‘I’ve spent $30,000 on my little girl’s pageants this year!': Toddlers and Tiaras unearths another staggeringly out of touch mother



Every parent likes to spoil their children a little every now and again. But for most toddlers, a treat means a chocolate bar or a small toy.

When you're the mother of one of the USA's most precocious five-year-olds, though, you need to up your game.

Melissa and Carley Wynn, from Pennsylvania, are the stars of the newest episode of Toddlers and Tiaras, an American documentary series which follows young beauty pageant contestants and their families.

Pageant stars: Melissa and Carley Wynn, from Pennsylvania, are featured in the newest episode of Toddlers and Tiaras. Here Melissa talks to the cameras infront of some of Carley's medals

During the episode, which will be broadcast on TLC network in the USA tonight, Melissa admits to having spent a staggering $30,000 on her daughter's competitions over the past 12 months.



'Both Carley and I take pageants very seriously,' Melissa says in a short preview of the episode.

'In the past year I’ve probably spent $30,000 on pageants.'



While Melissa is not ashamed of the ridiculous expense, though, she does try to discipline her daughter - by threatening to take away her iPod - when she plays up infront of the documentary crew.

Melissa says: 'We're on camera, don't you dare tell me "no" one more time.

'Do you hear me? We're on national TV.'

Sexy dancing: Part of the trailer for the episode features Carley being taught to gyrate her hips by her mother

Carley's response - which will have mothers up and down the country cringing into their sofas - is a simple: 'You are driving me crazy!'

Discipline is clearly not a priority in the little girl's upbringing. Instead, Melissa is trying to turn her into a mini-me.



'Carley is as close to an exact replica of me as there could ever be,' Melissa says.

'I feel like her and I are the same person. We live the same life, we are best friends and I just feel like that is me on stage.'

Demanding daughter: Although Carley's mother has spent $30,000 on her Carley's competitions, the five-year-old does not seem very grateful

Misbehaving: Melissa tries to discretely discipline her daughter - but it doesn't really work

As outrageous as that might sound though, it's nothing compared to families who have already featured in the series. Last week New York Fashion Week was plunged into controversy after spray-tanned six-year-old Eden Wood was allowed to gyrate in skimpy clothing on the catwalk. Ten days before that, Wendy Dickey was forced to defend her decision to dress her three-year-old up in a mini version of the prostitute outfit Julia Roberts wears in Pretty Woman. Even more controversial: Wendy Dickey was forced to defend her decision to dress her three-year-old up in a mini versions of the outfits Julia Roberts wears in Pretty Woman Juana Myers, another mother from the series has also spoken about the cost of performing. She told the Today show she has spent up to $4,000 on a single 'glitz' dress, with each costume costing an average of $300-500.

The Louisiana mother admitted that she had never added up how much she has spent since she first entered MaKenzie into a pageant at just 18 months.



She said: 'You never get back the money you put into it. Never.

