Friday, March 11, 2011

Eden vs Taralyn

We are aware that two of the biggest rivals in these child pageants are Eden Wood and Taralyn Eschberger. They compete against each other for most beautiful, best personality, most photogenic, etc. But does that make it right to compare a 5 year old against a 6 year old anyway? Here is what their stages would be:

Beauty-Eden would have a very expensive, busy dress, usually pink and silver, her hair would be either in curls or in a bun, spray tan, too much make-up, etc. Taralyn would have a busy blue dress that comes with a blue necklace, overtanned, long curly red hair extensions, tons of make-up, etc.

Outfit of Choice- Eden would wear her usual pink and purple showgirl outfit, with her Eden Wood doll and Vegas background, while Taralyn would dress like some kind of popstar in a two piece.

Personally, I don't find anything wrong with either of the girl's personality. Taralyn is very sweet and Eden can get a little attitude but is still normal for someone her age.

Traci Eschberger is Taralyn's mom. She is not one of the obese, ugly mothers, but is very pretty and elegant. However, she seems to push Taralyn into the competition. She herself says: "I want everything to be perfect!" She had a little anxiety attack at the Groovy Girls pageant with Taralyn's flipper.

Mickie Wood is Eden's mom. She is very into the pageants and finds herself doing Eden's routines while she's on stage. She has that southern accent. She is not as much of a perfectionist as Traci, and I don't think she is too pushy compared to the other moms.

Eden enjoys pageants. But just because your kid enjoys being on stage, does it mean you should dress them up as a showgirl?

Monday, March 7, 2011

Season 3 Recap

That's it for Toddlers & Tiaras season 3! :( This was definently one heck of a season, and it is now time to hand out a few awards...

The BIGGEST BRAT award goes to.........DANIELLE KIRBY!

The BEST PERSONALITY award goes to...........ISABELLA (7 YEAR OLD)

The MOST ENERGETIC award goes to..........CASSIDY BLAIR

The FUNNIEST award goes to............MACKENZIE MYERS!!!!!!!!

The CUTEST FACE award goes to............KAYLEIGH & JACKLYN!
The MOST BEAUTIFUL award goes to.........TARALYN ESCHBERGER

The BEST EPISODE award goes to...........ARIZONA GOLD COAST PAGEANT

The WORST PARENTS award go to.............SAMIJO'S MOM, AVA'S DAD, DANIELLE'S MOM

The BIGGEST SNOB award goes to..........KELLY (SCARLETT & ISABELLA'S MOM)

What are your views on these awards? Hope you enjoyed season 3 and stay tuned for season 4 and a whole bunch of extra stuff!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Tom Hanks Gets Involved!

Everyone knows Tom Hanks, especially from his Forrest Gump movies. Lately, a video has been posted showing an interview and a "toddlers and tiaras" clip. The clip itself is fake, and it is only made to make fun of pageants. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLWKBWkn3s

Tom Hanks' "daughter" Sophie Hanks "loves" pageants. In fact, she was named Sophie because it rhymes with trophy! Sophie is competing in the Ultimate Sexy Babes pageants, and her father is VERY supported. For all you Tom Hanks/Toddlers and Tiaras lovers, this is a MUST see!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Lady GaGa vs Madonna

I just saw the Universal Royalty episode yesterday...what a show! Little Ava Perez came back and her dad was OBSESSED with her winning. How many times did we hear "Ava HAS to win"? Anyway, Ava came out doing a Lady GaGa routine for talent, doing pretty well. However, you can imagine her father's disappointment when once again she came second runner-up.

Then, they introduce us to the future Madonna, a two-year old named Mia. Mia comes out dressed as an angel praying, then takes of her gown to reveal a golden cone bra dress. The audience goes wild, this really reminds me of Little Miss Sunshine when Olive comes out doing her "Can't Touch This" routine. CREEPY!

We also see a four year old named Aishlynn, who is pretty cute and ends up winning 0-5 year olds Grand Supreme.

Mia, or, should I say, Madonna, wins Grand Talent. Surprise, surprise! The judges loved the cone bra!

The last episode of the season is the Rodeo Pageant, where we meet again with Karmen Walker. For those of you who don't know who she is, Karmen is 4 or 5 and has the cutest little face ever. However, in the preview for the last episode, Karmen is featured with another girl and the narrator calls it "Sweet vs Sass", referring to Karmen as the sass. We also see her stick out her tongue and say "I'm not nervous, cause the babies can't beat me." Lovely!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

#6 Danielle...Taking Over Makenzie

I know it's been a while since my last post, so let me give a recap of the Arizona Gold Coast Pageant:

First came the Arizona Gold Coast Pageant, where we re-visited our lovely toddler star Makenzie along with twin babies, Scarlett & Isabella, and, last but certainly not least....DANIELLE!

