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Toddlers & Tiaras Recap: Glittertards and Fax Machines!
Toddlers and Tiaras
Sunday, August 19, 2012
4:17 pm
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The funniest thing is Mac tells him more crowning is coming and Loni leans forward and says, “He’s out. Be quiet,” and Mac looks totally shocked. Christian interviews he thought he would get a higher title and the money. “I don’t know what happened.” Really? We do.
I did not just see that happen.
Fax Machine continues to mesmerize with his CFL wattage brain power by saying, “I’ve never been to crowning. I’m sure even if they gave her something, like even a pack of saltines, it would be like great.” So basically your kid is as dumb as you are?
Yes, I am totally chloe-less.
Three kids in this group…Queen is…Chloe! Hand her the saltines and let’s move on.
Hey, what’s that, the floor?
Chloe looks like she has no idea where she is. Lana is thrilled given Chloe’s lack of experience, talent or brains. “Unbelievable. Little worm,” Fax says. “I won a cwwwown!” she says, smiling. Please close your mouth.
Everything is back to normal in Monkey Kingdom!
Jayla goes to get onstage and tries to hand her gum to her mother who will have none of it. “I did everything really, really well,” Jayla says, and yay for grammar! “If you do well, you get Ultimate Grand Supreme. If you don’t do well, you get Future, and if get Future you don’t win anything, and if you don’t win anything…you just go straight to your room, get dressed, and go home.” I am going to be working for this kid someday.
There are two girls in her age group and Jaclynn is one…oh no. Universal Royalty Queen…Jaclynn! Which means Jayla pulls for a higher title.
Next up is Mac’s group and her mother says she loves her no matter what. Future Queen…Mackenzie. Awww. She’s out. I think this is worse than first runner up, isn’t it?
Ouch. Seems like those baby blues should have placed her higher.
Going to her mother, she says, “Did I pull?” and her mother has dead eyes as she says, “Nope.” Mac tilts her head and when her mother finally makes eye contact with her again, she says, “It’s okaaaay.”
Mac interviews and thank God for captioning on the show because she’s completely incomprehensible, “I didn’t agree with the judges because I was supposed to win a high title.” Who told you that? You had 16 girls in your category, the competition was going to be tough.
In the ballroom, Mac sits on her mother’s lap and cries.
Once again, quality time.
“I’ll be a pageant winner, later on…” she interviews, hanging her head low. “Never til then.” Yikes. Her head is really low and you can see the tears dripping off her face. Yeesh! Get a grief counselor onsite, quick!
How every mathlete is born.
The exact moment all of our hearts break for this little kid. And I don’t even have one!
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I have been a long time reader of these recaps, and find them hilarious, but I think this one crossed into bully territory. I personally found Chloe’s dad refreshingly honest and funny, and really, you can’t call someone’s child a monkey and not expect them to be upset about it. Just my two cents
Spent this entire recap literally shrieking with laughter. Your best ever, Crabby!!!
On page 3 and I’m still trying to calm down the uncontrollable laughter.
Damn, man! I missed the last day or so in minicap comments – I totally missed PPT (Psycho Parent Time))!
I don’t understand what their problem is – we were all being nice. I mean, sure, we called one a bit simian and debated the peoper use of orthedontia for another – but we still thought they were cute. It’s not like we were comparing them to Calamari, our Favorite Squid. Clearly DaD and C&MMom don’t come to the site and stumbled upon it whilst googling their kid’s names or someone told them.
I really don’t understand their ire – we were pretty tame. To the kids. Now, it is open season on the parents since they are the ones that signed the releases!
I honestly thought that Chloe looked like Gary Busey. She was way cuter when she didn’t smile.
Great recap, DC! About the palate expander – I had one of those and it wasn’t too bad. I had to crank it once a day three times for a few months, then they sealed it and it stayed there for another few months. I had a space in my teeth so big I could fit 2 McDonald’s straws in there side by side – David Letterman even said, “Whoa!” I did talk funny but to my knowledge I didn’t need closed captioning. I think part of her speech problems are trying to talk around the teeth. I read in the minicap that they are waiting for the adult teeth to come in – maybe yank some baby teeth and get a head start?
I think that Chloe is cute, but probably not cut out for pageants – she seems way too mellow and low key for it. Perhaps Grandma has other grandkids within arm’s reach that she can mold into a pageant princess/prince?
Don’t really have much to say about Jayla – she was a normal kid. I do want to let Barbie know that the pink lipstick isn’t an attractive shade on her and her messing up the feathers with it was probably a sign.
Christian is lucky that his sister is so nice to him – I would have popped him in the chops long ago. Just ask my baby brother Chicken Toes about that one time with the minibat.
Loved the recap! As soon as I was done I read the comments on the mini. A father, a mother and another mother. Is that a Dear Tabby record? Hubby has a staph infection and the last 5 weeks have sucked. The recaps provided a happy break. Hope all of the parents join in on the recap fun.
The siblings where both cute and once Mackenzie gets those teeth fixed she is going to be a knockout. Why don’t these pageants parents understand the word practice? They could have done so much better with it. Dear Barbie, crayon pink lipstick doesn’t look good on anything but Barbie dolls, Luv Moli. As I said in the mini-cap Jayla needed the long hair for beauty and she did loose her energy towards the end. Motown wear she did her thing she had everything. While I do think Chloe looks like a primate of some sorts, I loved her personalty. She said she loved pageants and I believed her, I giggled when she said she loved sparkly dresses. Chloe’s DaD, get a grip you are on a snark website…that snarks on television shows. If you didn’t want people talking about your daughter, you shouldn’t have put her in a pageant. While I’m not or ever will be part of the pageant world I thought the premise behind a beauty pageant was to be judged on your looks and maybe talent. As you can plainly see on page 3, the picture of Chloe and her brother is undeniable.
For anyone who did not see Mac and Christian’s mom’s comment on the minicap: Mackenzie’s speech problem is derived from hearing loss. She has been going to speech therapy since she was very young.
loni is by no means the worst or craziest pageant mom they’ve featured, but she is definitely the most annoying. something about her just drives me nuts. she’s worse than “mamma mia!” marina, but then again, the russian has so much nuts that the annoying is irrelevant. although loni does get some f***ing nutjob points for the post-labor crowning thing.
I read tvgasm on a regular basis and have for a few years. I have never posted here before.
You all called the man’s child a chimp multiple times, in the article and in the comments. He, being a regular dad (midlife crisis earring not withstanding), told you off for it. Now, there’s a new article mocking him viciously for defending his three year old daughter. You can’t take the meal you dished out to a preschooler and it’s pretty embarrassing to watch.
This recap – hilarious! I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time. I guess when you have the right material. What a crazy show, fax machine? Really? And loni… I don’t even know where to begin.
oh, and crabby, i was laughing so hard during your descriptions of anything involving chloe and DaD that i woke up my husband from his nap in the other room (although why someone would take naps from 9-10 pm is beyond me).
@ Insert_name, what meal? What dish? If tvgasm fans are good at ANYTHING, it’s taking (and dishing snark). I mean, it would be BANANAS to put your child on television, in a BEAUTY pageant, and in the clutches of armchair snarkists and not expect ribbing and or commentary on that child’s appearance. Get it, BANANAS.
