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The beauty queen and reality star signed autographs and posed for pictures at a meet and greet set up before Global Championship Wrestling's Fall Brawl event.

A larger than expected crowd waited in a line that wrapped around the Pell City Civic Center to take pictures and get autographed pictures of Alana Thompson, known as Honey Boo Boo. The rest of her family was in tow, including her father "Sugar Bear" who was just released from the hospital after having surgery. The family stars in the TLC hit "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo."

Thompson entertained fans by dancing on the autograph table and greeting the crowd.

Cheryl Blankenship and her sister drove from Tuscaloosa meet the Thompsons. She said she sees her own family in the show.

“We’re just major fans,” she said. “Her family is just like ours. They speak their mind. They don’t care what you think about them. They’re not ashamed and they’re confident, honest and good people. I have a lot a respect for people like that.”

Blankenship’s sister Jamie Caddis also brought her daughter.

“I just think they’re going to be hilarious,” she said as she stood in line.

Kiana Waters, an 11-year-old Ragland resident who participates in the same type of pageants as Thompson, came to the meet and great with her mother. Waters said she also saw the Thompsons in an area Wal-Mart earlier in the day.

“I love her show and she’s very interesting and funny,” she said.

Despite high energy from the crowd, some standing in line noted a lack of organization due to the large number of people in attendance.

Tina Mobayed from Atalla was dissatisfied with the ticket-buying method and the lines.

“The organization was terrible,” she said. “It was chaos beyond anything I’ve ever witnessed in my life.”

The Thompsons stayed to sign autographs well into the start of the wrestling match.