Ahhh, back to the crazy with this week’s episode of Toddlers & Tiaras. Pageant Director Carol’s eyebrows continue to try to escape her face as she presents the California Tropic: Under the Sea pageant in Nevada.
We already have a winner – no fair!
First we meet 9 year old Jordan whose favorite trophy is actually her football trophy. She claims to be a tomboy on the inside and pageant girl on the outside, but she ain’t fooling us with that bobbed hair. Jordan’s favorite pastime is eating grubs and worms from her yard. You read that correctly. Hope she doesn’t get those caught in her flipper! The best part is exhausted mom who is doing everything in her power, including using bill money for pageants, to make sure her daughter becomes successful. You’d think spending that money on Mandarin lessons or space camp would be a better bet, but whatever.
Next up is 4 year old Cariah, rhymes with Mariah, who basically says 10 words during this entire episode. Her dipshit mother makes up for her verbal lethargy but creating sentences that don’t make sense while having a Jada Pinkett Smith attitude without any of the backup talent or knowledge. Mom never shuts up, tells it how she thinks it is with words she thinks she knows and is basically clueless for the amount of arrogance she throws around.
Finally is another grandma-induced pageant girl, Alyssa, 5, who is funny, smart and spot-on with her walk, pretty feet and talent. “Glamma” as she calls herself is in charge of training and paying – the way we like our Glammas. Alyssa says her grandmother might drive her crazy and tells her as long as her face hurts, she’s smiling correctly.
In typical chaos theory that is pageant day, everything seems to go wrong or the moms just never watched this show. Jordan doesn’t use a fall, mom doesn’t know how her costume is supposed to work (and has the stupidest meltdown when her hotel room key doesn’t work), Cariah’s outfits are too over the top so you can’t see the kid, and mom hires a professional makeup and hair person who says she’ll never do pageants again, and Alyssa just shows up and kicks ass because she practices and works hard. Unbelievable how many parents still forget that as part of training their kids for being adults! Lots of angry, bitter moms at the end and it’s pretty funny to see how many Cleo Patricks there really are out there.
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Dear Crabby, how cool was it to see Shamwow Guy/ Peter Brady, etc…. announcing? He wasn’t wearing headgear this time, must have read your recap!
I’ll be back for the full recap to snark on Jordan’s psycho Mom-jeez what a moron…
Jordan’s mom really needs to take a valium (or two) and have a glass of wine. Since when are hair and make-up people in charge of wardrobe? Can’t wait for the recap!
I thought Jordan was/is one of the most beautiful little girls to ever be on this show. But it’s clear she’d rather be anywhere but on that stage.
Mr Z started watching this with me last night. Then Jordan ate the worm and he was done!!
Everyone knows in a Glitz Pageant you have to wear the Fall!! Duh!
I’ve given up watching this show but I can’t wait to read the full recap. Crabby you are the best.
then head out for drinks Canadian style.
If you come up to Canada let me know, their starting to do pageants up here now, we can go and crash one
Jordan was really pretty naturally, but with makeup and curled hair she was STUNNING. I did have to laugh, though, when mom was like, “She’s the hair and makeup person! What am I paying her for?!” Uh, hair and makeup?
I’ll meet up with you, “Confused in Canada”…I’m thirty minutes from downtown Toronto and we can all go have a party!
Jordan WAS a beautiful girl. I thought it was hilarious when her mom asked her what her favourite trophy was and she pulled out her football trophy! Her mom has some serious mental health issues, though, and she was by far the most tired, drawn-out, homely mother that we have seen. She even is worse than Alana (Honey Boo-Boo’s) mom because at least June is happy and Jolly, whereas Jordan’s mom seemed to be seriously unstable and unhappy.
Can the show just cut the crap with the “being locked out of the room” nonsense. It’s getting really old!
Cariah’s beauty dress was bar none the ugliest I’ve ever seen, and her hair was a hot mess throughout the pageant.
