam-super-mega-ultimate-grand-supreme BEAUTY award is about?? Isn’t that why moms go APE SHIT CRAZY if little their Fugly doesn’t do well in BEAUTY?
If one doesn’t want their child judged on their looks, my suggestion would be 1) do not enter said child in a beauty pageant and, 2) do not enter said pageant on NATIONAL TELEVISION.
If you don’t know which kid this momma belongs to, the safest best is make fun of all of ‘em. You’ll get to hers eventually.
(But she did swoop in ninja style last night, didn’t she? I figured it was off the front page before many ppl saw it. My guess is she was googling her child and……oops. Or rather, bingo!)
Since Hope already posted under her own name, I’m guessing is was Jennifer or Liz. If only we had a crazy face to go with the name, we’d know for sure!
So you guys think that the mothers of these children are the only ones that would be upset? You people are nuts. But since you’re dying to know, I went to elementary school with Michelle. We’re not bff’s, I have seen her only in passing in the last several years. My mother told me there was an article in the local paper about her daughter in the show. I was absolutely horrified when I googled it and this came up.
Don’t you all have something better to do than pick on little kids? Some of you should be ashamed of yourselves. If you’re not into it, don’t watch it. But for goodness sake, find something more productive to do with your time than bash little kids.
@caligal if you want to judge a child, I suggest you apply for a judges position in the beauty contest. Good luck!
@MM
Do you really want to encourage any of us to apply to judge in an official capacity? XD
Where did caligal express a desire to judge pageants? Her point was an excellent one: don’t put your kid in a contest to be judged on beauty that is televised and then turn around and complain when comments are made about whether the kids in the TV show are really beautiful or not. When you offer them up for judgment, prepared to receive some judgment. If your kid were on a TV quiz show that was recapped here, I doubt anybody would make any comment at all about her looks. About her stupidity maybe, but not her looks.
Actually, MM, I really do enjoying bashing little kids and their nutty mothers, especially when they put themselves on national TV to be judged. If you can’t say something nice about somebody, come sit by TVgasm recappers!
@MississippiMamma, if you think you can do a better job recapping, I suggest you apply for a recapper’s position at TVgasm. Good luck!
@MissMama!! Hey sweet derangia, I was settling in to read your cute little comment when I arrived at your use of “cockblock” at the same moment my ten year old sweetie plopped down for a cuddle and I had to flip off the ‘ puter. Don’t like her exposed to such language if I can help it. Keep it down, will you please?
You have the distinct privilege of reopening an old thread and getting quite a few comments, so you have a reason to be proud — of your supreme defensiveness. Wow! I’m so glad you picked out some of our best T&T commenters, although why you ignored DearCrabs is beyond me. She works hard to bash delusional moms raising all too self-aware children to be nasty little princesses relying on “beauty” to lord it over the other little girls because their egos have been so stroked by “judges” backing up their parents letting them know how special and gifted they are. Wow. That was a sentence.
We bash the trash who enter these contests because America languishes at the bottom of the educational pile. People who live in single-wides and murder the language should spend the time, effort, and money on improving their kids’ minds instead of on glittery dresses, flippers, makeuptanningandhair (I was getting tired). You strut ‘em out to be judged, and lady, we will judge.
Since this recap was in June, I had to re-read the comments to refresh my memory on what the hell MM was talking about. Who is this Michelle that MM is referring to? I’m guessing one of the nutty mothers that were shown.
@snowshoecat Please refer to comment #10. I do, however apologize for my language. I should have censored the word….as should someone who had an issue with it. You do reaize that when you typed it out you could have been making the same mistake that I did, right?
I actually liked the recap. It was a bit on the harsh side, but overall, I thought it was pretty accurate and funny. I believe in calling a spade a spade, and anyone who has a sense of humor should be able to accept that they make funny faces, were dressed in weird clothes as a child, and had ridiculous amounts of makeup on at a way too early age, and laugh at the jokes. I didn’t call anyone out that bashed adults. SSC, do you think it’s appropriate to take it upon yourselves to teach these parents a lesson by degrading their children? It’s obvious that you had an experience with bullying. My guess is that you now compensate by lashing out at these kids. And somehow, you feel justified in “bashing and thrashing those who enter the contest” (3-6 year olds….did you have a choice in where you went and what you did at that age?) because their parents live in trailers? There’s forward progress….like I said, YOU are whats wrong in this world.
And AGAIN, my bashing of kids is completely ignored. Why do you hate me so, MM?
And we aren’t doing this to teach parents a lesson…we’re doing it because it’s really kind of funny. If pageant parents use the T&T recaps for learning parenting skills, this country is worse off than I feared!
And my best parenting advice is: Dogs, dogs and more dogs! Always happy to see you and you don’t have to pay for college. That’s just a preview of my new parenting class, “Disposable Income or Disposable Diapers: How Your Decision Affects Your Shoe Options.” Sign up now!
Cockblock, cockblock, cockblock. Snowshoecat didn’t say it, I did. And if you don’t like it – don’t read it. It’s no feather off my head…..
In my house, it’s actually Cocker-blocked…it happens sometimes when my spaniels all try to get some attention from me…
@Dear Crabby – don’t forget birds! Dogs, birds and Kitty cats! And they don’t even pick their noses!!
@featherhead – my bad! All pets should have been included, even goldfish!
Writing the new recap now…talk about GOLD!
@ Dear Crabby – awesome! I can’t wait for the new recap!
You people are what’s wrong with this world. — MM
I dunno MM. The recaps and a good deal of the comments bring joy and happiness to some of us at least. You, on the other hand, are a real pain in the ass.
@MM….my point is that if you don’t want your kid judged on their looks, don’t put them in a “sport” that is based on and judged on “beautifully gifted” or not a child is.
Good thing reading comprehension isn’t a pageant requirement.