Toddlers & Tiaras Mom Defends Giving Young Daughter ‘Pageant Crack’ And ‘GoGo Juice’
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 @ 04:30PM
By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter
The mother who gave her little daughter “go-go juice” to get her amped up for a beauty pageant is hitting back at critics who slammed her parenting skills.
Alana Thompson’s mother June makes her daughter a “special juice” of Mountain Dew and Redbull to energize the six-year-old before she hits the kiddie catwalk, and she spoke exclusively to RadarOnline.com to defend her actions.
“I didn’t do anything to hurt her,” June said about plying her little girl with the magic brew.
“There are far worse things that I can do to my kid,” she said, and dismissed critics of her parenting skills: “It is the way it is and I don’t let what people say bother me.”
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In true reality star fame, June said she was happy that the controversy has helped people know about Alana. “As long as they’re talking about us they’re making us famous!”
Alana, who is nicked named Honey Boo Boo, spoke to RadarOnline.com about her spitfire persona.
“I get my sassy moves from my momma,” the little girl twanged in her southern drawl, and said that now she’s getting so much attention she’s in charge.
“I’m the boss now because I’m famous!”
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The precocious girl, who said she wants to be “a teacher or a person who does manicures or pedicures” when she grows up, is gearing-up for a beauty pageant this week and she assured RadarOnline.com that she will be the champion.
“Honey Boo Boo always wins,” Alana declared.
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Sad what to expect from the next generation of "starlets"...This is exactly how our society is becoming dumbed down and shallow. Does she put this kind of energy into preschool? Kinder garden?
Posted Fri, 01/13/2012 - 7:10am
The child seems headed toward childhood obesity herself, and is being encouraged to eat and think unhealthily by her mother.
Posted Fri, 01/13/2012 - 1:51am
This mother is a disgusting pig and I don't mean it because of her weight. Gives her Redbull? I bet she gives her baby Benadryl too. What a low life POS.
Posted Thu, 01/12/2012 - 10:01pm
I think what these pageant Moms do to their children is a form of child abuse. These are little kids, not dolls.
Posted Thu, 01/12/2012 - 9:08pm
This mother needs to seek some help for her issues. It is not healthy what she is doing to her little girl, this mother obviously is trying to live through her daughter and has some mental health problems. Let her be a NORMAL little girl.
Posted Thu, 01/12/2012 - 9:07pm
Why does the little girl need to win a pagent amped up? Why can't she just be herself?
Posted Thu, 01/12/2012 - 8:53pm
you could put the brains of both parents in your thimble and still have room for your finger.
Posted Thu, 01/12/2012 - 9:03pm
Her mother is disgusting and she is well on her way. Can't stand them.
Posted Thu, 01/12/2012 - 8:35pm
BTW, they better hope none of the kids that drink the energy drinks are on medication for mental issues. When combined with certain medication, it can cause seizures that can cause permanent brain damage. I know someone it happened to.
Posted Thu, 01/12/2012 - 8:34pm
Both things are TERRIBLE for children, but everyone else at the pageants use them, so they shouldn't be singling her out. All of the parents are nuts and should be brought up on child abuse charges.
Posted Thu, 01/12/2012 - 8:33pm