Alyssa was very cute and personable, but I sense that it’s all a show – she reminds me of a trained poodle. However, I will agree with that one judge and say that she had an incredible amount of poise and stage presence for a five year old.
I wish they would start doing the moms sit down every episode.
I found it curious that Cariah said if she won she would “buy furniture” added to the fact that they spent the entire episode in the hotel so they could “have an advantage.” Probably did not want the other hard working moms in the shelter to see her spending money on a pageant instead of trying to get an apartment and make room for another family. I don’t know why but they had “homeless” written all over them. And then she used the word “colored” and I was done
I thought Jordan was GORGEOUS … if she really wanted to do pageants and had the right coach, I would pay for a face off between her, Alaska, Faff’LYN, Eden Woods and Alyssa…
@rollingeyes, I’m in Calgary but will be happy to head to TO to met up
Speaking of Alana’s mom June, did you read that she has set up trust funds for the girls with the money from TLC. She doesn’t even have it come to her but go directly to the funds.
@Faye, colored in the way I think you mean? OMG!
I just about threw up when Jordan ate that worm! OMG!
Her mom just didn’t have a friggin clue! What is the hair and makeup persons job?
Hey dumbass “It’s hair and makeup!”
Sure thing, Confused!
I too thought it was weird that there were NO shots of Cariah’s home. However, I’m sure that if there is something to be found out someone will break the news soon enough!
Jordan’s mother reminded me of the actress Tracy Nelson in those Lifetime movies where she’s a crazy stalker/obsessed nanny/general trainwreck.
“Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I guess I’ll go eat some worms…”
She probably only eats them when mom starts talking about marrying her off.
I just started watching the show, but this is what immediately popped into my head when I saw that. YUCK! Even though nobody loves me and everybody hates me, even I don’t eat worms.
What made me laugh about the whole ‘I’m locked out of my room’ bit was the fact that in the time she was wailing at the people at the front desk and waiting for a bellman (do they even have those at the Holiday Inn or whatever two star hotel they were at?) she could have walked her a$$ down to the desk and had a new key made! Is she really that stupid or does TLC think the viewers are that stupid?
Alyssa and her family were very put together. I thought she was so pretty and the family was so supportive. No wonder she wins a lot.
Interesting thoughts about the “colored” family. It made me laugh when she used that term. Haven’t heard that in a while and I’m from the south! Lol. She may have not been homeless but ashamed of her home and therefore didn’t invite the cameras in. Sad… Did anyone else think the other girl was also in the pageant and just not being featured? A couple of times it looked like she has pageant clothes on.
Looking forward to the recap!
ughhh poor jordan , shes a beautiful little girl , but her mother needs to stop forcing her to do something she doesnt want to do. Judges can tell when a child doesnt want to do pagents. TLC should change the name of this show to pageant moms
I thought Jordan’s mom looked alot like an old haggard makeupless Casey Anthony
Did anyone notice how the pagent director dissed Jordan? She must have thouht they wouldn’t put that on camera. She was horrible
I think they should change the name to “Bitches and Brats”!
Yes, I agree with FrizzyPop…the other daughter was definitely in the pageant but not featured. Way to cause sibling rivalry.
I thought all three girls were stunning and well behaved in this episode. Glamma was only mildly P/A when stating the obvious. The other two parents had piss poor attitudes and I truly felt bad for Jordan. I’m guessing her mom’s negative attitude is why she’s not totally into doing pageants. When she went up to the stage she was thrilled with her title, after her mom’s fit, not so much.
I thought that the two other mothers were very pretty.
How whack does your name have to be for a pageant emcee, that is used to the McKennyzzes and other horridly made up spellings and names of the world, to not be able to pronounce your name?
Can’t wait for the fullcap Crabby!
People have already mentioned most of this, but the crazy needs to be reiterated.
My jaw hit the floor when Ty said “colored”. I don’t even know what to say about that.
Has Jordan’s mom never stayed in a hotel before? Go to the front desk and get a freaking key instead of screaming about security taking “hours”!
