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Hannah Montana Contest Winner a Fake

Posted Dec 29th 2007 11:00AM by TMZ Staff

Hannah MontanaA 6-year-old girl won four tickets to a Hannah Montana concert in New York with an essay that claimed her "daddy died this year in Iraq." Heartbreaking? Yes. True? No.

Priscilla Ceballos, the mother of the young girl, had told the company sponsoring the contest that the girl's father died April 17 in a roadside bombing in Iraq. When the spokesman asked the girl's mom if the story was true, the mother said no. God bless America.

"We never said this was a true story," Ceballos told FOX 4 in Dallas. "We do essays all the time. My daughter does essays at school all the time. It never did say it had to be true, but [the contest organizer] said, 'That's what we expected.'" Duh!

Club Libby Lu, the company behind the contest, has not yet made a decision as to whether the girl will get to keep the tickets.

UPDATE: Club Libby Lu has released the following statement on their website: "Club Libby Lu has been evaluating the situation surrounding our Hannah Montana Rock Your Holidays Essay Contest and is extremely sensitive to the fact we're dealing with a 6-year-old little girl. We wanted to take ample time to gather all the necessary facts in order to make an appropriate decision regarding whether or not we would award the Hannah Montana concert tickets and other prizes to the Ceballos family.

After awarding the grand prize, we unfortunately learned that the statements made in the essay were untrue. Club Libby Lu greatly values honesty and integrity. In order to uphold these values, we have decided to withdraw the award initially given to the Ceballos family.

Consequently, we will award the prize to another winner already identified. With this decision, we hope to revive the intended spirit of the contest, which was designed to make a little girl's holidays extra special. In order to protect the family's privacy, we have decided to not disclose the name of the new winner."

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166. I totally agree with what C.L.L did.They did not deserve the tickets for cheating and lying about something like a loved one dying in Iraq,That is a very sad thing for people who have lost loved ones and is not to be used in that way.Good job, give the tickets to people who REALLY DESERVED the tickets and not nasty liars!!!

Posted at 12:17PM on Jan 1st 2008 by crazy...19

167.
Failure - Not writing on the 'essay' that is was fabricated, a story, fiction.

Failure - Wanting to take a 6 year old girl to such a concert. This isn't for children this young.

We just have to assume that this mother has a very very low IQ. If not, then she is an extremely poor mother, perhaps child services should step in.

Posted at 2:45AM on Jan 1st 2008 by Geminate

168. That is just sick. When I was teaching back home, I had students in class who DID lose their parent in Iraq. This is not something you joke about. That woman calls herself a mother. I don't think so. A mother fosters and facilitates a child to do their best to be well rounded, honest people. She has just set a precedent with the child saying, "hey, you can lie and cheat to get what you want." There are some good morals being taught there in that household.

I wonder what her very much alive father has to say about all this?

Posted at 9:37AM on Jan 1st 2008 by Army Wife Hooah!

169. Just wanted to say, imagine the flack this kid is gonna get, probably for a long time, what was her mom thinking? Hmmm?

Posted at 11:26AM on Jan 1st 2008 by daryl bilderback

170. As the mother of a fallen soldier WHO WAS KILLED IN IRAQ, you should be ashamed of yourself to stoop so low to get your daughter ticket. I think you (the mother) wanted in the spotlight not the daughter.

Posted at 1:17PM on Jan 1st 2008 by Phyllis

171. Oh I think this is about as low as you can go.

Posted at 1:22PM on Jan 1st 2008 by Phyllis

172. Next time mom of the 6 year old girl that wrote the fake essay, when you get bored needing something to read, read the Legacy.com and see what we true fallen hero parents go through, You are a disgrace to America.

Posted at 1:31PM on Jan 1st 2008 by Phyllis

173. haha i find this rather funny because nothing about garland just outside of dallas is where this actually happened makes the news. first of all its a little odd for a six year old to write an essay like that the mother had to wrote it and made the daughter copy it. if it was my choice to let her keep they i would say "hell no and give them to the runner up. that family brought shame to the sub of garland. the mother shouldnt have lied about something like that

Posted at 4:15PM on Jan 1st 2008 by anna from dallas

174. Awhh you bunch of whiners. A "W" is a win. There are no rules against the truth of the story. Who cares anyway about this Hanna crap any way? If it were not so difficult to see this show I think an issue of this minimal level would or should have ever taken place. Look at what all of you winners voted in as the best essay for a president.

Posted at 6:26PM on Jan 3rd 2008 by Marko

175. This mother knew what she was doing. She says they never said the story had to be true or not, but they knew that the readers would believe this story to be true when it was read. They knew people would read this and feel sorry for them and inable them to have a better chance at winning. Obviousely this family has never had anyone die in war or they would see that this story, fact or fiction, does hold relevance. Shame on this mother. It is her job to bring up her child and teach her to have a heart of kindness. She has failed in respect to this.

Posted at 11:06AM on Jan 2nd 2008 by Becky

176. This mother is one sick sick person. By doing this she is teaching her child that it is OK to lie. I just wonder what else the mother lied about. Now this poor child is going to have to suffer because of what her mother has done. As a child of a father who was in Vietnam War and never came home to the family I am just horrified that someone could be so cruel. Life is to short and she should be thankful for what she has. Honesty is what I grew up with and she needs to be an example for her child and teach her child good things. This mother needs to think about what she has done. I hope she has learned a lesson in this. I am glad the tickets have been awarded to some one else more deserving. PRISCILLA CEBALLOS YOU NEED TO GROW UP AND ACT LIKE A MATURE ADULT AND BE A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR YOUR CHILD!!! GROW UP

Posted at 10:42PM on Jan 1st 2008 by AMY THE HONEST ONE

177. To Ms. PRISCILLA CEBALLOS: Thank you for assisting in the deterioration of America's values. People like you ought to be and wins : I'd even buy tickets to watch. Oh wait! Maybe I can get them by writing a false essay.

And a lawsuit too??? Wow. You have nerve.

Posted at 5:01AM on Jan 2nd 2008 by rayjay

178. 176. To Ms. PRISCILLA CEBALLOS: Thank you for assisting in the deterioration of America's values. People like you ought to be rounded up, put on a boat in the middle of the ocean and see who comes out alive and wins : I'd even buy tickets to watch. Oh wait! Maybe I can get them by writing a false essay.

And a lawsuit too??? Wow. You have nerve.

Posted at 12:23PM on Jan 2nd 2008 by rayjay

179. This story makes me absolutely sick to my stomache! I had a close
family member die in Iraq from a roadside bombing. His sacrifice
makes it possible for people like the Ceballos family to lie about
some as meaningless as this to win Hannah Montana tickets. Why not
take the time spent on creating a highly false and inappropriate
essay and teach your children something about morals and patriotism.
Otherwise, they too will one day grow and pass down these types of
flawed principles to their own children. What will that make of our
society?!?

RIP (1981-2005)
Army Spc. Dominic J. Hinton
1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
Fort Campbell, KY
Hometown: Jacksonville, TX

Posted at 12:01PM on Jan 2nd 2008 by Chris in TX

180. ms ceballos is a pinche puta. a real ruca. she proudly admits that she helped her daught concoct such a lie. what a skank!

Posted at 12:50AM on Jan 3rd 2008 by velezsez

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