Now you can be righteously offended Ms. Goodall (that is a pun for Insert_name), as it is your right as a commenter… Just like I have the right to mock you and any participant on this site or that show. Get it, LOGIC. Take a moment to savor this confusing new concept.
Savored enough? Chloe has monkey mouth. It’s true, her father can be as offended as he wants. He SHOULD be offended, his child is being criticized for her beauty. He SHOULD NOT be shocked. It’s a pretty obvious comparison (as evidenced by the fact that multiple, unrelated viewers have agreed upon this resemblance).
In summary, Chloe looks like a chimp, her dad is kind of dumb, Lana is the ruler of his balls, and you got fucked by logic. I’m not even going to buy you a ‘MEAL’.
Awn Chloe is cute XD and I call my Godson Monkey- not because he looks like one (though his mummy jokes he looks like one with all his hair)
I would not say Chloe looks like a chimp. Sorry, but there are some ugly children and she is not one of them.
(look at RHONJ Teresa’s spawn…*shudders*)
Mack was cute, her brothers eyes creeped me out at times but it’s probably because he is still little and is growing into himself.
Overall this episode was a bit of a snore for me.
Everyone was fairly normal. I need crazy to keep me entertained
@Insert_Name – you said you read the site on a regular basis and THIS is what finally prompted you to comment? Hmmm. This is pretty tame so you must have been hiding under your rock for all of the other stuff.
@Penny Ruxpin – slow clap, my friend, slow clap.
I see the war on eyebrows still on. Also a pre-war on neck happening here. *I can’t mock the kids but crazy DaDs and moms and grands are fair shot for me!*
There are only six Star Wars movies, so yeah, Fax Machine could have watched them all in 12 hours, more or less.
To me the dads monkey comment was just him expressing the whole silliness of pageants. I found him pretty down to earth myself…(and who cares if he has a piercing. This is 2012, not 1953, so I don’t get how it’s a midlife crisis.)
I don’t understand why people think Chloe looks like a chimp(read the rest of the comments in the mini cap, seemed a little uncalled for. Snark is snark but this joke felt forced- though I guessy definition of what’s “good” looking differs from others) She looks like a normal 3 year old to me XD And her smile reminded me of my sis at that age- a little independent and a little devilish.
it’s cute.
again this episode was a yawn especially following the Darlene the deer in Alanna’s stomach episode haha.
**Guess not guessy- the woes of an iPhone lol
@laura gill ya nine was originally planned then George changed his mind an claimed there was only ever going to be six (starwars nerd here lol) My respect for George Lucas =-4
You guys need to go watch Red letter medias Star wars episode 1 review. It is pure snark, and you learn loads about film to boot (and you also learn that kids in a movie makes movies terrible) all of his starwars prequel reviews are amazing XD (and all are on YouTube)
LOVE THE TITLE.
I also love typing in all caps. ‘Shout typing’ makes me feel like a pageant mom, only without the dodecahedron chin(s) and gingivitis.
@Penny LOL don’t forget to add “WORK IT BABY!!!” with the all caps shout XD
Someone needs to enter their child in a pageant, then attend dressed as Jabba the Hutt. It would be a glorious social commentary of pagent moms and their weird fixation with their kids (seriously its creepy what they say to their kids while kids are on stage.- its so sleezy strip bar sounding if that makes sense, especially with phrases such as “work it baby” ” and “dolla make me holla” ugh just Ew. )
Man, now I’m all conflicted. I thought Chloe – minus the horrifying baby teeth – was cute. Her voice just cracked me up. I do have to say – and I…so hate saying this you have no idea – the kid is probably one of the few that would actually benefit from a flipper. Her parents had me laughing through the whole thing, it was the mom’s dead eyes and the dad’s deadpan running commentary. Priceless.
But then I see apparently they’ve chosen to come post on the minicap and they are nowhere near as cool or funny as I thought they were. Blergh. Hence the conflictedness.
Mac was adorable and she looked completely heartbroken and it makes me wish they’d just pull her out of the pageant thing since it obviously upsets her and put her in something else. Because she seems really smart, and she deserves better than that.
@Dear Crabby- You need to understand that MY rescue mutts will be taking the top titles at Westminster. They are the total package and we are in it to win it and no expense will be spared!
I just started reading the recap, but I have a question.
If one gives birth then follows with a return trip to a pageant for crowning, would that be considered “double crowning”?
@kay reid – Who said anything about Chloe being ugly? Yes the child has some features that link her to our long lost cousins, but she is most defiantly NOT UGLY.
I’ve read the comments, and no one has said she is ugly – because I don’t think anyone think she is. But yes, she has that chimp look, which she will grow out of.
@Laura Gill & Kay Reid – yes, it was 6 Star Wars movies, I was thinking they actually did nine because that’s what was planned, but I stopped watching after they made the fourth one (which was really #1 in the group) because it was just so bad…plus, Star Wars was the first movie I remember seeing (Dumbo was the first, I think), so I’m partial to the first three made.
@Insert_Name…I have called MANY kids chimps/monkeys (I even linked over to the one where I called Berkeley one) so I find it odd that you decided to write in this time unless you were personally connected. Also, I did mention in a photo that she was a cute kid (of course, she had her mouth shut). This is a snark site, not the BBC, so you need to be prepared when you visit!
Loving’ little Mac, she was so sweet but perhaps too sensitive to be in something that judges on looks…her crying was just too much!
I think part of the reason that Mackenzie broke down so hard core is that it has been a LONG time since she didn’t even get division. She wins quite a bit at the local level. She hasn’t done a big pageant in a long time so yeah, I don’t think she was prepared to leave empty handed.
Crabby, I thought this recap was most ape-peeling, though I could have done without Mak’s tearshot. It was hard enough to watch it the first time. She is a pretty girl who is crying after being judged by frumpy old folk. That is just bananas.
Speaking of bananas, I’ve known several kids who had that monkey mouth look when they were little. I always thought it was from a binkie since they outgrew it around five-ish.
Too bad that FaxDaD has a giant chimp on his shoulder and totes missed the fact that he had this thing in the bag. There is nothing that screams motown like Michael Jackson, and what did MJ have as a pet?
Yeah, that’s right….Bubbles the chimp. Sorry, but they blew it! If you are going to spend hundreds for someone to evaluate your childs looks, embrace their quirks and use them to your advantage. It could be the difference between going home with 1000 bucks in your pocket, or Barbie getting a new house with a pool, and we all know that she doesn’t need it. That bitch has everything!
@PennyRuxpin-Glittertard is my new favorite word and with your permission, I plan to use it like it is my job.
I know I have been pretty much MIA but this is still a snark site, right? And pageants still have Judges that Judge your child by assigning them random numbers? And then the random numbers are added up and some kids win and some kids lose? And parents still have the right to allow complete strangers to judge or not judge your kid right? Just checking…
Barbie was fabulous! A glittertard would have totally completed her look
@closet fan, I will allow it. Ease see mini cap terms and conditions. Send cupcake immediately.
*please….or ease….
@closet fan, previous post meant for @bedHeadJen. I really do need a cupcake.
Can we all please meet somewhere for a big giant TnT mockathon? Glittertards required. Barbie hair optional.
I wonder what will happen when Mon-chi-chi loses her baby teeth and her big girl teeth grow in. Will they take up all that space or will she have to have braces? I had too many teeth and not enough mouth–I had to wear a palate extender too, but mine wasn’t the nice kind with the twistie thingie that gradually expanded…it was ginormous and the orthodontist wedged it up there. Pain, pain, pain.