Notice I have put the name Danielle in all caps, and yes, there is a reason for that. We've all thought Makenzie was the most spoiled brat we would ever see on the show, but here comes 8 year old Danielle, taking the lead! Personally, I'd take Makenzie over Danielle ANY day.

Now, what is so bad about Danielle? First of all, she thinks she pretty...excuse me, she KNOWS she's pretty ("It's hard for me to put make-up on, cause I know I'm pretty," quote from Danielle, not to mention when her mother tells her to get her beauty sleeps and she responds by saying "I don't believe in that. Cause I'm always beautiful.") and to be honest she's just your average looking kid.

She practices a routine with a fruit on her head (???) and when the fruit falls off she breaks into tears "cause she's not perfect." The worst part is at the pageant though, especially when a little 4 year old girl named Ellison (who was featured in a previous episode) smiles at the tv camera.

"She's stealing my spotlight," Danielle tells her mom, "I hope they cut that out." Danielle's mom mentions in the interview how Danielle would never hurt a fly, but one second later we see her slap some little kid walking by. Danielle also mentions how she feels when she wins "It's hard to see girls when I win all the time because they cry." Yeah.

Danielle is also preparing on ways to set off her temper tantrum if she loses: "If I lose, I'm gonna trash the hotel," and "I might tackle the judges."

Anyway, the other girls were also interesting in their own ways. Makenzie, was of course, Makenzie, and Scarlett and Isabella were a new view from the pageant world. The twins were 1 year old and had 70-100 dresses that each cost about $1,300. The mom also owned a private plane and a limo.

In the end, Makenzie came 2nd Runner Up in her age group and her mother looked quite disappointed. Isabella got the princess title and Scarlett and Danielle both got the queen title gave them a chance to win grand supreme. 3rd place is won by an uknown contestant while 2nd place is Ellison. Then I sat on the couch crossing my fingers and hoping and praying that Danielle would not win Ultimate Grand Supreme.

And the winner was....

Scarlett! I cannot tell you how satisfying it was to see Danielle crying on stage and talking about how it wasn't fair that a baby won during her interview and start to cry again. Well, this was definately an episode to see!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

#5 Taralyn...different?

I just watched the Groovy Girls episode today and I realized I made a mistake...Taralyn never threw a fit or anything, it must have just been part of my imagination...But we do see Taralyn again and she may very well be considered different. Why?

First of all, she has longer hair, and personally I think it suits her much better.

Secondly, her personality seems to have changed. She seems much more comfortable in front of the camera, and much less shy.

Third is her mom. Traci Eschberger seemed so nice and kind to all the other pageant girls and their moms...This time we see a new side of her. Don't get too excited, we're not talking about Jamie Sterling, but she absolutely needed everything to be perfect. We hear her complaining about how Taralyn looks in her beauty, how she walks, and she even says "I want everything to be perfect!" I think we all do.

Taralyn also had a new rival, Brooklyn. Brooklyn was said to be one of Taralyn's best friends, but she sure didn't look too pleased when Taralyn took home the Ultimate Grand Supreme.

Taralyn was also competing against our favorite Toddler Star...Mackenzie! But sadly we didn't get to see much of her.

Don't miss next week's episode featuring Eden Wood!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

"Vegas, Baby!"

Just viewing the title of the Vegas pageant got me worried, and sure enough, 90% of the toddlers were dressed up a showgirls. Cone bras, showgirls, lady gagas, what's next? Also, not long ago the Mardi Gras pageant was released. I have to say that little Brenna reminded me of a mini Mackenzie. I loved how she yelled at her dad for talking on stage.
Toddlers and Tiaras next release is featuring Taralyn (a toddler star!). From the preview, it looks like she had a breakdown during crowning when she lost at her last pageant. Sweet little Taralyn, who always congradulated all the winners? Now I may be wrong, but if I'm right, it looks like Traci Eschberger might have pushed Taralyn a little too far.
Going back to the Vegas pageant, Cassidy Blair is back! Now that she is on meds, it's true that she doesn't beat up inanimate objects anymore, but that doesn't stop her from being a little devil. She absolutely loves hitting her mom and you would have thought she was going to die when she got a paper cut. If it were up to me, I nominate Cassidy for playing the child demon in the horror movie!