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    How sweet

    GARLAND, Texas - An essay that won a 6-year-old Texas 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.

    Her mom acknowledged to contest organizers the claim was made up specifically to win the contest.

    The sponsor of the contest was Club Libby Lu, a Chicago-based store that sells clothes, accessories and games for young girls.

    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 concert on Jan. 9.

    The mother had told company officials that the girl's father died April 17 in a roadside bombing in Iraq.

    "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. Company spokeswoman Robyn 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.


    Did they say it had to be a real story?
    "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
    "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
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  • #2
    That suburb is butt up against me on the east. I just read about this earlier.

    WTG, mom. You hag.
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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    He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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    • #3
      Originally posted by SlowwHand
      That suburb is butt up against me on the east. I just read about this earlier.
      I hadn't noticed it was Texas.
      "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
      "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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      • #4
        Well, sure. Even it wasn't, it would be Texas' fault anyway. Haven't you learned that yet?
        Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
        "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
        He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Wezil


          I hadn't noticed it was Texas.
          I did.
          “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
          "Capitalism ho!"

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          • #6
            big state, big lies

            come out to kalifornia and here some real winners
            anti steam and proud of it

            CDO ....its OCD in alpha order like it should be

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            • #7
              Can the father be found and executed?
              Long time member @ Apolyton
              Civilization player since the dawn of time

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                • #9
                  Drolet said the company is reviewing the matter, and is considering taking away the girl's tickets.
                  I hope they do. It'll teach the little girl that lieing isn't the way to go.
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                  • #10
                    They did.
                    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                    "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                    He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by DinoDoc
                      Drolet said the company is reviewing the matter, and is considering taking away the girl's tickets.
                      I hope they do. It'll teach the little girl that lieing isn't the way to go.
                      "lying"?

                      I tried to find a copy of the official rules to determine if the story had to be "real" or not. Unless that was a stipulation of the contest I don't see how they can take the tickets away just b/c the story was made up.

                      I agree it is a rotten thing for the mom to encourage but were any actual rules broken?
                      "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                      "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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                      • #12
                        It wasn't stipulated, it doesn't appear. They still took it away.
                        I think the mother is an idiot.


                        Garland girl with fake contest entry won't get to see Hannah Montana after all

                        Prize to see pop star in concert pulled

                        09:07 PM CST on Saturday, December 29, 2007


                        By TAWNELL D. HOBBS / The Dallas Morning News
                        tdhobbs@dallasnews.com


                        A 6-year-old Garland girl whose winning entry in a Hannah Montana essay contest was found to be false won't collect the prize of seeing the singer in concert after all.


                        Mary Drolet, chief executive officer of Club Libby Lu, the company aimed at "tween" girls that sponsored the contest, announced Saturday that the prize was being withdrawn. The announcement came a day after a Club Libby Lu spokeswoman initially said the company would honor the prize even though the girl's father was not a soldier and did not die in Iraq, as the essay said.

                        The prize for winning the Hannah Montana Rock Your Holidays Essay Contest included airfare for four to Albany, N.Y., and four tickets to the sold-out Jan. 9 Hannah Montana concert there. The girl also was treated to a makeover, complete with blond wig, on Friday at the Club Libby Lu store at Garland's Firewheel Town Center.

                        Asked why the prize was withdrawn, spokeswoman Robyn Caulfield referred to a prepared statement from Ms. Drolet. The statement said the company had wanted to take ample time to gather facts and make an "appropriate decision" on whether to award the concert tickets and other prizes to the family. It said the company had learned the essay was false after awarding the grand prize.

                        "We value honesty and integrity, and in order to uphold those values, we have made the decision we have made," Ms. Caulfield said, referencing Ms. Drolet's statement.

                        The girl's mother, Priscilla Ceballos, refused to comment at the store Friday or when reached at home Saturday. A woman who answered the phone at Ms. Ceballos' home referred calls to an attorney but did not provide contact information.

                        Late Friday, however, Ms. Ceballos said by telephone that she had done nothing wrong.

                        "We wrote whatever we could to win," she said. "It said to write an essay. It never said it had to be true. I never said it was true. ... It was just an essay. We wrote whatever we could to win."

                        Ms. Caulfield has said that Ms. Ceballos told company officials that the girl's father was Army Sgt. Jonathon Menjivar and that he had died in a roadside bombing April 17 in Iraq. The essay started, "My daddy died this year in Iraq."

                        However, no soldier by that name died on that or any other day in Iraq, according to Defense Department records. And the Army has no record of a Jonathon Menjivar now serving.

                        Ms. Caulfield has said that the essay, which included no details about the father or his death, was taken at face value and that no background checks were performed. On Saturday, she refused to answer questions about whether the company would screen entries in future contests.

                        The company will award the concert trip to another girl, according to Ms. Drolet's statement. The name of the new winner is being withheld to maintain the family's privacy, the statement said.
                        Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                        "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                        He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                        • #13


                          The company is wrong. They should be sued.

                          "We wrote whatever we could to win," she said. "It said to write an essay. It never said it had to be true. I never said it was true. ... It was just an essay. We wrote whatever we could to win."


                          Mother is a hag to be sure but she's not so stupid. She knew exactly what would win the prize.
                          "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                          "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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                          • #14
                            Bottom line is that a little girl is losing out. Big deal for a little girl, this Hannah Montana thing.
                            Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                            "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                            He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by SlowwHand
                              Bottom line is that a little girl is losing out. Big deal for a little girl, this Hannah Montana thing.
                              Add that as damages in the lawsuit.
                              "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                              "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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