@GirlTurtle, A T&T mockathon sounds phab!!!
I assume it will be held in a southern state and will include lots of beverages and Little Debbies. We MUST invite Annette, Mr. Todd, and some of our other fave Pageant “officials” whatev the title.
Can we have some pageant parents sashay across the stage to be judged?????? Huh? Can we???
can we introduce ourselves pageant-style, with annette or mr. todd emceeing? i vote for rest stop as venue.
Here is a question. Not that I didn’t think jayla was adorable, but her beauty makeup seemed a little 1982 with the pink blush, blue eye shadow and red lipstick. How did she win the ultimate supreme pizza? Especially since learning that the supremes are mostly based on beauty?
Breaking news about Maddy, the little girl who wore the Dolly Parton costume in a recent episode: her dad filed for custody because he felt her mom was sexually exploiting her in pageants. Maddy’s mom Lindsay has a gag order on her, and Maddy isn’t allowed to compete in any more pageants for the time being. The story is on ABCNews: http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/custody-risk-toddlers-tiaras-star-wears-fake-boobs-122003383–abc-news-tv.html
if pedophiles like little kids, and often stop liking kids right when they hit puberty & start developing their adult bodies, wouldn’t boobs, fake or not, actually make her unattractive to pedophiles?
@Penny-Thanks! Your cupcake topped with another cupcake is on the way.
@Crabbyfan-One look at Barbie’s makeup should clear up any questions.
Is Mr. Todd the one who talked about ‘treacherous hair’? Who ever he is, I want him to come over for a little sweet tea and chit chat.
@Snowshoecat and @ellemnop, this is our fauxgeant. We can do whatever we want. I’m hoping we can work a talent segment into the festivities. Oooooh, or we can ask Annette, Betty, Mr. Todd and the rest to do a little talent. I’d like to see the Eye Contact Obsessed Judge on the stage.
There will be crowns. Big sparkly crowns for everyone.
True story which I may or may not have already posted on another recap: I have a flower shop in Sherwood, Arkansas. Last week one of the coaches from TLC’s upcoming show, Cheer Perfection, came in to order flowers. Fortunately I didn’t ooooo’ed myself like Honey Boo Boo’s ungay gay pet would have, but I did get embarrassingly excited because he had been/is going to be on TLC *and* he knows the little girl from Sherwood who was on TnT. It was like 6 Degrees of Glitzy Bacon!
WOW! @GirlTurtle, a brush with fame. Well, on our behalf, and I have absolutely NO authority to even speak for myself let alone the rest of the Gasmii, I congratulate you for not disgracing yourself too badly.
I just love “Fauxgeant” and will try to work it into a work-related sentenceoday,
@Smoochie- I find saying that a kid looks like a chimp( one commenter said ape) is implying she is ugly. Its how I took it anyways… I could be wrong about the whole thing.
@DC yah episode 1 is God awful in terms of Starwars… All the prequels are shitty. George Lucas went from being a decent director/ visionary whatever (seeing as he didn’t direct Empire or Return of the Jedi) to becoming part of the Hollywood studio process (ala lots of special effects and poor story.) They did make an animated star wars movie so I guess that brings up the movie count to 7… Yaaaaaaaaay.
Anyways I enjoyed the recap DC, I can always count on you for the laugh.
@bedheadjen… Yes cupcakes. Lots of cupcakes. Random question? Didn’t Squidley’s mother say that they requested to film her daughter twice? Anyone know when the first episode will be airing?
we should totally also try to get that annoying emcee who used sentence structures like, “as we stop to admire alexeseses, we notice her flipper and beautiful big blue eyes” to announce us as we sashay across the stage. he can stop to admire everyone and notice our booze along with our wiglets.
turtlegirl, the sad thing is that i see legit celebrities in nyc fairly often and don’t care, but would be giggling and extremely amused at someone from t&t, cheer perfection, dance moms, etc. they’re just … fascinating. that must be the bonus for living in the south. i’ve only been to the non-coastal south once (alabama), but nothing exciting happened. and it was freakin’ hot.
@ellemenop (oops, I think I’ve been misspelling your name all this time. My bad)
If you had gone to the Redneck Riveria (as we like to call the Floribama coast) a couple of weeks ago, you might have seen TLC-hasbeen K8 Gosselin. I’m sure it was not her first choice for a beach vacay but she was ‘gifted’ the use of a house or something.
And yes, it is hot here. And humid. So humid that I am rockin’ some treacherously traitorous hair today. I know we say the bigger the hair, the closer to God, but in some cases big hair=bad hair.
Instead of winning sashes, I think we should simply letter them with our names and wear them the whole time. Well, not “simply”. There won’t be anything simple about this gathering. We will sparklebaby it up.
I can say I’m not calling her ugly nor will I say she is pretty…simply she looks like a monkey the end.
Mac is a sweetheart. Her tears really bothered me because she was truly hurt. In a few years she is going to be gorgeous. Her mother may think that she is not playing favorites, but we all saw it, and unfortunately Mac made it clear that she knows it too.
Chloe was cute and expressive child…with a whole lotta teeth. Enough said. However Dad needs to nicely ask his Mom to either return his balls or give them to his wife. Too much Grandma!
And I adored Jayla. She was the unusual total package, with the best dance moves I have seen on T&T. .
I just wanted to weigh in on the monkey/Chloe debate, since some are implying here that it is just a mob mentality that is insisting Chloe looks like a monkey. I was watching this episode, on the treadmill as I watch all TV, and every time Chloe came on I kept having this nagging feeling she reminded me of someone. Then, about halfway through the episode it hit me — Planet of the Apes! My son, ZipLite and I had just watched that on a late movie channel a week or so ago. She looked like one of the young apes from the show. They were cute, but, you know, apes. Also, I want to say here that ZipLite once had that mouth, from wimpy me allowing him to have his paci a bit too long. It was fixed later by expanders and braces and all those other instruments of torture we foist on our kids. At 18, he’s now a joy to behold and was named “Easiest Boy on the Eyes” in the annual high school yearbook tradition of giving the popular kids one more thing to build up their egos before they graduate. So, it all turned out fine and it will for Chloe as well. In the meantime, ape young are cute too.
I wonder if Mackenzie thought that being showcased on T&T guaranteed a crown?
And was little simian smile conceived after the original season aired?
There really is no excuse to be shocked about how you and your child are JUDGED after this show airs by now
@MarianMoney, I wondered the same thing. Her “I was supposed to get a crown” had me a bit confused – who said she was or did she just assume so since T&T were following her? Anyway, she has the makings of a real beauty with some decent orthodontia. Wonder why they are waiting ’til she gets all her adult teeth? timgunnsnephew had his first set of braces at 5, along with a palate expander and years of speech therapy. He went into braces a total of 3 times and up until he decided his retainers were instruments of the devil, had beautiful, perfect teeth.
He’s 18 now and they are slowly migrating back to their original positions. Well, the next set of braces will be in his dime.
I really liked this episode, I can’t believe it sparked so much emotion! I loved little Chloe, and found her precious, but her teeth did scare me! She will grow up and be lovely and having a little awkward phase as a 3 year old never did anyone any harm!
