
Who is Honey Boo Boo?
By Claudia Rivard-Cartier


Honey Boo Boo is not a pastry bread, but a little girl. Alana Thompson is the real name of Honey Boo Boo. She is a little girl from Georgia in the American South. She is the star of a reality television show called Here comes Honey Boo Boo,. This little girl was discovered in another television show called Toddlers and Tiaras. This little girl obtained her own television show because she is not like everyone else.
Honey Boo Boo comes from a colorful family who chose to live by their own rules. The family proudly present themselves as a perfect example of a ‘’redneck white trash’’ American family. Alana is not your typical beauty queen. She started the television show as a fat 6 year old kid. It is just a typical day at the Thompson household to hear burps and farts. They do not care how they act and they did not censor themselves for the public. This television show is a compelling divertissement that has to be taken like a guilty pleasure. This pop culture show tried to make viewers see a real family. It is difficult to understand if they want us to laugh with them or at them. This show has an effect on people. You want to change the channel but you cannot stop watching.
This little girl is more popular than the other pageant queens because she creates a spectacle. There must be a reason why she, the ‘’chubby’’ and socially awkward girl, got a show and not the others. Of course, the family is sometime disgusting and does not respond to social norms, but they all love each other. They have been selected for this reality show because they can bring something interesting to the public. The other families that trained their daughters to be the next Miss America are too standard.
Honey Boo Boo is a confident girl that owns up to how she act. She does what she wants and does not really care what others say about her. Honey Boo Boo is the perfect example of cultural resistance. She wanted to be a beauty pageants and she became one. Although she is not your typical beauty queen, she persisted and continued into this superficial world and finished with her own reality show. Her family and she cashed in on her celebrity and took every opportunity that was presented to them. They might not be what we usually see on television, but they were able to have really good viewing.
In conclusion, Honey Boo Boo is only a little girl that wants to do like everyone else even if she does not fit into the tight society mole. Alana Thomson stayed herself in her first show and became famous for her love of chicken nuggets. It is easy to judge this weird family because they decided to adopt a pet pig and not a normal animal. This family looked happier than all the other pageant families that pressured their kids into winning to become celebrities in Toddlers and Tiaras.
Works Cited
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Dos Santos, Kristin. ‘’Here Comes Honey Boo Boo: Hilarious Guilty Pleasure or the Worst Thing Ever?’’ E News Online (2012). Web. 9 August 2012.