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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000
| Friday, April 23, 2004 - 9:02 pm
Both interesting articles.. the HBO documentary mentioned in the first one was chiling...
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, April 23, 2004 - 10:42 pm
I feel so bad for poor little Emily. Pixie stix for breakfast? And a huge sucker when the pageant is done? And I'm sure Mama will blame the poor child somehow when she ends up fat or with rotten teeth. Its so nice she lets her "be a little girl" in between the phases of the pageant.....oh, that is, as long as she doesn't jump up and down and muss up her hair. The kid is four years old, and hesitates to kiss her mother, even after the pageant is done, lest she mess up her lipstick. Oh, and lets not forget to teach a four year old little girl to call the judges a**holes when they don't pick her to win, and talk about the incompetence of the judges. I wonder what Mommie Dearest is going to say when sweet little Emily is sent home with a note from Kindergarten when she calls the teacher an a**hole for not giving her the gold star on her class project like she wanted.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, April 23, 2004 - 11:20 pm
Whoami - I was watching the repeat a while ago. That woman scares me! I feel so sorry for that little girl. Good grief - it's so obvious the mom is putting the little girl through all of that for herself. I think the whole thing is abusive.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 5:51 am
That mom makes Joan Crawford look like Mother of the Year!!!
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 9:23 am
Oh,God I watched this show. Never again,it made me HURT!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 11:11 am
It does make you cringe when you are watching it. I just want to hug those kids and say it's okay, it's not you, it's your parents. The pixie stick thing was too much. Well, a lot of the parents give their kids red bull but that's too much so pumping sugar into her will be okay. You know , these people try to rationalize what they are doing and they end up sounding so ridiculous.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 6:55 pm
Have I ever mentioned I was "Miss Poise" in the Tiny Tot pagent? I was all of 3 years old!! And yep I remember it!! Funny thing tho My mom put me in the modeling class becasue I couldnt walk "straight" I am ever so greatful.. every now and again I look at how people walk, and I walk one foot in front of the other, most people walk foot side by side forward... easier done than said!!
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Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002
| Monday, April 26, 2004 - 7:26 am
Is anyone else surprised that Nutter has a wife and seven kids (if you know what I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that...)?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, April 26, 2004 - 8:45 am
I know exactly what you mean Prisoner. I've been thinking the same thing.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 10:43 pm
Prisoner, after watching tonight's show, I don't think we are too far off in our thinking. He loves getting his hair highlighted and critiquing the women's gowns....hmmm... I still just want to yell at the people on this show. Shane's mom was bad tonight with the pushing him into his lines and IMO, Shane is just too wooden and not very talented. And what is up with popping Tylenol PM in the AM?!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 12:05 am
Each week this show makes me more sad than it did the week before. I really feel so awful for that poor little girl who does those pageants--I feel dirty from watching it. I really like Jordan [the 13 year-old], even at her most petulant, because I think I'd respond the same way to the pressures of her overbearing mother. I think I need to go loofah off about three layers of skin now because of this show. On the one hand, it's bad because it feels like I'm watching child abuse in some scenes, but on the other it's good for my exfoliating regime.
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Sunrvrose
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08-13-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 12:52 am
Tish, Loofah for me too. This is clearly not only child abuse, it is child torture. I'll never watch again. I only watched the last show, so I don't know about of any of the characters, but one was enough for me. Accidentally, because of watching another show, I saw a promo for the next show, and it is worse than anything we've seen so far. They have the little girl being sprayed with tan stuff. She keeps asking if she can stop getting sprayed, her mom seems to care less about her daughters pleas. Just as she did during the show.
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 6:38 am
Prisoner - that is so funny! I've been thinking that since the first episode! And last night made me think it all the more. And the poor son who is on the road doing "The Full Monty". He said something like he's doing it to be away from the apartment. And to appease the dad. I felt so bad for little Emily. I liked the way they edited it showing the mother saying "I don't force her to do this. She loves it. She loves getting her hair and makeup done. etc etc etc". Then they would cut to Emily crying and saying she didn't want something done. I hope when they watch this, this makes the mom realize what she's doing!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 6:49 am
Oh, the fond memories of spending time with my dad doing our hair, looking at fashion magazines and getting our nails done. 
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 7:27 am
This is the only show I have seen. I was stunned at the spray tan. Grandma says she has to be sprayed because she looks like Casper the ghost..........most pagents require it.........and the little girl telling the camera, my mommy doesn't like me white. Dear god.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 7:30 am
Texannie, that is too funny! Thanks for the laugh this morning!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 11:27 am
Oh, and I liked how the pageant mom made reference to how its just like when people put their dogs in a dog show. Uh lady, that's a child you have there, not a Pomeranian. Geeze, I wonder if they put her in a kennel overnight too?
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 8:16 pm
How many times now has Pageant Mom said they only do this because Emily loves it? Whatever. She said something like, I would never push her to a point where she looks bad. Grrr. The thing is, she's constantly pounding into Emily's head the idea that she should never look or act bad. She is doing her best to raise a fake little person. Nutter dad is awful. He pretended to be bonding with the one son who is working on a play, I think the only one in the family who has an acting job at this point? They were in the park or something, and dad asked son what he wanted to "do"... ick. So fake, dad only wants to hear son say one thing, and then son says sports or something - lol! Blond Jordan and mom seem to be competing for attention. Mom needs to be a grown-up.
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Missjane
Member
04-28-2004
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 12:00 am
Since the series began, Emily Tye's mom has expressed her outrage at the series, saying it "ripped us apart." Check out: http://www.sptimes.com/2004/04/12/Floridian/Missed_congeniality.shtml What really is galling in this article are the headshots of Emily with the make-up literally plastered on her. She looks like she's trying to pass for 20!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 9:06 am
I think the saying to Ms. Tye is "The Truth Hurts!"
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 9:40 am
I think Emily looks like a doll rather than a real child in 3 of the pictures and one is only close to looking like a real human! Sick!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 9:45 am
Watching, you are SO right! She looks like a Holly Hobby doll or something. Just appalling.
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Lurkin
Member
02-15-2002
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 11:11 am
I feel sorry for teenage Jordan's sister. She is in the middle of pleasing mom and bratty sister all the time. And the mom saying Jordan didnt go to school because she wasnt well so she would have been home sick anyway and therefore didnt miss school because of the audition, huh? What about the little sister missing school to be on sisters audition. I loved the little sister getting herself an extra roll. Has nutter dad ever actually had an acting job or one other than a ticket taker?
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Amchess
Member
08-27-2002
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 1:18 pm
Oprah doing Bravo's Show Biz Moms & Dads today
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 2:22 pm
Pris...I saw the 'Nutter' with the seven kids on Oprah this afternoon. This guy is so self-centred and wrapped up in his own wants & needs, it's scary. The wife is way too passive....she's let him run the show from day one. He is like McCauley Culkin's father. Lots of kids and feeding his own 'little' ego by using them for self-aggrandizement. That whole family should be in therapy!
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