{"id":1462692,"date":"2022-05-03T17:29:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T21:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1462692"},"modified":"2022-05-03T17:29:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T21:29:46","slug":"former-toddlers-tiaras-contestant-kailia-posey-dead-at-16-her-mom-shares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-toddlers-tiaras-contestant-kailia-posey-dead-at-16-her-mom-shares\/","title":{"rendered":"Former \u2018Toddlers &#038; Tiaras\u2019 Contestant Kailia Posey Dead At 16, Her Mom Shares"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-toddlers-tiaras-contestant-kailia-posey-dead-at-16-her-mom-shares%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1462692&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/tiara-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cToddlers and Tiaras\u201d contestant Kailia Posey has died at the age of 16, her family announced Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The teen\u2019s mother, Marcy Posey Gatterman, shared a photo of Kailia on Facebook on Monday confirming her death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t have words or any thoughts,\u201d she wrote in the post. \u201cA beautiful baby girl is gone. Please give us privacy as we mourn the loss of Kailia. My baby forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She did not elaborate on the cause of death for her daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cToddlers and Tiaras\u201d aired on TLC for seven seasons and ended in 2013. The series followed real-life pageant contestants as their very young children participated in the beauty pageant circuit. Fans of\u00a0 the series are no doubt familiar with Alana \u201cHoney Boo Boo\u201d Thompson, who found fame on the show and translated it into a spinoff series and reality show career.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Posey didn\u2019t stop her career when she was a child, either. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/toddlers-and-tiaras-kailia-posey-dead\"><span>Fox News<\/span><\/a><span>, the teen was still involved in pageants leading up until her death. She most recently competed in the Miss Washington Teen USA pageant in February. She was also an actress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m going to be competing in Miss Washington teen USA in February and I am so excited!\u201d Posey <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYzzX2aPzCr\/\"><span>shared <\/span><\/a><span>on Instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Posey followed up later with photos of herself and included the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZn2rRHLkjY\/\"><span>caption<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cOne word. Thankful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The teen appeared in the episode of \u201cToddlers &#038; Tiaras\u201d called \u201cCalifornia Tropic Arizona\u201d when she was 5. She competed in that pageant against two other girls who were featured on the show in 2012, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/05\/kailia-posey-dead-toddlers-and-tiaras-1235015438\/\"><span>Deadline<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This was Posey\u2019s only foray into the TLC reality series. However, she made an impression thanks to a cute video clip of her scrunching up her neck and smiling, which became a popular GIF on the internet. It\u2019s called \u201cgrinning girl\u201d and still circulates now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kailia Posey, who became a popular GIF from her appearance on the reality TV show &#8220;Toddlers &#038; Tiaras,&#8221; has died unexpectedly at age 16, her mom says <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BVtBmUrQob\">pic.twitter.com\/BVtBmUrQob<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BNO News (@BNONews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNONews\/status\/1521508698186784771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The teen had also launched an acting career, appearing in the 2019 horror film \u201cEli\u201d along with Lily Taylor and Sadie Sink.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Her mother had just posted photos of Posey attending the prom last weekend with friends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The show \u201cToddlers &#038; Tiaras\u201d inspired a lot of backlash from critics for objectifying young girls and having them dress in very provocative ways.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an August 2015 custody hearing for a child featured on the show, a court-appointed psychologist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/toddlers-tiaras-moms-worried-child-beauty-pageants-can-be-used-against-them-in-custody-cases\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cChildren adorned with pageantry identities are not \u2018playing\u2019 or \u2018pretending.\u2019 Instead, they are trained to closely resemble their adult counterparts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One \u201cToddlers &#038; Tiaras\u201d mom <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/maddy-verst-dolly-parton-custody-toddlers-tiaras_n_1812317\"><span>got chastised<\/span><\/a><span> for padding her daughter\u2019s chest to look more like Dolly Parton. Another caught heat for having her child mime smoking fake cigarettes on stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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