I loved her dad and the family dynamic was amusing til they came on here, but I will still decide to like the dad because I think one of the sweetest parts of T&T is when the dads are such suckers for their little girls and build sets and get involved. I suppose coming online and defending your daughter on a blog also falls into that category even if it was a bit misguided.
Also I am in the minority because I didn’t sense any favoritism in the Mackenzie household. I think big siblings with cute little siblings feel a little jealous at the attention paid to the “cute” little one, but it seemed like a mother-daughter vs. father-son good-natured rivalry more than anything. The mom is whacky and has plenty of oddness going on, but I think she is supportive and equally loves her kids without question. When I compare the feeble attempt at editing this to look like a favoritism house to Jamie Sterling there is no question in my mind.
Also the first thing I thought when she spoke was hearing impairment, the way she dropped S’s was exactly how a very well-coached deaf person speaks. To the point that I watched her segments carefully to see if she was hearing people or reading lips, I thought we were going to get a surprise “She’s deaf!” at the end. Glad her parents are so involved and working with her, she’s lovely and sweet natured.
The fax machine thing made me lol! Great title and great snark!
i don’t know how i feel about the whole braces-before-adult-teeth concept, primarily because i started headgear & all that embarrassing crap around 7 or 8, and wasn’t finished with my final braces removal until i was 15, but at that point i’d had enough and decided i wasn’t wearing my retainer, so i have an overbite many years & tens of thousands of dollars later. then again, it seems like kids don’t get as tortuous or embarrassing orthodontic treatments anymore — does headgear even exist anymore??? i definitely haven’t seen any in a long time. either way, i’m assuming that using braces or other orthodontic equipment is useless on baby teeth. i’ll ask my dentist sister-in-law next time i see her.
as for having an awkward phase at 3, that’s probably a good thing … i was, on all accounts, an adorable child, but then i hit 11 or 12 and i was the geekiest, ugliest, most awkward kid in my class for a good 2-3 years … and it’s definitely much more traumatic at that age!!! so getting it over with before you are even in kindergarten is probably a super awesome lucky thing (even though i personally think chloe is very cute).
I don’t get the monkey comparisons at all. I think she’s a beautiful little girl. I think she looks a lot like Hilary Swank actually – someone who I also think is beautiful.
Mackenzie and Christian were cute too. I feel for Mackenzie – I had braces for 3 years and a retainer for 8 and she’s probably headed down the same path. Oh well, the end results are worth it!
Jayla was cute too but a little full of herself for my taste. Hope mom can rein that in.
I want in on the Fauxgeant. I will contact Little Debbie and Hoveround in case they would like to be corporate sponsors.
Loved this recap! I had a totally f-ed up day and this made me laugh. Thank you!
I have access to a spare electric wheelchair – it isn’t a Hoverround, Rascal or Jazzy, but do you think it will work? I have a couple fresh boxes of Little Debbie Smores I can bring to the Fauxpageant, too.
Sparkle, baby!
i’ll stop by costco and pick up a couple million pixie stix.
Ellemenop– don’t worry about the Pixie Sticks. I have a way to get the jumbo ones by the case.
What nobody has mentioned but I cannot help but notice is how tiny Christian is. I mean, I know some kids are small for their age, but seeing him standing, he just looks very very small for 7.
Mackenzie does have a long battle with braces in her future. I personally wore braces from the summer before 7th grade until the day before my senior pictures. That was 5 long years. If I could find an orthodontist in the DFW that would put them on her while she still has baby teeth, she would already have them. The only thing we are waiting for is for the rest of her adult teeth to come in. Mackenzie does have a hearing loss that she is very open with. She will tell anyone who will listen to her about it if they want to know. We knew we would be judged when we went on TV and we are okay with that. Mackenzie and Christian are both sweet children. If you see us around the DFW area or at a pageant or really anywhere come up and say hi. We are easy to talk to and as you can tell my kids LOVE to talk lol.
@MrsMiaWallace – Thank you for seeing the truth. I have asked Mackenzie if she really thinks we prefer her brother and she said NO…Im the only girl and Im rotten. She is the middle child (yes we have a teenager who lives with his mother by his choice) and she is the only girl.
@Veruca – There is a medical issue that causes him to be small and I honestly do not want to publicize his personal medical history. He is small and he is a wonderful bright child. There are a lot of things worse in this world than being small and we are blessed that he is healthy. His birthday is 2/12/2005. As he says he shares a birthday with the tallest President in history….President Lincoln. If anyone truely wants to know about him please email me directly.
So, Mac&ChrisMom, who told Mac to make the remark about doing this to get attention? I know it’s not an exact quote, but you know what she said. Was this all a set up to make viewers think Chris was favored over her? If she was told to say it by the producers, why would you allow it?
@ timgunnssister – I honestly believe YES. The reason I say this as they do not like the parents in the room when they interview the children. Mackenzie was in her interview for about an hour and they went over the same list of question 3-5 times each. Like all children at times they can think the sibling is favored. Christian thinks Mackenzie is and Mackenzie thinks Christian is….AT TIMES. They filmed us for 3 days before the pageant then all day Saturday from 7am to 11pm. It was a long day and they really did play the kids against each other.
@M&C’sMom. I’ll bet if T&T called to have your family go through it again you would decline. I sure would.
Interesting. I personally would never allow my child to be in the interview room without myself or my husband present. Actually, I’d never do this or any other show but still, if I did, I’d have to be present when my child was being filmed or the whole thing woldn’t happen. I’m surprised to hear T&T parents allow this, especially any who have ever seen this show before. The producers could potentially tell your child to say almost anything.
@Mac&ChrisMom ,that is my daughter’s exact date of birth how funny….she an Amazon at 7 and 4’5(54 inches) all legs. You children are absolutely adorable and as I said previously you can already see Mac is going to be stunning when she grows up.
Dear Crabby, I am still laughing about the pic of the monkey and Chloe together, though she is somewhat a cute kid, the resemblance was freaking insane.
As always, a snarkezoid piece of literature. No one make me chuckle like you do!
@ MacandChrisMom — Thank you for being so calm and rational and actually answering our questions instead of calling us names and cussing us out. Not that we don’t enjoy the pageant moms who behave that way, but this is an exciting new experience! Growing up with a hearing loss is difficult, especially when you’re in that grey area between totally deaf and “normal.” I wish Mackenzie the best of luck navigating through a world that tends to have little patience for people who have that particular disability — it looks like you guys are doing a great job of equipping her with the tools she needs in order to communicate effectively in spite of her hearing loss.
My oldest was put in braces when she was 9, they came off when she was 11, and even though they were for her adult teeth that were already in, they didn’t do a bloody thing. Now, at almost 15, her teeth are pretty much back to where they were before the braces, and she still has baby teeth to lose (we’re slow teethers in my family, but we never, ever get cavities.) I feel like we got ripped off and wish that I had trusted my instinct to wait until she had all of her adult teeth in before looking to straighten them. I would love to hear a dentist weigh in on whether and why braces are actually beneficial when a kid is still losing teeth.
