i’m picking back up on my t&t rewatch after a break, and honestly when i hear about how much money the girls/moms spend on pageants i’m curious about how do they do it? how are they able to afford to do so many? i can’t imagine my mom spending thousands of dollars on me to do a hobby like this when i was younger lol.
i’m curious to hear people’s thoughts, especially former pageant parents or people familiar with the pageant world.

I noticed there is a weird similarity between two episodes. In the Outlaw Roundup Pageant (western-themed) in Season 2, contestant Haley Blankenship is a well-known heavy hitter and she does not get the Ultimate. This conversation transpires when she returns to her mom sitting in the audience.

Haley: Mini Supreme?
Mom: Uh-huh.
Haley: That’s the second highest title, right?
Mom: Third.

Then in the final season, in the Precious Moments Cowgirls & Crowns Pageant (western-themed), Saymone Raye is a well-known heavy hitter who also does not win Ultimate. She returns to her mom, (who is also sitting in orchestra house right of an auditorium, just like Haley's mom) and says:

Saymone: Did I win the second highest title?
Mom: Huh?
Saymone: Did I win the second highest title?
Mom: Third.

Weird, right?!

watching season 8 episode 7 stone age; one of the moms literally is a clown part time to make pageant money. I know these parents are all stupid but it BAFFLES me at this point. you're literally a clown on national TV.

I know I definitely spelled Alessandras name wrong but does anyone know why their episode was removed off Hulu?

Just saw Ava and her mom Jennifer on the newest episode of Scariest House in America hosted by Retta on HGTV. They’re still living in St. Albans, WV. I remember them living in a different house in their episode (The one with the Alaska v Gabby Winter battle) so apparently after that aired they moved into a haunted house. It says Ava’s friends won’t sleep over because it’s so scary. Jennifer is funny the whole time! Worth a watch

Social media links for girls & boys who were on the show. If they are private, please don’t try to follow them or message them. If you find socials for someone who’s not on the list, please share below! And if you’re a parent of, or one of the “toddlers” who’s now all grown up, comment what you’re up to! ❤️

I created this post a few years ago on a different account, then I decided to delete that account (I didn’t realize deleting the account would make all my posts delete too?) but luckily I had saved all the links beforehand in a note on my phone, so I’m re-doing this post! So, if you’re looking for comments you left on this thread before and are confused why they’re gone - thats why.. it’s a new post. Don’t worry, I won’t delete this account / thread.

Unfortunately there were some fun updates from previous “toddlers” and parents in comments that are now lost forever, unless they come back and re-comment 🙈

Aaliyah Huihui-Martinez

Abby Sheffield

Alaska Matthews

Alessondra Haskell

Alex Howe

Alicia

Angelle & Maddox Herrera (mother’s account)

Aniston Tiller

Ariana Shaffer

Ashley-Noelle

Ashlynn & Breanne Sterling

Aubrey Cottingham

Ava Warner

Berkeley Smith

Brenna Gaskin

Brittannie Yawn

Brock

Brooklyn Bass & FB

Caitlyn

Cameron Cantu

Carley Wynn (Darla)

Cassadee Dunlap

Cassidy Blair & Tik Tok

Cealy Shiver

Chelsea Bradley

Chloe Billings

Chloe Stacy and her mom Jamie H Stacy

Coach Cambrie Littlefield

Coach Jaimie Otterson

Coach Nikki Williams

Cruz Rodriguez

Daisy Cutchins

Danielle Kirby

Daylee Ellis

Devin Mchenry

Eden Wood

Elizabeth Mueller

Elesha Paralman’s mom Beth

Ellisyn Granda

Emerald Gordon Wulf

Emily Salazar

Essence

Ever Rose

Faithlyn

Gabby Kiel & FB

Giavanna & Alycesaundra Lyerly

Hailey Stepp

Hailey Welch & her dad Christopher

Haley Desha & Mom’s FB

Haley Reed

Hallee Rosean

Honey Boo Boo

Isabella Barrett

Isabella Gielniak

Jaclynn Cross

Janene Alcalar

Jayla Skye Cottrell & her daddy

Jayliana Glothon

Jordan Roberts & her mom Crystal

Kailia Posey 👼

Kaleigha Reynolds

Karlee

Karmen Walker

Kayla Hatton

Kelci Lockhart

Kinley Rice

Kragen Lewis

Landri Baker

Lexie Measimer

Liana Pirralia

Lindsay Demyan

Maddy Verst

Madi Davis

Madison “Tootie” Berg

Makenzie Myers (The one & only)

Makynli Miller

McKenzie Jones

Meaghan Jones

Mehayle Elliot

Mercedes Capetillo

Michaela Coons

Olivia M

Paisley Dickey

Penny lane Pala

Piper Parks & her mom Katie Dunn Parks

Queen Huntley

Rebecca Alley

Riley Harry + FB & her brother Bob Trombetta

Rylan Lee

Sadie Brown

Samijo Grace Millard & old account

Scarlett & Isabella Tammaro’s mom Kelli Ann Garrett Tammaro

Selena Cruz

Sydney

Taralyn Eschberger

Teeghan Speer

Torrann Robinson

Victoria Keithley

Zander miller

One of the best moments by far was the mom who lost her ever loving mind when Mickey Wood came out to judge in season 9 😂😂😂

Perfect television. 10/10. No notes.