I’m not even going to talk about the dolls judging Jordan, because that was ten steps past weird.
Perhaps Ty lives with extended(older) family members. My grandmother used the term “colored” up until her death ten years ago. She wasn’t one bit racist, it was just the term she used growing up. Or maybe she’s just so young and so far detached from that history that the term doesn’t carry as much to her? Or maybe she meant to say “of color” and it came out wrong. IDK, but my mouth was gaping when she said that, too.
Did anyone else notice the way Cariah’s mom took the breast part of her tube top and folded it under? Did I say that right? She was trashy trying to act klassy!
@ LISA–That’s who it was I thought the mom looked like!!!! Casey Anthony!!!!
I kept thinking over and over that she reminded me of someone! GASP!
@FAYE–When Coriah’s mom used the word \colored\ I had to replay that part to make sure that’s what she really said! Wow!
@crabby – this is the train wreck we’ve been hoping for! Can’t wait til you dig into it!
@Estella – I agree that Caraiah’s mom meant “of color”, but mangled the phrase perfectly to say something else entirely. The proof of that to me was when she said something about “since she came out the exit womb”. Makes me think of being shot in the vagina and then a baby plops out
Also, I wholeheartedly believe Cariah’s name is an homage to Mariah Carey. Was the sister named Wouston?
Lastly, as soon as that fan pulled up to the hotel I thought, “woah, this hasn’t happened before…” and the furniture comment sealed it. They are living somewhere too shabby for prime time. On the positive side, at least she saves money by making costumes and while the taste level was questionable, they really were well made! Also Cariah DOES have a show stopper smile.
Great minicap Crabby!!!
I have yet to see this episode (no DVR in college…damn.) but I’m going home tomorrow to watch the recording I made at home (my parents roll their eyes when I watch it, but I can’t help it. It’s like a train wreck that I never want to end…kinda.)
Can’t wait for the full recap!
This was an epic episode because of 2 things: Jordan’s psycho mother and Cariah’s hideous dress.
From the beginning Jordan’s mom seemed unstable…my mouth was open and I’m sure I had a stupefied expression when she did the doll thing. Even Jordan was creeped out. Plus she is spending all of her money to force her daughter to do something she dislikes. If they had the extra money to spend I’d still judge her but to go bankrupt and your daughter has never won a high title in 7 years? No wonder she’s so crazy. As for the keycard thing, she’s an idiot. Everyone knows the right way to handle that situation so I won’t even reiterate that. What really made me laugh hysterically was when she called the front desk for a bellhop. A BELLHOP?!?! You can tell she doesn’t get out much.
Jordan herself was so blah. Not a very pretty child until she put that makeup on. I have to say she was absolutely stunning with the makeup but without the fall she was doomed, she didn’t look glitzy at all. Plus her beauty sucked (she rushed and stumbled) and her swimwear routine was way to basic for a girl in her age division. I’m actually surprised she won Mini Grand for her age division, must not have been much competition. Her mom’s reaction was so ridiculous and uncalled for I yelled at the TV several times. If she thinks she honestly has a case that the judges were unfair and that Jordan only lost because the judges \weren’t looking for the best\ she is delusional. Then she claimed Alyssa only won because her parents screamed louder?! Or maybe because she was an awesome competitor and your daughter who is almost twice her age can’t perform as well?
Cariah was a cute girl and actually did very well for being so young and this was only her 7th pageant. I’ve seen newbies older than her who didn’t perform near as well as she did. What killed her was her mother’s horrendous beauty dress. Without a doubt the WORST I’ve ever seen, including that hideous feathery purple and blue dress from season 2. I thought her swimwear was adorable though and she did her routine perfectly. Her mom seemed so upset with her title but I think she did really well for someone new and she has a promising pageant future as long as she burns that dress and picks up tips that will help her become more polished. Her mom was awkward in front of the camera and said things like \Exit womb\. What a clown! I’m black so I wasn’t that shocked when she said \colored\, a lot of black people I know say it too just because they’ve been around their grandparents a lot. Not so much of a big deal really.