Did Chloe’s dad pipe in on this thread and I missed it, or did he just drop by the minicap? Cos to him I say: Dude, if your kid looks like a primate (and she does,) own it! My son looked like a spider monkey for the first year of his life, and I knew it. Sure, I still thought he was adorable… for a spider monkey/human hybrid, that is. But all that kid needed was a tail and we could have turned him into a sideshow exhibit. He was skinny, with long arms and legs, and ridiculously hairy. It didn’t make him any less loveable, and he is a fantastic, pretty much normal looking kid now (although still quite hairy,) but it was what it was, and there was no use pretending otherwise. We all have our awkward phases, and if Chloe’s is at 3 instead of at 13 then she is way luckier than those of us who shambled through middle school just waiting for the day when we would look into a mirror and it would shatter due to our hideousness.
@Mac&ChrisMom, you have been a great commenter and have educated us also. I had no idea that the producers would separate a parent from their child for such long interviews, and I’m going to assume that they are trying to create a “better” story by asking children leading questions. On the subject of getting braces, one of my sons had to wait even after his adult teeth had come in because x-rays showed his growth planes were still wide open. So, he had braces later than most of his friends and did not get them off until midway during his freshman year of college. His teeth are gorgeous now, so it was worth it, but Prom pictures with braces on are not so great.
I guess Chloe’s Dad got tired of us. And we’re so charming that I don’t see why. (:
@SuburBint, if your child wasn’t put in retainers or an invisalign, those teeth will always migrate back. I have many friends who spent a childhood in braces and were shocked as adults to discover their teeth were migrating. Many to the point of having to go back into full braces. Had my son worn his retainers, he’d still have perfect teeth. What I’m seeing now, sadly, is a slow progression to his ‘snaggle toothed’ childhood.
He’ll be sorry he didn’t listen to us (about OH! so many things) when he’s in his 20′s or 30′s being told he needs invisalign or braces again – and he’ll be paying.
@SurBurbint, Chloe’s dad chimed in on the minicap. I advise putting down your Mountain Dew & Little Debbie before reading.
@Veruca, @Chicken Lips & @BedHedJen, so glad you have the essentials covered for the fauxgeant. I haven’t had a pixie stix in a million years.
(Heh. I almost bought a Little Debbie oatmeal creme pie at the convenience store this morning. I swear it was calling my name.)
@Mac&ChrisMom: It is SOOOO refreshing to hear from a rational momma on this site!
Of course, it’s not as entertaining as the crazy ones, but I’ve appreciated your responses to questions! I think it’s a good thing to wait until kids have those adult teeth to put on braces…otherwise they’ll just spend years more in them than really is necessary! I also didn’t think you favor one child over another – but yes, my kids would say the same if you asked them enough times!
Actually, it isn’t allowed to interview a minor without a parent present or without the parents consent. There seems to be several former TnT parents commenting on here, how many of you weren’t in the interview room with your child?
@BedHeadJen – double crowning!! hahahahahahaha
@MacandChrisMom – I thought your family was so cute! Both kids seemed so nice, but please find a new hobby for them!! I see Mac as one the cool, friendly girls in high school that’s a star volleyball player or something. She just doesn’t scream pageant girl, and believe me, that’s a compliment! And before you say, “We’ll quit when they say they want to…”, ask yourself how hard it would be for a girl that was signed up for a pageant BEFORE SHE WAS BORN to tell her mom that she’s done. She seems very nice and I just don’t see her doing that. Why not take a break for a while and try out some other things? See if you guys really miss it or if you feel better without it.
Like I said, I really liked watching your family, but watching Mac cry at the end of the show was heartbreaking. Why not drop it for a while and reassess? I’m sure there are areas where she can shine!
As an audiologist, I’m wondering if Mac wears hearing aids? If you don’t want to answer, that’s fine, I was just professionally curious.
Thank you all for having such kind words to say about my children. They are our world. We are blessed to have 3 amazing children who are so different from each other.
@ snowshoecat – I asked Mackenzie this on my lunch hour and she said she would do it again if it was just her and not her brother LOL. We had a blast even though they didn’t win. We paid for an opinion and we may not agree with it but we did get one.
@ Moli – Mackenzie is 10 and just now 58 inches tall. She is tall and slender. Tell her daughter to love those legs as when she gets older she will have great legs for getting around a college campus.
@ SuburBint – Thank you for the kind words. Believe it or not, she does not let her speech or hearing hold her back. She BEGGED me for 2 years to let her do the show. Her braces will hopefully go on in the summer
of 2013.
@SaraKate – LOL thank you. Don’t think that I am always so nice…I can go momma bear on people but I have learned it is better to stay calm.
@ Jazzy – We actually took a break from her 5th birthday until she was almost 9.5 years old. She begged me to do them. I ask her every time she doesn’t win if she still wants to do them and that we can do anything else she wants to do. She plays Soccer which I love her is not her sport but the only one in our small country town that is not football. It may sound sexist but I do not want my pretty dainty girl playing football. LoL. For 3 years she did competitive cheer by her choice as well as was in dance for 4 years. She rides her 4-wheeler, play paintball, jumps around and has a normal life. I do not push her to over practice in pageants as I want it to be fun not a job. She always comes back to pageants. Yes I started her young and any mother who says they put their baby in pageants because the baby wants to do it is LIEING. Mackenzie could have cared less at 6 months if she did a pageant or drooled in the swing. Mackenzie and I have talked a lot in the last 6 days and she wants to get into run way modeling she says as well as become Miss Teen Texas followed by becoming the President of the United States. I do not want to hold her back at all and I want her to have every option available to her. It broke my heart to hold her at the pageant and watch her cry. All the show did was made me relive that. I do have to that after that she worked hard (on her own not forced) and won an Ultimate Grand Supreme at the next pageant. I would LOVE for Mackenzie to have hearing aids but sadly in our small country town no one will give them to her. We have had 2 Drs tell us that she needed them. One was when she was about 15 months old and the other was at about 3. I can’t ever get two doctors to agree back to back so that they will be partially covered by insurance. If you know of a good Dr in the DFW area please let me know.
@Mac&ChrisMom – what a treat to have a normal mom on!
I have a question for you since you seem to be so sane – what was the overall experience of being on and then watching the show? Did it change your perspective on anything or surprise you in any way? Just interested to hear your thoughts after it is all out there.
Your kids are great and I hope your son knows there are lots of reasons why it’s great to be little – live longer, comfortable on any airplane or space, and my dream when I was a kid – you can be a jockey!
@Mac&ChrisMom – You do have awesome kids, this recapper is a tooootal jackass (and all my friends and most of my family would agree, but I do make a kickass Thanksgiving dinner so they let it slide, at least until the pie is served). Ahem.
I have to say you are one of the more eloquent pageant moms and I don’t have any doubt you’re in the process of getting an MBA (unlike another mother who said she had many “degress” and couldn’t put a sentence together if someone did it for her!). We have another great pageant mom, Beth, who was written about and also comments here who is just as nice and well-written as you are. I totally teared up when I saw Mac cry (which is why I included the picture…we’re not THAT hard-hearted). Glad to hear she has so many other hobbies she seems to do so well at – being judged solely on your looks is just not worth it. Also, my nickname in school was Bugs Bunny if that tells you what my teeth looked like. Luckily, I spent many years at the orthodontist’s office, the oral surgeon’s office, the dermatologist’s office and in drama club. Clearly, I was a total dork. I still am, but now I’m more comfortable in my skin! (but still just as dateless…go figure!).
Thanks again for stopping by, not calling us dirty names or telling us how we are going to Hell (we already know that). Your kids have a great mom who clearly has a good sense of humor! Stop by anytime for the pageant scoop (or to give us some!).
