Vandal Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 So I am kinda bored and saw this on foxnews.com http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318932,00.html Hannah Montana Concert Winner Lied in Essay Describing Father's Death in Iraq Saturday , December 29, 2007 ADVERTISEMENT GARLAND, Texas — An essay that won a 6-year-old girl four tickets to a Hannah Montana concert began with the powerful line: "My daddy died this year in Iraq." While gripping, it was not true — and now the girl may lose her tickets after her mom acknowledged to contest organizers it was all a lie. The sponsor of the contest was Club Libby Lu, a Chicago-based store that sells clothes, accessories and games intended for young girls. Additional reporting and video coverage at MyFoxDallas.com The saga began Friday with company officials surprising the girl at a Club Libby Lu at a mall in suburban Garland, about 20 miles northeast of Dallas. The girl won a makeover that included a blonde Hannah Montana wig, as well as the grand prize: airfare for four to Albany, N.Y., and four tickets to the sold-out Hannah Montana concert on Jan. 9. The mother had told company officials that the girl's father died April 17 in a roadside bombing in Iraq, company spokeswoman Robyn Caulfield said. "We did the essay and that's what we did to win," Priscilla Ceballos, the mother, said in an interview with Dallas TV station KDFW. "We did whatever we could do to win." She had identified the soldier as Sgt. Jonathon Menjivar, but the Department of Defense has no record of anyone with that name dying in Iraq. Caulfield said the mother has admitted to the deception. "We regret that the original intent of the contest, which was to make a little girl's holiday extra special, has not been realized in the way we anticipated," said Mary Drolet, the CEO of Club Libby Lu. Drolet said the company is reviewing the matter, and is considering taking away the girl's tickets. Uhh what the fvck is the world coming to? Going to these lengths for tickets to see a Disney star sing? Oh my christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcola Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 The mother had told company officials that the girl's father died April 17 in a roadside bombing in Iraq, company spokeswoman Robyn Caulfield said. "We did the essay and that's what we did to win," Priscilla Ceballos, the mother, said in an interview with Dallas TV station KDFW. "We did whatever we could do to win." Seriously? This bitch decides that scamming tickets to a concert is more important than teaching her kids about integrity? And then she gives her kid part of the blame by saying "WE did whatever WE could do to win." She doesn't deserve to be a mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hd5032 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 And the poor little 6 year old girl, who likely had nothing to do with the lie, now has to have the disappointment of losing the tickets, which she was probably pretty excited about, not to mention dealing with having a major douche as a mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerkDerka Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 (edited) It must be nice to come to the realization that you have sold out your daughter and your integrity for tickets to a disney concert. HD Edited December 29, 2007 by HerkDerka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hd5032 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 It must be nice to come to the realization that you have sold out your daughter and your integrity for tickets to a disney concert. HD That's the problem -- she'll likely never have such a realization. "We did whatever we had to do to win." No apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johann Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Can't Understand Normal Thinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectre56 Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 If any of you are familiar with the Dallas area, this is about on par for Garland. Pathetic (on a side note, this is the same city where the cops will turn on their lights to go through an intersection, then turn them right back off!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afnav Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I agree with the previous post on Garland. Highland Park is probably worse. Dallas honestly thinks its shit doesn't stink. Can you tell that I'm a Fort Worth native? I the post subject, I think this is further evidence of the growing chasm between the "civilians" and the "military family". These people think that putting those Chinese-made yellow magnet things on their cars really mean something, kind of like those 'pee on the auto logo' things that were popular a few years back. They have no idea what it's like to even serve their country, much less deploy, much less be injured, much less die overseas. It certainly doesn't help that there's plenty of politicians that have no problem getting someone else's family member killed for their next election win or photo op. Kind of reminds me of a movie I saw a few years ago: RASCZAK You. Tell me the moral difference, if any, between the citizen and the civilian ? JOHNNY The difference lies in the field of civic virtue. A citizen accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic, of which he is a member, defending it, if need be, with his life. The civilian does not. RASCZAK The exact words of the text. But do you understand it ? Do you believe it ? JOHNNY Uh, I don't know. RASCZAK Of course you don't. I doubt if any of you here would recognize 'civic virtue' if it bit you in the ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravedigger Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 the company is reviewing the matter, and is considering taking away the girl's tickets. Send the mom to Iraq, and let the girl keep the tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaJu Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Lying in any way to score the tickets is low. Lying about the dad dying is reeeeeeal low. Lying about the dad dying in Iraq is just frigging scumbag. I can't believe someone would make up a lie like that and spit on those who ACTUALLY had loved ones killed in Iraq. Just for friggin concert tickets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDug Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Let them go to the concert, get them on stage to congratulate them, then embarrass the living crap out of them by telling the whole truth while they stand there. Humiliation is a very powerful learning tool!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And1 Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 They already took the tickets away and are going to award them to another winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I got her address off of whitepages.com, and plan to send her a letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandal Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Huggy, When you do would you mind posting it up here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toro Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Huggy, When you do would you mind posting it up here? What - can you not type "www.whitepages.com" yourself? PRISCILLA CEBALLOS 1814 KINGSBRIDGE DR GARLAND, TX 75044 (972) 496-3815 My letter's already in the mail. Wonder how long until she changes that phone number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2 Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 What - can you not type "www.whitepages.com" yourself? PRISCILLA CEBALLOS 1814 KINGSBRIDGE DR GARLAND, TX 75044 (972) 496-3815 My letter's already in the mail. Wonder how long until she changes that phone number? WTF? I got this... Priscilla Ceballos 2345 Apollo Rd, Apt 1921 Garland, TX 75044-6322 (972) 496-3815 Same phone number, different address. As I expect this woman to be on par with Brittney Spears, moving apartments and/or trailers every couple of months is no surprise... Oddly enough, the Colombian General Consulate in Chicago has the same name! I don't think it is the same person. As such, I couldn't find any pictures; but I am sure she looks something like this... Cheers! M2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandal Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 Toro, I was talking about the letter. I am certified in the use of the white pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toro Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 I was talking about the letter. I am certified in the use of the white pages. Okay, then maybe you can figure out who has the right address between M2 and myself. By the way, I sent this to a buddy of mine who's currently in the AOR. His response: "I say we take her dad to Iraq and let him spend 15 months driving the streets of Sadr City by himself... Then by next Christmas she will have a legitimate chance at winning with their strategy. The world is full of assholes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FlyingNetminder Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 A local news station showed a story on this last night. And no, this woman ain't a beauty. Her eyebrows look like permanent marker. She was bitching about being depressed, blah, blah, blah and having to move out of her apartment. Maybe she left a forwarding address or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter14 Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 I didn't get the tickets, so I shaved my eyebrows and drew them back on with a brown Sharpie. Retarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerkDerka Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 "Mother defends 6-year old daughter". Yeah...it was the daughter's idea. Maybe they should just give the fugly mother a consolation prize and call it quits. HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afnav Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 God, is it just me or do those "things" look like living "Bratz" dolls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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