IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Share this —. Follow today. More Brands. With their spray tans, phony teeth, big hair, and personalities to match, the kids on Toddlers and Tiaras always made for memorable television. But since its debut in , the show has been plagued by rumors that it is far from the real-life spectacle it's made out to be. In fact, the Toddlers and Tiaras producers staged most of the show.
While the series' ethics have always been a bit lacking - they dress kids in scanty outfits, pad them with body enhancements, and have them use fake cigarettes as stage props - the events that unfold throughout any given show were always presented as real.
It was supposed to accurately portray a cutthroat kiddie competition where a cheap trophy and a little cash are the ultimate prizes. But behind the scenes , Toddlers and Tiaras, had some of the worst people involved in reality tv. Like many silly reality shows , the kid-centered program was mostly fake.
Directors cooked up artificial drama to keep us engaged and entertained. Such fakery is dubious enough when it involves adult participants but there's something particularly distasteful about using children in such a way.
Nonetheless, the show was a consistent viewer favorite and ratings winner throughout its run on TLC. Read on to learn more about the staging of Toddlers and Tiaras. Reality TV stars can usually command massive paydays and go on to build lucrative careers.
The kids and adults featured on Toddlers and Tiaras don't have such luxuries, however. No one is paid for their participation on the show. In most cases, parents lose money by investing in pageant prep. Professional pageant organizers who sponsor the show's pageants aren't paid either.
All of this makes Toddlers and Tiaras a show with surprisingly little overhead for the network. Dickey says in one episode of the show. Paisley has also been learning to sing and play the guitar.
The kid has also found time to take plenty of selfies and work on her puzzle skills. Sounds cute, right? It was, except for the fake cigarette and Lisa instructing her toddler by saying, "Don't forget to smoke!
But Mrs. Christian wasn't fazed, even going so far as to defend her actions on Nancy Grace as reported on by Today , saying, "It was just a prop — nothing more, nothing less. Luckily, Destiny seems to be doing well and has not yet developed a real smoking habit. The middle schooler's Facebook profile says that she "loves to model, sing, and dance.
She's happiest when she is on a stage performing! She attended her first Snowball Dance , took first place with her competition dance team, and even performed at a local haunted house. Beauty is pain, right?
That's totally cool — except maybe when the person in pain is an 8-year-old girl. Lori later appeared on Dr. Phil to defend herself and her actions, claiming, "It's perfectly safe if you get [the dye] in your eye Mathews also came under fire for whitening Alaska's teeth, but claimed that she "immediately stopped" when she "realized this was bad for baby teeth. Eyebrow dying aside, Alaska is kicking butt and taking names. According to her Facebook bio , she's an "internationally celebrated pageant pro, recording artist, model and actress.
Mathews made one Facebook post in December of that mentions her "Allied Health class," and her mother posted photos of Alaska dressed in scrubs with the hashtags " nursing" and " thanksHealthCareHeroes.
The little firecracker introduced herself on the show as "a little monster," and her mother described her as, "five, fearless and ferocious," as LaDuca held a crown that was just as tall as she was. LaDuca clearly still loves money as she's currently hustling hard. The "junior entrepreneur," as she's described in her official website bio , has appeared on several TV shows and runs a website.
Not everyone can be a winner, and not every little girl can be crowned "Grand Supreme. Todd was very disappointed, and for good reason: before the competition, she was subjected to both a spray tan and a chiropractic adjustment. I was also intrigued by the comment about time and money being better spent learning Spanish, Chinese, or Hindi for employment in the global market, and that hits on an important point but not quite squarely.
I think a more interesting question is where on tv does the same instruction about discipline and alignment appear for different taste distinctions, aiming its pedagogy at upper middle class audiences? Mad Men? We know there is far more to it than this, but this gets the audiences to watch and buy everything needed for caring for and reinventing the self.
The fathers view their cage fighting sons never in my life did I think I would write that phrase anywhere to be tough kids with big promise. Hollis I came across this article and it immediately made me think of your article. I believe I have found something more macabre than a nine-year-old with hair teased to the rafters. I give out international and local loans to all countries in the world.
Apply for a loan today with your loan amount and duration. Its Easy and fast to get. Check-out this great offer. For more information. Nice title for your article though, very creative. They hope their kids will mesmerize the judges and they will win the top crown and cash prize. However, going into these pageants, the families usually spend more money than they would win back.
This vicious cycle will seemingly never end. It seems as if the children do not care much about winning. Any time they prepare for the pageant, they cry and yell about how they do not want to compete anymore. However, the parents still enter them, hoping that one day they will either win or be discovered by a talent agent. These pageans should be illegal!
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