Toddlers & Tiaras

Finding fame. When Toddlers & Tiaras debuted on TLC in January 2009, viewers were concerned about the lengths that parents went through to put their children in the beauty pageant world. Even though the reality series ran for seven seasons — and inspired several spinoffs — the controversy about the children’s provocative clothing and behavior […]

Back to school! Before Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson returns for her senior year of high school, sister Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon is gushing over the milestone. “Today my not so little sister had senior pictures done🥺❤️. I’m so proud of how far you’ve come against all odds that have been thrown at you,” Shannon, 22, captioned […]

Forever changed. Kailia Posey‘s mother, Marcy Posey Gatterman, is opening up about coping with the Toddlers and Tiaras alum’s death by suicide at age 16. “The days and weeks leading up to this, it seemed fine to me,” Gatterman told E! News in an interview published on Tuesday, May 24, reflecting on her last moments […]

Toddlers & Tiaras alum Kailia Posey has died at 16, the pageant queen’s mother revealed in May 2022. “I don’t have words or any thoughts,” Marcy Posey Gatterman, who often appeared on the TLC reality show with her daughter, wrote via Facebook at the time. “A beautiful baby girl is gone. Please give us privacy […]

Gone too soon. Toddlers and Tiaras alum Kailia Posey has died at the age of 16, according to her mother, Marcy Posey Gatterman. “I don’t have words or any thoughts,” Gatterman wrote via Facebook on Monday, May 2, alongside a photo of the late pageant queen at her prom. “A beautiful baby girl is gone. […]

Alana Thompson and the rest of the Here Comes Honey Boo Boo clan posed for a holiday portrait in Macon, Georgia