Another shout-out week for Flipit for adding pictures and captions (his are the larger pictures and funnier captions!). Thanks!

That Isabella was hysterical. I've never seen any child so assured of what they were about. She needs her own show. So great to see a kid on tv without all the grooming and coaching showing.

She reminded me of my nerdy cousin, except Isabella is much cuter. Her mom was likable too. Your right, what were they doing on this show?

You seem to be having trouble with how pageant awards work. Every age division(0-11 months, 12-23 months, 1-2 year olds, 3-4, 5-6, 7-9, 10-up; this is the usual pageant age divisions) has princesses for the lowest scores in the age group and a queen, but some kids get higher than queen those kids "supreme"...there are mini supremes which are i guess considered 3rd place and there can be more than one mini supreme. TLC failed to show that there was a Grand Supreme Winner(2nd place) named Gracie Gillenwater; and Jayden won high point which is sometimes called "Ultimate Grand Supreme" at other pageants. That's how it works.

I heart you dearcrabby! You are right up there with flipit and yentapatrol! Seriously the lurch references-gold, baby gold. YOU are the total package.

Great recap DearCrabby, lots of laughs and great observations.

I thought that spray tan on that one little girl was way too dark. I wonder if that stuff is safe to spray on a kid? I've used some in the past, but children's skin is so delicate. I guess I prefer the natural look of the false eyelashes, pink lip gloss about an inch thick, false teeth, acrylic nail tips and the wigs should be enough.

Can't wait to read the next recap, so far this one is really interesting.

Thanks for the laughs.

All this talk about Supremes is making me hungry. I am gonna call Pizza Hut!

Thank you for the recap, DearCrabby. I can't believe I didn't know about this show. But then there are so many things I can't believe in this story. Hillbilly Pageant? REally? And Haley slept through her win? Well you know what they say, lie down with hillbillies, you get up with... I don't know... kiddie porn?

When Jayden's mother calls her a diva I think of Sarah Silverman saying "when someone calls herself a diva, she just means she's a c*nt."

I see this show is rife with cliches and I'm thinking they should get Lil Mama & Shane Sparks on, from Americas Best Dance Crew. They can start developing some cross-cultural cliches about yawl have to have swag, keep it tight, and bring it hard or go home.

The whole point of all these zillions of categories is so all the kids can win something. So what do the mothers do? They teach them that they're losers anyway. I mean what's wrong with the title of Queen?

Next week looks like a real winner! Another mother so full of rage that her kid won princess for god sakes, that she stormed off and ran something over? And her 7 year old daughter says if she loses she will "Slap the winner and steal the money"! My god what are these parents doing to their kids? What happened to teaching them self esteem and losing graceously? And we wonder why kids today are such brats?
Another child playing with swords? What guns were not good enough!
Another child with "undiagnonsed ADHD" in other words the school convinced her the kid had it but she won't actually go to a real doctor to prove it!
These poor kids. god help them! And what is it with 9 out of then of these moms being overweight and the kid being an only child? It's sad really!

Elmopalooza:

I can't believe I know this, but last nights big winner Mikaylah was on a different pageant show called " Pageant Mom's Unleashed". Her Mom, practically came unglued when Micaylah didn't smile while she was on stage. She made a big jerk of herself on camera and then to top it all off, spoke to another mother and said that the little girl who won was not really as good as her own daughter implying that the pageant was fixed.

It's no wonder we have children that do not know anything about being a good sport and a gracious competitor. We were taught from a young age, winning or losing is fine, but being a poor sport is absolutely forbidden.

They made us all learn that in school, when did they stop teaching manners and good sportsmanship?

I have to say the whole sword thing is a little nuts. I'm not so sure pageants are the place for real weapons, what's next, knife throwing?

I did like the magic act, but that little girl talked a lot about hurting the other contestants and that kind of made me think she might have serious problems. She obviously had control issues as well and was acting out quite a lot. I hope her parents take her to a therapist.

Kids with ADHD usually do not want to hurt other kids! They may be impulsive but not that bad.I think shoving vitamins down the kids throat are not the answer. Vitamins do nothing for ADHD. Therapy will help. I can understand not wanting to put your kids on meds. I wouldn't do it either. But there are other things you can do. Ignoring it and pretending like it does not exist won't help!
Unfortunately part of the problem is that schools are removing anything out of the schools involving competition like dodgeball and every game they have they all are winners so there is no loser. So kids today are not getting the opportunity to learn what it means to lose graciously
Also with the no child left behind crap the schools now have, teachers don't have time to teach anything but testing and how to pass.

I about fell off my chair when the mom this week said "Pageants moms are no worse then WELFARE Moms!" I don't have kids yet but I was insulted. Moms who are on welfare are not doing it to exploit their kids. They are doing it to keep their children from starving to death! I had never been more insulted to hear a statement in my life!
And does anyone know if or when the TLC board for this show willl be back up?They took it down after the Sterling episode and have not put it back up since!

Love the recap!

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elmopalooza, I think it's a blessing that so many of these kids are only children. That way only one kid gets messed up.

I think they do teach good sportsmanship in schools. But when the parent is acting like an entitled bitch, what do you expect of the child? That woman is the child's role model.

Crabby, you've got your work cut out for you making that mom and kid funny instead of just disturbing.

Isabella was an absolute joy to watch. Finally, a genuine kid, with personality and talent. She cracked me up, and I don't think I ever heard her say "I rocked it out!".

This whole pageant thing reminds me of a Nine Inch Nails song lyric:

"You're keeping in step in the line
Got your chin held high and you feel just fine
'Cause you do what you're told
But inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold"

I'm hoping it doesn't get to adorable little Isabella.

"Haley's mom, Melissa, interviews that Haley won her first pageant at the age of 9 months"

This part just absolutely bugs me the most. 9 months old? Why? I just don't get it. At that age, there's no way to tell if the kid likes doing pagents or not. The kid probably couldn't careless anyway, since she's just going to be dressed up and tarted around like a living doll. So why do them at all when they're that young? There's no conceivable benefit at that age.
If they began at 4 years old, I can understand. That's when most kids get into activies like sports, clubs, etc... And then it could be their thing.
But when they start at such a young age, they just seem to turn into a bitchy diva before they even get into kindergarten.

Phane00 I agree with you about the age thing. A child of 9 months is not going to remember a thing and is not there because she likes it.

I really think some of the Moms are pushing it on taking babies to pageants. That one kid was only a few days old. I think there should be a minimum age requirement of say age 2 or 3. That way at least their immune systems are a little more developed. But that's just me.

Good grief these people are not really letting kids be kids. I liked dressing up too, but I didn't have to practice it or perform when i was told to and flirt with a judge when I was 5 years old. It bothers me when they tell the girls to flirt with their eyes when they look at the judges. That's just gross.

What I found most disturbing was the little black girl, I think her name was Sparkal? Her mom put her on youtube for all the perverts in the world to see and now she has her own fanclub? So any sicko can contact the poor kid? And no offense but that kid can sing worth a can of beans!

I just happened to be flicking through channels the other day and saw Toddlers and Tiaras !! All of you mothers should be ashamed of yourself.. Why would you want your little girl to look somewhat like TRASH !! They are kids,not adults.. What are they going to do throughout life if winning doesn't go their way !! Some of them already act like snots !! All that makeup etc. and parents wonder how their kids get abducted and kidnapped !! How dare you..