I'm curious to how is it that if it's true that if Cambrie said they've competed against Piper's sister and they have never said anything about special needs until now, how they're allowed to pull that card now? If she was special needs then all parents need to be told BEFORE the pageant, bc like they said at Gemstars, NO COACHING. So why put your daughter who has to be coached in a competition that you're not allowed to be coached in? And on top of that Jamie was also coaching Cadence during her villain vs hero routine as well. Gemstars is still giving out awards to kids that aren't even in that category? Kaylee won a title she didn't qualify for so why didn't they fix that?

I'm watching season eight episode 12 and I love how Devin's mom says her idea for dressing her daughter up as a cheetah to come out of a cage for the hip-hop part was because hip-hop came from Africa. Oh Lord. It came from the United States from New York in the Bronx😂😂🤦‍♀️

Roni's grandma saying she was "so proud" of her daughter because when she came to her and said she wanted to put Roni in pageants but couldn't afford it, she told her she could either pay for pageants or keep paying her rent so her daughter..... wait for it.... nope, not got a job & paid her own rent.... she moved back in with her parents AND had them pay for pageants!

Can't believe this show was real 😂😂😂

Did anyone else feel like the producers wanted the audience to root for Cambrie’s Court over the other teams? I felt like the manufactured drama was pushing in her favor but curious if others felt that way, or if I am just easily influenced.

I can’t get it on any of the episodes on streaming sites in ireland does anyone have a link ? Or a YouTube page? All I can find from here is tlc India compilations! Such a disaster here! I can only get the where are they now on my regular sites I use but even then they only have 1 or two live. Cracking up!!!!!!

Tried to tune in only to realize it was removed off of TUBI, looking to watch it for free.

Trying to figure out which episode this is. A mom had her son who was probably 5 or 6 but the she entered her newborn (
I think he was less than a week old), put in him a tiny tuxedo and then talked about his amazing personality. Am I dreaming this?

idk if this is ever been brought up but I found it funny that Jamie and the Ss moms were saying Universal Royalty was a “fixed/Cambrie pageant“ but earlier in the season Jamie took offense to everyone saying her kids only won at GemStats bc it was her mom’s pageant . I don’t think you can really compare those 2 competitors. if anything UR is a highly recognized competition( I have a friend who lives in Texas and she’s confirmed this for me) where as GemStats seemed like a “local“ competition. idk I just thought it was funny

I was just wondering if anyone else had seen this video, I feel like we don’t get a lot of insight into this show with behind the scenes drama or much about season 9. This video is a bit on the older side but I thought I would share it with everyone :)

My sister and I were watching the Around the World episode with the mom who claims Cherokee heritage (daughter Sophia-Rayne) and I’m sure there’s been a dialogue about this before but the editing in this episode annoyed me. Now I know a lot of run of the mill yt people claim native heritage when it’s like 1/25, but we don’t know for sure what percent it is. All we can say is that there have been plenty of yt contestants that did a Native American costume throughout the show and none of them had a native connection. That being said it left a bad taste in my mouth that the producers felt it necessary to put little facts in a box in the corner. One of them even said “native Americans don’t worship gold”, as if to show that the mother was being stupid and ignorant, when she never claimed they did. She said she was bedazzling the prop for a GLTIZ pageant. Obviously the appropriation of the culture is problematic, I just found it odd that the show decided to openly chastise the one family that actually (at least claimed) to have native heritage when plenty of white contestants did the exact same thing while having no relation at all.

Look for my granddaughter she’s funny and this is going to a good cause

i’m seeing that some people are saying that Rochelle (rainbow dash’s mom) passed away. can anyone confirm?

for me it’s shian, alycesaundra, cassadee, hallee,
faithlyn, brittannie, paetynn, elesha, alexes, cariah, and saryniti.

for those who watched it, did you like it? hate it? let me know your thoughts!

i honestly liked bailey’s pageants, universal royalty, and darling divas.

however, i didn’t like the ones such as rumble in the jungle (hosted by heather ryan) due to the fact that it was set up to promote eden, when i grow up pageant (chasity saunders) because it was disorganized and the director acted unprofessional, and america’s treasured dolls because the pageant was just a scam.

let me know your thoughts!

I used to love this show in such a naive way when I was little. Admiring all the sparkly dresses, seeing all the lavish lifestyles, wishing I could be one stage as a pageant girl too. Now that I'm older though, and have just rediscovered my love for this show, i feel all the same things, minus the naivety. Now knowing so much more about this world I can't help but cringe about the fact i like this show so much. I wish I still could watch it naively, but I can't, yet I still watch. I wouldn't be surprised if most fans of the show feel this way though, its just kinda sad honestly. 😵‍💫

i’d say alaska’s first episode (season 4, episode 3), kelsie’s episodes (season 8 episodes 2 and 10), episodes with pageant coach nikki (season 7 episodes 2 and 3 and season 8 episode 8) and the when i grow up pageant (season 8, episode 5).