Alyssa was gorgeous and deserved to win but there’s nothing else to say about her really. I have no doubt she will keep sweeping up national titles because she’s polished and has a strong dance background but she had zero personality on camera. Still, I was happy for her win.
@Princess, that really was my immediate thought when she used that term. As a white woman, I actually love the word. To me it conveys something so different. A colored drawing, bright and brilliant; color tv, just, well, color and all the beauty that goes with it. Like I said, my grandmother used it a lot. It’s antiquated and potentially offensive, I would never use it, but I can tell you the way my grandmother used it, it was with kindness. She felt that black was just too harsh. Dark, dim, without color or brightness.
However, I can’t say the same about my other grandmother. SMH.
I thought Jordan looked gorgeous even with her natural hair, and her dress was awesome. She looked awkward the whole time though like she just wanted to get it over with which ruined her chances. Her mom is odd and delusional. Why was she ditching her daughter and sitting in the hallway while she was getting H&M done?
Cariah was a pretty wee girl with a gorgeous smile but that dress……looked like throw up after a night of fruity cocktails. Her mom is tacky with what she says and how she dresses her kids. Less is more
Alyssa was perfect. Nice kid, gorgeous outfits, great routines and beautiful face. Not much to say there, she deserved that win……nothing to do with who cheered louder that’s for sure!!
Did anyone catch Jordan’s mom’s comment about doing pageants so she could have ‘friends’? Real live friends! Seriously, if that sad woman is bankrupting herself for friendship, she had picked the absolute worst venue to do so. I can’t imagine other pageant moms are going out of their way to socialize with ‘dollface’. What a clueless-sad sack of delusion. Additionally, I almost developed PTSD when she started waving the doll judges around and remarked how one particular ‘judge’ was being especially ‘nice’ to Jordan. I’m a grown ass adult, and I was skeeved out, poor Jordan. No wonder the girl is preoccupied with eating worms and being a tomboy, it’s as far away from her mother as she can be.
Cariah had the absolute worst beauty dress I have ever seen. Worse than the pink and blue barfstrosity that was Destiny’s dress in Disco Diva’s. I felt for the ‘virgin’ makeup artist (clearly scarred for life after Hilariously Poor Spoken Mother #246) but Cariah’s hair was terrible… Between Cariah’s appliqué gang bang of a gown, and the weird head piece/do the little girl didn’t stand a chance. Cute as she may be. Cariah desperately needs a new wardrobe, coach, and mother who doesn’t call her vagina an ‘exit wound’. What a classy dame. (‘Classy’ means vulgar whore, right?)
My stupid DVR cut off the last bit of the final sit down interviews, but I think I caught a few seconds of Jordan’s mom bitching about her daughter competing for 7 years with no title? Seems to me that that is less an indictment of the pageant system, but more a congirmation of your atrocious skills as a pageant mom…but maybe I misheard? Maybe she didn’t prove herself even more obnoxious and batshit crazy than we already thought?
I missed the end part too but apparently glamma told her she should give it up if its been 7 years without a big title. Wish I could have seen the look on her face haha.
Gah! I forgot to comment on THE FALL. If Mama Ruxpin’s battle with cancer has taught me anything, it’s that hairpieces are NOT miracles. A hair piece or fall should be added to augment the natural length and style, not change it entirely. If Jordan’s mom wanted her daughter to have waist length hair, she should have bought a complete wig, or avoided the bob cut altogether. I also call bullshit on the $200 price she claims for that paltry piece, I’ve seen better for 1/4 that price.
*how is a 7 year veteran of pageants so unaware of hairpieces?
**to show I can be kind, I do not fully understand why the stylist coul not pull the front of Jordan’s hair back into a partial updo and use the fall for length and body. I’m in no way a professional hairstylist, and I’ve created some fabulous looks with what’s left of Mama Ruxpin’s combover…why? Because I love her and would never set her up to look foolish (on the street or around the house) much less in a pageant and on television.
