A woman apologized on this morning’s Today show for a “bad decision” (uh, ya think?) in helping her six-year-old daughter win tickets to a Hannah Montana concert with an essay that falsely claimed the girl’s father died in Iraq.
The opening line in the essay…? “My daddy died this year in Iraq.”
All together now: *CRINGE*
Priscilla Ceballos claims she hadn’t intended to mislead the contest sponsor, but is a sicko, er… I mean, she”got caught up” in helping her daughter “realize her dream of seeing Hannah Montana.”
Contest officials surprised the girl with the tickets and a makeover a few weeks ago at a store in a suburban Dallas mall. However, Ceballos admitted later in the day that the essay was a big ol’ lie.
“… I brought so much negative attention to my family,” Ceballos said, reading a statement. “Please accept my heartfelt apology and please do not punish my child for my mistake. I just wanted to help my daughter write a compelling story. There is no more compelling story than the struggle and sacrifices of our military and their families.”
What a slap in the face to those who have lost loved ones in conflict. Especially when she could have drawn upon her own tragedy to write a compelling essay:
“My mommy lost her eyebrows in a battle with a razor this year.”
Poor role model is right. Plus that little girl is never going to trust her mom.
January 4th, 2008 at 2:56 pmthats ashame that the mother cant even be reponsibale but if she really wnted her dauter 2 see hannah montanah she would have bought the tickets no mater how much da cost duh dummy
January 4th, 2008 at 3:36 pmThis woman reminds me of one of those drawings where someone stands behind a pane of glass & someone else draws on the glass over the first person’s features. You know what I mean? That’s what this woman is. Someone drew on the TV & posted a screen cap. Because there is NOOOOOOOOO OTHER POSSIBLE REASON FOR THOSE EYEBROWS………..
January 4th, 2008 at 3:38 pmPfft. I know how she got those happenin’ brows. She used a sharpie in “sienna brown” to achieve it. Ain’t that something?
January 4th, 2008 at 3:43 pmHer lips she used “Dusky Rose”
The eyebrows look like they could get up and walk away without her.
January 4th, 2008 at 4:09 pmthis is old news
January 4th, 2008 at 4:31 pmMy favorite part of that story was how she said she didn’t mean to mislead anybody.
Um. Yes. Yes, you did.
January 4th, 2008 at 4:34 pmold news? the woman just apologized this morning. she should also apologize to her face for ruining it with those hideous eyebrows.
January 4th, 2008 at 4:41 pmShe should have drawn on ’sorry and sad’ eyebrows.
Instead she went with plain seagull wings. tsk tsk
January 4th, 2008 at 5:42 pmomfg Michael C…..I won’t recover from that one *dying* LOL
January 4th, 2008 at 5:53 pmOh man, I started laughing out loud as soon as I saw those “eyebrows”. It looks like she used the same magic marker to outline her lips. Somebody needs a lesson in make-up and decency.
And seagull wings? Shit, you’re killing me here, Michael.
January 4th, 2008 at 6:49 pmIt was an essay contest Priscilla.
January 5th, 2008 at 9:20 amNot fiction.
Wait a minute!
The prize included a “make over.”
Was that intended for the kid or for the mom? Cos if it’s for the mom I still think she should get it(though I haven’t seen the kid and maybe mom lets her draw on her own brows)
just for the sake of humanity.
p.s. what really happened to dad?
January 5th, 2008 at 9:29 am