@GirlTurtle, I don’t understand your reply to SuperB: ” SurBurbint, Chloe’s dad chimed in on the minicap. I advise putting down your Mountain Dew & Little Debbie before reading.”
She asked where he was on this site, having mentioned that he commented on the mini.
I’m sure you were aiming for humor, but it was a fail, managing to sound rather nasty. Perhaps you should take your own advice.
Let’s play nice.
@Mom – what do you mean that no one will give them to her? They do cost quite a bit (for digital aids, which is what most people have now) but you should be able to get them in any area. If you’re near Dallas, I’m sure there are many audiologists that you can see. Look for an audiologist, NOT a hearing aid dispenser. I’ve never been to that area, so I don’t know anyone but look on the ASHA website or the AAA (American Academy of Audiology) website and they should have a place to look up someone in your area. Get an up-to-date hearing test and see what they recommend. I think you posted your email on the mini-cap – I’ll email you if you want. Good luck!
Oh and I’m glad to hear she’s in other activities! And I wouldn’t put my daughter in football, either!!
@ MrsMiaWallace – Overall I believe that the episode was so so. Let me explain. I have seen them turn super sweet moms into monsters and hide bad children’s behavior behind fluff. Going into it with a 10 year old and a 7 year old, we put down ground rules for the children. We expected them to be excited and hyper but to not act like they were raised by wolves. The editors clipped some things to be wishy-washy for all 3 families. I wish they would not have done the sibling rivalry as bad as they did but well it is what it is. M&C compete over everything from who can make their beds the fastest (M always wins) to who can jump higher on the trampoline. They even compete over who can get the most soccer goals etc. I went in knowing that they would edit what they wanted and people would talk. I was not stupid and did not do this to get famous. We did it for fun and laughed the whole hour it was on. Believe it or not Christian LOVES being small. He has a great outlook at life and wants to be a Biochemical Engineer. No I did not talk him into that. He decided that when he was in Pre-K and it shocked the heck out of us.
@ Dear Crabby – lol your funny. What time is Thanksgiving dinner? LOL Thank you I am very proud of my degree. I want to shout it from the roof tops as I went back to school after the kids were born. (Duh) lol. I would love to chat with Beth also. Mackenzie is a softy and tears up when she misses a soccer goal. She is an emotional girl and being 10 is HARD now days. I have to agree that Mackenzie will be in braces for a long time. She has the same teeth I do and I know she is going to hate it. Your list of experiences seems similar to mine. We should compare war stories. I am not a Pastor nor God so I can’t judge anyone and tell them they are going to Hell. I am NO where near perfect. I dislike pageant moms and people in general who snap to judgments like that. BTW the recap is not too bad.
Thank you all for the conversation.
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@snowshoecat – I think what GirlTurtle meant was that there could possibly be a spit-take reading what he said, and Mt. Dew and Little Debbie’s would make a mess on the computer…we do enjoy our snack treats!
@georgiababe …. wow spot on with Chloe looking like Hilary Swank. If she can get away from grandma she will be fine.
@Mac&ChrisMon ….. your kids are great & you seem to have a great sense of humor. Refreshing. Want to read more about your experience with T&T.
OOOPS!!! My apologies, GirlTurtle!!!! I didn’t get my nap today. And I also missed my Pixie Stix Fix (I like the sound of that). Can I still bring A sugar load to the Fauxgeant? Your choice.
Thank you CrabbyDear.
@ SSC, @TurtleGirl93 — we all know that we fat, jealous losers with nothing better to do than make cruel comments about precious, perfect children have a mini fridge next to our computers stocked with nothing but junk food & soda. No harm, no foul.
Well my supply ran low and I’m too fat and lazy even to run (okay, waddle) to the convenience store and restock. And I didn’t mean to take it out on GirlTurtle, who has been so kind as to plan the fauxgeant and get all the activities planned, including the rest stop venue.
Besides, my keyboard is so sticky from the spit takes I do when the Gasmii make cruel comments about children and I get a little snappish.
*sigh*
@SSC, I thought she was asking where his comments were. The MD/LD bit was added (a) bc there are so many jokes on these recaps about those particular items, and(b) bc in other recap comments people claim that funny things have caused them to spew/spit whatever they were eating/drinking onto their computer.
Epic fail on my part apparently.
@SurburBint,sorry if it sounded patronizing. It was funny in my head.
@GirlTurtle, I say so many funny things in my head that I’m amazed by the blank stares when they come out of my mouth. Or in print. Where can I get one of those filters everybody talks about?
You’re good to go, girl!!! Now let’s get back to those Fauxgeant plans. I’ll make that all-important snack/bevvy list. We don’t want to run out. Not if that rest stop is too far away from a convenience store.
i don’t know how southern rest tops are (i have been in them, but not in a very long time), and i’m assuming for all things glitzy, this fauxgeant MUST take place in the south, but when we drive down to the jersey shore, a bunch of the rest stops have full convenience stores, so we should aim for one of those!
anyone think cutabitch will be available for h/m? should we book her now?
TG (I’m way too lazy to write out your full ‘nym), it’s your call. Maybe south Jersey as a compromise?
Proceed with the pitchforks and flaming torches, but while watching the Glittertards (GREAT coinage, Penny Ruxpin!) ep, I thought Chloe was one of the prettiest little girls I had ever seen on “Toddlers and Tiaras.”
She had me at orange dress and hairbow in her at-home introduction….then she opened her mouth and the Hallowe’en theme was completed with the jack-o-lantern teeth. As long as she kept her mouth closed, I thought she was lovely. I foresee Grandma Lana springing for upper and lower flippers.
I guess my simian-o-meter wasn’t working as it was for Berkeley (who I actually thought looked like a lemur), so I fast-forwarded thru Glittertards on the DVR again to check for monkey vibes. I still see jack-o-lantern. Guess I’m just a softie for a Kyra Sedgwick (CLOSED) mouth.
sign me up for south jersey fauxgeant! we should go in the ac vicinity so we can booze and gamble in our tiaras afterwards. plus, miss america originated in ac
snowshoecat, if you are out of Pixie Stix you I bet you can pick some up with your EBT card at the convenience store
I think I am secretly a Jersey Girl at heart so South Jersey it is!!! Think of leopardtastic possibilities!
SPARKLE BABY!!!!!
excellent! my in-laws live by atlantic city, so i’m available for casino tours.
@TurtleGirl93 (92) – Don’t worry I know all about things sounding funnier in my head than when I speak them/write them. It turns out that the voices in my head just have a terrible sense of humor.
(See – the voices in my head thought that last part was HILARIOUS)
Fauxgeant in AC? Sign me up! Can I pay for the optionals of “Most impatient at a slot machine” and “Most impatient waiting for the waitress to bring me the booze” at the door? I’ll clean up those competitions.
Turtle-I use an oatmeal cream pie as a pillow.
Ellemenop-I was thinking Cutie Patootie’s Shave n’ Tan could do our brows, tans and coaching. Since the fallout, adding Fransolonely Cutabitch to the mix would really rock that (back)stage!
Congrats SuburBint!!! I’m proud of you.
Yay suburbint!
Now you have to show your chooky moves in celebration!
Hi everyone, I haven’t had a chance to watch this one yet, I know I’m behind but I love the recap.