@ConfusedinCanada – You’re in Calgary? No kidding, I’m in Edmonton.
They have had pageants in Canada for quite awhile now, but they have far stricter rules up here regarding how much makeup a girl can have and whether or not she can have a fake tan/flipper/fake hair etc. I believe that, even in a glitz pageant, you have to be older than 10 to have a fake tan at least and I think it’s 8 for flippers. I quite like it.
i’m pretty upset that this episode mysteriously did not record or even come up on my scheduled recordings for some reason. i thought they were just taking a break for the week.
I was appalled by Cariah’s mother, and mystified by her treatment (i.e. ignoring) of her other child. She just kept going on and on about how gorgeous Cariah was – and the unnamed other child was sitting right there.
It reminded me of that scene in \A League of Their Own\ where the one girl is complaining about how her parents introduce them: This is our daughter \Dotty\, and this is our other daughter \Dotty’s Sister\.
The other sister seemed older but perhaps a bit dim? She didn’t understand the rankings at the end at all and was yelling inappropriate insults about the other girls. Any thoughts?
@ellemenop same here! I had a repeat last week of Kayla vs. Kailia, and this episode is showing next week at 7 (so I’ll have 2 new episodes instead of one).
I don’t get it…
@georgiababe you bet ah, I’m sitting here at my desk right now, looking out the window at Mcknight Blvd seeing the planes land LOL.
The first I heard of pageants up here was last year when they had one in High River.
Now I have to go and watch the full show, you all have me curious about it. I haven’t heard the word “colored” in such a long time. I always think of it as a term from the 20′s and 30′s.
I’m guessing Cariah is from California. They can’t film in California any more because of child labor rules.
Jordan’s mom is on my Facebook and she had a meltdown when the director said that about her child. She’s not playing with a full deck and thought they were going to portray her in a positive light. I think she had an idea it was going to be bad but didn’t know how bad it would be. I would love to go snarky but I just can’t because I feel so bad for her. She did say Jordan hasn’t competed in the last couple years so they aren’t spending a lot of money on this. Poor child needs a coach bad.
Yes, Cariah lives in California and therefore they could not film at their home.
@36: I assumed that Cariah’s mom wasn’t “ignoring” her other kid, but that producers simply chose only Cariah to follow. I’m almost positive we’ve seen other pageants where the parent has more than one child entered but the cameras make it seem as though there’s only one kid.
My DVR also didn’t record this episode and lists it as new next week. Weird. (I watched it on iTunes after I saw there was a recap up.)
I was wondering if anyone else caught that director saying that Jordan would not do well. Very tacky of her to say that. Especially when she has those ginormous eyebrows herself.
“I was wondering if anyone else caught that director saying that Jordan would not do well”
Yes, that was awful. Maybe she should have told Jordan’s mom that BEFORE she paid the huge entry fee.
Georgia Babe / Confused In Canada – I’m in Edmonton too – I smell an Alberta TNT party!
Jordan’s mother looked like a meth addict and when the hair dresser was talking about the fall not working because her hair was too short – what about the babies and the toddlers. They have short wispy hair and they manage to attatch the falls. Plus don’t take your child to the hair and make up and have them put the costume on – bad taste!
The other thing that gets me is the trouble with key cards. There’s one in just about EVERY episode. Are these key cards really that unreliable? I know it happens but every single time?
Zedd, yes key cards failing do happen often!! We were in Vegas one year, and all the key cards for the room stopped working! We have a habit of trying to open the door once it is shut, and it just so happened that the door opened! We were pissed! Course we were in Vegas for NASCAR and we had a bunch of race stuff in our room…Needless to say, we had to change rooms, yet stay undetected by hotel staff….Sister and her hubby got the room, hubby and I were squatting for the weekend
It is a hassle to get new key cards, but, It usually is faster to go down to the front desk and get a new one!
