{"id":1463118,"date":"2022-05-04T07:45:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1463118"},"modified":"2022-05-04T07:45:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:45:40","slug":"cause-of-death-of-16-year-old-former-toddlers-tiaras-contestant-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cause-of-death-of-16-year-old-former-toddlers-tiaras-contestant-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause Of Death Of 16-Year-Old Former \u2018Toddlers &#038; Tiaras\u2019 Contestant Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fcause-of-death-of-16-year-old-former-toddlers-tiaras-contestant-revealed%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=1463118&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\/GettyImages-520973804.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>According to her family, 16-year-old former \u201cToddlers and Tiaras\u201d star\u00a0Kailia Posey died of suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Posey\u2019s family had announced her death on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The family told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/05\/03\/toddlers-and-tiaras-star-kailia-posey-died-by-suicide-family-says\/?adid=social-twa\">TMZ<\/a> on Tuesday, \u201cAlthough she was an accomplished teenager with a bright future ahead of her, unfortunately in one impetuous moment, she made the rash decision to end her earthly life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe won countless crowns &#038; trophies after competing on the pageant circuit her entire life \u2026 ,\u201d the family added. \u201cHer highly acclaimed talent as a contortionist had already led to professional touring job offers, and she had recently been selected to be a cheerleader at her high school next fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The family said Kailia, who loved flying, had expressed plans to pursue obtaining a commercial pilot\u2019s license.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Kailia\u2019s mother, Marcy Posey Gatterman, wrote on Facebook, \u201cI don\u2019t have words or any thoughts. A beautiful baby girl is gone. Please give us privacy as we mourn the loss of Kailia. My baby forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToddlers and Tiaras\u201d first aired on TLC for seven seasons and ended in 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/former-toddlers-tiaras-contestant-kailia-posey-dead-at-16-her-mom-shares\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>After appearing on \u201cToddlers and Tiaras\u201d when she was five years old, Kailia Posey competed in beauty pageants as she grew older, including the Miss Washington Teen USA pageant in February. She enthused in February, \u201cI\u2019m going to be competing in Miss Washington teen USA in February and I am so excited!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a young child, Kailia Posey became famous for a photo of her that became a popular GIF that was captioned \u201cgrinning girl.\u201d<\/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>The Daily Wire noted that the show \u201cToddlers &#038; Tiaras\u201d \u201cinspired a lot of backlash from critics for objectifying young girls and having them dress in very provocative ways,\u201d adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In an August 2015 custody hearing for a child featured on the show, a court-appointed psychologist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/toddlers-tiaras-moms-worried-child-beauty-pageants-can-be-used-against-them-in-custody-cases\">said<\/a>, \u201cChildren adorned with pageantry identities are not \u2018playing\u2019 or \u2018pretending.\u2019 Instead, they are trained to closely resemble their adult counterparts.\u201d One \u201cToddlers &#038; Tiaras\u201d mom\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/maddy-verst-dolly-parton-custody-toddlers-tiaras_n_1812317\">got chastised<\/a>\u00a0for padding her daughter\u2019s chest to look more like Dolly Parton. Another caught heat for having her child mime smoking fake cigarettes on stage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a free hotline for individuals in crisis or distress or for those looking to help someone else. It is available 24\/7 at 1-800-273-8255.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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. Believe the same?<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/utm.io\/ueuP8\">\u00a0<em>Become a member now and join our mission<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to her family, 16-year-old former \u201cToddlers and Tiaras\u201d star\u00a0Kailia Posey died of suicide.Posey\u2019s family had announced her death on Monday.The family told TMZ on Tuesday, \u201cAlthough she was an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1481507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1463118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1463118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}