Is it too late to get in on this fauxgeant? I promise to sparkle and I want to win a puppy lol…..
@Mac&ChrisMon I’m a long time reader and just recently a poster on here, I would like to also tell you how pleasant it is to have a mom that wants to talk and explain things instead of the usual swearing and threats.
Nellie, sadly my local C-store was cleaned out of Pixie Stix earlier in the afternoon. Rumor has it that an extreme couponer raced in with glazed eyes and cleaned the store out of, not only PS, but every Hostess product. Seems our local paper had triple coupons.
SuperiorB, I’m so proud of you!!! You are a Dingo fer sure!
Oh and AC!! I am so there. Luvs me some slots!
@Confused, nice to see you after quite a while.
Grab your passport and get your shots updated!!! We are going to have a wild time.
Oh, and I haven’t seen my bro-in-law from Buffalo in quite a while, so could you bring sone real Canadian bacon to show the others that most of us don’t know what the real stuff is?
Not even lying–I had to have an oatmeal creme pie for breakfast this morning. I couldn’t resist its siren song. And now I have a tummy ache.
(All of this is funny in my head—hope it doesn’t get lost in translation)
Our Fauxgeant will take place at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City because…our T&T kids are always mining.
In honor of Miss American’s *scholarship* goals, we will have edumacayshional seminars on topics such as:
The Three Faces of Eve: the Trichotomy of the Pageant Mom. Categories will include The Kim (as the “good” mom; see Jaclynn of Fancy Faces), The Jamie (the baaaaaaad; self-explanatory), and The Juana (the “ineffectual” mom)
Jackin’ it to Jesus: High is the Hair that Wears the Crown. Perhaps we can have the ladies of “Jerseylicious” demonstrate hair (and make-up?) dos and don’ts.
With Faith, Trust, and a Little PIXIE STIX Dust: Nutrition and the Pageant Child. A taste-test of various popular pageant snacks and a mix-yer-own GoGO Juice bar.
If you can’t tell, I have insomnia. These are the *best* of the ideas that hit my brain at 3 AM.
Oops–Miss America. The sugar from the LD is making me a little ADD.
Ignore any other typos, please.
after the fauxgeant, i want a giant wizard of oz slot machine party … the new ones with the interactive bonus features are more fun than an mj impersonation for talent while MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH THE JUDGES. and old ladies better not hog the good machines for hours (haha, i’m not a gambling addict, but like i said, my in-laws are right next to AC, so i’ve been to the casinos quite a while). oh, and at wild wild west we can have a western wear portion of the fauxgeant. or roman theme at caesar’s? so many choices.
*quite a bit, even. in fact, i’ll be in ac this weekend, so i’ll case out some options
My mind was whirling when I looked up the venues in AC. We may have to make this an annual thing. So many possibilities… LOL
in all seriousness, if you’re anywhere near ac and haven’t been in a while, next time check out revel, the new casino. it’s sooooo pretty. and when you get bored & need some shitty old skool ac you can pop over to showboat quickly and watch people play video poker at the bars.
omg, i love ac. i can’t wait for this weekend. but first, tonight’s t&t
Holy Private Jets! I just read the teaser for tonight’s T&T–
“Twins Scarlett and Isabella, 3 compete against Georgina’s students Elizabeth, 5 and Kylee, 6 at the Little Mr. and Miss Nevada Pageant in Las Vegas.”
Methinks we’ve met Scarlett and Isabella before. They’re the New Money Babies! I can’t wait to see them now that they can, well, walk and stuff.
Ok, So I just finally was able to watch this episode….
Everyone has pretty much said, what I was thinking while watching this…
Although I was confused for a bit in regards to Chloe…Granny runs the pageant train, I see. I feel bad for Chloe’s mom…Dad eh, whatevs.. As for Chloe’s looks. I can’t figure out who she looks like, not mom and not dad either….I will say that as for her teeth…yeah I had teeth like that when I was little. I still have baby teeth and am a grown ass woman! I did not get braces until I was a sophmore in HS. I had jaw surgery a week before I started my senior year. I had to have a bone graph from my hip due to the horrible underbite that I had. …that was fun…! I got my braces off a few weeks before I graduated. I stopped wearing my top retainer about a year after I got my braces off. Really wish I would have kept wearing it. Now my jaw pops all the time, and lets just say, that shit hurts.I have all my wisdom teeth in. But I am missing 7 teeth. My wisdom teeth took the place of a set of molars. If we ever decide to have kids of our own, I feel for them! between my lack of a full set of teeth and my extremley bad eyes…
I also feel for Mak. She is a cute child, and braces are going to benifit her once she is in them. Yes everyone has their akward stages, mine unfortunatly were my whole childhood! When I was Maks age, I never smiled in pictures. I always had smirks I was afraid to show my teeth.
As for Chloe’s grandma saying that Chloe said she wanted to do pageants, I don’t believe that for one second. Delusiona much there granny!
I have been MIA here for the past month. Most of you know MR Z came home!! Yeah, get your minds out of the gutter, that has not happened….we have been busy visiting family. Today I am able to catch up on HBB and T&T, he hates this show!
Looking forwad to tonights episode…
Sorry, grandma Ape is a total bitch. Those parents need to run and run fast! Finally watched this whole episode!
I have one thing to say. DRAG QUEEN JUDGES!
@nelliebelle1197
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@NB1197, you’ve made the voices in my head start singing
“I have one thing to say: sashay, shante,
shante, shante, shante.
You Better work, work it, girl.”
Oh, RuPaul; she made clubbing so much fun in college.
@snowshoecat
Canadian Bacon coming in by the kg for you or lb for my American friends.
Shots up to date, passport ready and I even will bring something for the swag bag that isn’t bacon….god I love Bacon of anytime, bacon ice cream, bacon candy, bacon sandwiches, bacon perfume would be good…sorry where was I LOL oh the swag bag and a case of red bull and mountain dew. You know I haven’t had a pixie stix since I was 12 I think it’s time to load up and bring it.
Can you just see the customs officer face, bacon, pixie stix, beauty pag and no problem getting through
Loves ya @Canada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loves me some bacon, too.
Now, just get over to Lake Superior and boat down to Tofte, MN and I’ll pick you up at the Blue Fin Inn where we’ll grab a beer and a bite before driving to Duluth to catch a … oh wait.
How aboot a road trip to AC?
TG, You have been doing some amazing sugar-fueled homework!!!!!!!! Love the ideas.
And I’ve never been to AC, although I have spent more time in Vegas than a midwesterner should. I am ready.
Speaking of Vegas, let’s head over to Crabby’s new gig aat the mini!!
Confused in Canada – make a stop here in Edmonton and I’ll go down with you! We’ll teach these americans how beauty is really done…that being said I’m totally wearing a beaver pelt as my outfit of choice!
I want to come to the Fauzgeant!! I’ll even spring for a case of Tre’s “Fabulini” for us to drink!
Yay, Cali!! And if you are still a Caligirl, that is quite a a hop to get to AC! We are going to show south Jersey what fun is all about!
@the Mrs.: Yes! I totally agree with everything you said! I’ll finish up reading the comments shortly, but I’m just glad that someone else enjoyed the dopey DaD, didn’t think the two kids’ mom was playing favorites (I actually got a kick out of her wackiness and love of those kids), etc.
