Toddlers & Tiaras

Toddlers & Tiaras (known as Another Toddlers & Tiaras in season 7) is an American reality television series that aired on TLC from January 27, 2009, to October 16, 2013. After a three-year hiatus due to much controversy, a sequel series premiered on August 24, 2016. The show follows the personal lives of families of contestants in a child beauty pageant. Like many shows about children pageants, it generated controversy for dressing the children provocatively. The show led to other reality show spin-offs: Eden's World, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, and Cheer Perfection. On November 24, 2016, TLC cancelled the series after its 7th season finale.

Toddlers & Tiaras
Genre	Reality
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	120 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	40–45 minutes
Production company	Authentic Entertainment
Original release
Network	TLC
Release	January 27, 2009 (2009-01-27) – November 23, 2016 (2016-11-23)
Related
Eden's World Here Comes Honey Boo Boo Cheer Perfection Mama June: From Not to Hot Little Miss Atlanta

Episodes

Main article: List of Toddlers & Tiaras episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	9		January 27, 2009 (2009-01-27)	April 14, 2009 (2009-04-14)
2	18		July 22, 2009 (2009-07-22)	February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17)
3	18		June 2, 2010 (2010-06-02)	February 23, 2011 (2011-02-23)
4	18		June 15, 2011 (2011-06-15)	December 28, 2011 (2011-12-28)
5	31		January 4, 2012 (2012-01-04)	February 6, 2013 (2013-02-06)
6	13		June 5, 2013 (2013-06-05)	October 16, 2013 (2013-10-16)
7	13		August 24, 2016 (2016-08-24)	November 23, 2016 (2016-11-23)

Reception

The show has generated very negative reactions over the costumes of some of its participants. In an August 2012 custody hearing surrounding a child on the show, a court-appointed psychologist said, "Children adorned with pageantry identities are not 'playing' or 'pretending.' Instead, they are trained to closely resemble their adult counterparts."^[1] One mother on the show was criticized for padding her daughter's chest to resemble Dolly Parton's and another was criticized for asking her daughter to smoke fake cigarettes on stage.^[2][3]

Spin-offs

A spin-off series, Eden's World, began in March 2012 and focused on Eden Wood, her family, and her manager. In the show, Wood helped other girls to compete in pageants. The show was canceled a few months later.

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, a second spin-off, starring Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson and her family began on August 8, 2012. The series was a reality show depicting contestant Honey Boo Boo, her parents, and her older sisters going about their lives outside of pageants.^[4] The show was canceled in 2014, after Thompson's mother was found to be in a relationship with a convicted sex offender.

Another spin-off, Cheer Perfection, began on December 21, 2012. The series features several of the children and their families from episodes of Toddlers & Tiaras. This reality series focuses on their cheer club Cheer Time Revolution and the drama with the mothers around the gym.^[5]

A fourth spin-off, Little Miss Atlanta, aired in 2016. This series followed contestants in the Little Miss Black US Pageant.^[6]

See also

• Child beauty pageant
• Beauty pageant