Plus that whole scene didn’t look right. Mom was trying to open the door, but when they showed the room number it was across the hall…
thisbuggs4u – you had to stay in a different room because of it?? Holy cow! I’ve never had it happen to me but I have heard of it – I just find it funny I think it’s been the last three eps in a row that the key card hadn’t work. So you just tried your card in a bunch of different doors and it worked on one of them?
No, My sister, went down to the front desk and raised hell!! We were staying at the Sahara. It wasn’t Zedd- Not so much the key card wasn’t working, it was that the door didn’t lock. Like I said force of habit that we always try to get back in the room once the door shuts, with out using the card….We shut the door and hit the handle, and the damn thing opened. We stayed in the room while she went down and yelled
An hour later we were on a different side of the hotel.
But, yes, it seems that there is always “drama” with the key cards on this show. Key doesn’t work, oh no my kid is going to be late! then you see them in HM and now they are on stage without their name being called for like the 5th time…
Plus that whole scene didn’t look right. Mom was trying to open the door, but when they showed the room number it was across the hall…
thisbuggs4u- I noticed that too, she may have stuffed up which room she was trying to get into, or they changed the camera angle to face the other direction
Hmmm…I didn’t see Casey Anthony in Jordan’s mom. I saw Carole from RHONY without makeup! The resemblance was almost scary!
@Princesa: Totally agree Alyssa deserved her win, but I’m a bit astonished you thought her peraonality was lacking! She was so well spoken for a five year old, and she cracked me the [expletive omitted] up at the end when she made that remark in her adorable little voice about the “huge crown” that she wouldn’t be able to hold up much longer. I would SO adopt that kid, and I have dogs – not kids
Ooooh under the sea? Can’t wait for the full recap. I want pictures! I am a sucker for under the sea!
The hurting when you smile thing is true. When I did some natural pageants and dance comps, you really know you are working it when your face starts to ache.
Eating worms and grubs isn’t unusual. Australian aborigines have been eating witchety grubs for thousands of years. They are a good source of nutrition.
We’ve never used the word \coloured\ . However \blaaaack\ is used. For example \You old blaaack bastard\ means \You are a really close friend of mine and would you like another beer?\
I thought that director was horrible. I’m sure she told the mom that her daughter had a great chance when she was taking her money. She’s such a pretty girl, I’m sure if her mom threw around the same amount of money as Alyssa’s grandma she could win big too.
I don’t understand why they showed Jordan and her mom leaving their house in the morning as they say \it’s pageant day\ but then they got a room at the hotel? They only had a bin with the clothes in it in the truck, why did they even need a room?
Count me in on an Alberta T&T party; I’m in Red Deer. I too thought Jordan was beautiful and her mother a sad sack of brokenness; actually liked the crab hairpiece of Cariah Wouston
but the dress was hideous.
Child labor laws or not, I have heard the kids on this show say they would do a lot of stuff with the money they were never going to win but never anything as practical as furniture. It sounded to me like little Whitty Huton was making a wish to a mall Santa in a Lifetime movie starring Markie Post, Tom Skerritt and Dee Wallace (as the loving but frustrated parents of super hot daughter who is inexplicably a waitress instead of a model who just left a bad marriage to *insert any guy from Melrose Place here*)
@Georgia Babe, @ Zedd and @Sam, girls we have to get together in Red Deer soon and bitch about this show LOL. I will bring the pixie sticks LOL. Just remind me for the summer and I’ll be there.
Has anyone noticed how quiet it’s been here, what happened to the “moms” coming on to tell us all how we will rot in hell and how they will be suing us and Dear Crabby…oh wait hey would have to know how to use the internet and I believe people that are still living in the 1950′s (cough, cough using the word “colored” cough, cough) probably don’t even know this exists.
@Confused–all those mom’s are over in the Cheer Perfection recaps!!
I am looking forward to the recap!!
@ConfusedinCanada – It’s a date!
I thought for sure Jordan’s mother would be all over this recap. She seems nice enough but she’s absolutely delusional when it comes to her daughter’s pageant future.
thisbuggs4u got to it first! I was going to say they all went to the Cheer Perfection boards.