Yes I’m posting late, but I’ve yet to get to the next recap. I JUST caught up on watching the cray cray Wednesday ep. Bad Amy.
Before you insult an 10 year old get your facts straight! She is hearing impared so her speech is nasally. Havent you heard Marlee Matlen Speak? She speaks the same way!
Ummmmm Nancy, that was established quite a while ago. Maybe you should read the minicap.
Really? because half the posts here insult the kid!
And I read the recap! it mentions NOTHING Of a hearing problem. The writers insults the kid and says she needs speech therapy or whatever. So I don’t care what the mini cap says. The writers full review does not mention her hearing loss.
@nancy (130) — “the writer” is under no obligation to mention “the kid”‘s hearing impediment. and she does need speech therapy; that’s not an insult, but a fact.
Under “no obligation”? Um yeah he is. When he is insulting someone’s CHILD! This person admits they don’t have kids and seem to enjoy making fun of CHILDREN! And calling a THREE year old a monkey? Gee! That’s just rude. I usuallly love this person and their comments on the pageants but this time was just RUDE! And I liked Chloe’s dad. He’s right! She is CHILD not a circus animal who can be made to do what someone else wants.
@Nancy, it’s discussed in the comments for the minicap. In fact, the child’s mother very graciously joined our discussion and acknowledged our questions re: both children. She was a delight, especially compared to some of the other parents who have dropped in.
If you are new to the ‘gasm, you may not know that we exchange a lot of info and perspectives in the comments sections. They’re always worth reading.
@nancy — i’m pretty sure there is no law indicating all recappers must point out physical disabilities when mocking someone. which means, that, no, she is under no obligation. she may be rude in your opinion, but there are also no laws concerning rude comments on tv shows where someone signed a release form in order to be featured. you are confused. and seemingly, overly excited. you might want to try a xanax.
@Nancy – just FYI, the recap was written and in the process of being posted when Chris&MacMom wrote in, so it was too late, but I did address in the comments for the full recap – she was actually very nice to us and unlike so many pageant moms, understood how to write in complete sentences.
In fact, it never occurred to me that she had a hearing problem, mostly because I assumed it was an orthodontic device (she sounded like one of my nieces when she had her expander/separator/ortho item from hell), or me wearing my super-hot headgear for most of my pre-teen years.
But I’m standing by the monkey-monkey comments…and I’m wondering why some people were more ticked about this one when I clearly called out Berkeley for being ape-like too…ooo-ooo-oooooo!
bananas!
Mister Dear Crabby, you have no reason to defend yourself WE are here for that. Like I said previously the picture of Chloe and her twin brother were damn near identical. Nancy, when you jump into the middle of a conversation without gathering all the information you make yourself look silly(speaking from experience). Why don’t you grab a nice glass of wine and some Little Debbie creampies and enjoy the ride. Hell you might even get invite to one of our fauxpageants!
BTW, why has no one touch on the fact that shorter hair twin was still sucking a bottle at 3?
@DC, snaps for the ooo-ooo-ooooooo! I think that caused my first spit-take. I should have followed my own advice and put down my Mtn Dew before I started reading.
@Moli, I noticed that! Is the shorter haired twin the one who was/is developmentally behind? I honestly wondered if there was something wrong with her during their interview early in the show. I’d have to rewatch it, but I’m pretty sure she did some weird chest-slappy thing.
Speaking of mtn dew…I found a recipe for mtn dew & doritos CUPCAKES! Should I make them for our fauxgeant?
Oooh….count me in for the fauxgeant. I can luxuriate with the best of them.
@turtlegirl — that sounds soooo nasty … I think you found or official fauxgeant food!!!
You all should be worried, too, ‘cuz I’m bringing my “A” game and my mom said none of you are my competition because I AM the TOTAL PACKAGE. That’s right….I’m going to bring it and rock that stage. I might even rip my clothes off.
@GrammyDi, uncontrollable laughter…”Sparkle Baby”
@Grammy Di, I’ll sure you’ll be very delican and eliquette too!
@Ellemenop, the cupcake picture was scarily appealling. I think we’ll have a special trophy for whomever actually keeps it down!
It just occurred to me I may have you all skerd because I threatened to remove my clothes, and my name is GrammyDi. Just to ease your fears, my face is not melting, I am not wearing pantyhose under my jeans, and I have but one chin. I’m only 49, so though I’m not exceptionally beautimous, it won’t be that bad.
Well sorry. But making fun of a child for her looks, particularly by an ADULT who should know better is just beyond rude. I think I will no longer be reading your recaps. If that is how you behave! Calling a three year old a monkey? Seriously?! What are you? Who the hell gives you the right to insult a child? I am glad you don’t have any of your own. because I would feel sorry for them.
@Nancy…don’t let the cyber door hit you where the good lord split you.
INSURANCE!
@nancy — I hope you don’t have kids, because I’ll feel sorry for them, since you have no sense of humor.
@Nancy, you just called me a “he” and my vagina and I are TRULY insulted. It’s like you might as well have called me a pageant monkey. Also, do you not understand how this site works? It’s a place to share new vocabulary like luxuriate, recipes like Mt. Dew and Dorito cupcakes, and make fun of everyone on reality shows.
Good luck with your surgery, I hope the proctologist has better luck with that huge stick than we did.
No sense of humor? WHy? because I refuse to think insulting a CHILD is funny? You people all need to go back to manners school. Because that is just wrong.
Making fun of CHILDREN is okay in your book? Boy do I feel SORRY FOR YOU! In MY WORLD, that is wrong.It’s not wonder the world is so fucked up today. The fact that you think writing these things is funny and justified in insulting CHILDREN just blows me away. And I don’t have a stick in my ass. But thanks for your concern!
You are a woman? While then on behave of children everywhere, let me THANK YOU for not having children! God knows you would make fun of them too.
@Nancy, if you don’t have a stick up your ass, then you have plenty of room in there to stick your “sorry.”
@Nancy…I make fun of adults too – including a dad’s small weenie on the latest recap! Also, I’ve been doing this for three years and NOW you’re indignant?
No, I don’t have kids…because they might actually look like – say it with me – MONKEYS!
Now go over-indulge a child and leave us to the snark.
Sans Nancy’s posts…posts 135-152 are amazing! You guys are great!
Oooo ooooo oooooo
Hey, I’m just impressed Nancy can (in general) form complete sentences!
Oh, and did someone mention Little Debbie’s again!!?? Dagnabbit the last time that happened I had to run out and get a box of those peanut butter – chocolate things. Mmmm Little Debbie…
OH NO!! CrabbyDear, Nancy said (and I quote) ” I think I will no longer be reading your recaps. If that is how you behave!” Well dagnabit, take that! I notice a sentence fragment, so she isn’t all that great.
Howevs, since she wrote that she wrote several comments. Ya just can’t trust some people.
Oh DAYAM!! Now I have to luxuriate my fat old lazy ass over to the convenience store for some more Little Debbies. And Mountain Dew. (Fragment intended) Ah the power of suggestion.
@nancy — but i thought you were leaving in a huff. ciao, darling!
Nancy, perhaps your anger would be better directed at the parents who need their 15 minutes of fame so badly they choose to subject their children to scrutiny, and not just on the show, but on pageants week after week after week. It’s why I don’t watch the show; it looks as though you should do the same.