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“Mama, I’m going to put Live Oak on the map,” said then six-year-old Kailah Henderson of Live Oak.
She’s now nine and a first-place winner of several beauty pageants. Kailah, since winning her first pageant at the age of five, has been competing in local, state and national beauty pageants ever since.
Kailah was recently invited to participate in The Miss Sparkle and Shine pageant that took place in Cochran, Georgia. This is where she met Alana Thompson, 7, better known as Honey Boo Boo of TLC’s reality show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. TLC was at the pageant shooting for tonight’s season finale of the show which airs at 10 p.m. on TLC. You may even catch a glimpse of Kailah.
Michelle Henderson, Kailah’s mother, said that Kailah won first place in her age division and Honey Boo Boo got second place.
“She was a sweet little girl. Very down-to-earth and blended in with the rest of the girls,” said Michelle of Honey Boo Boo. “Kailah and her were chit-chatting backstage.”
Michelle said that Kailah has been in over 25 pageants and won first place in seven of them.
Kailah, better known as Boss Lady, is in the third grade and attends school at Shining Star Academy, a charter school located in Lake City.
“A lot of kids would bully her. I wanted her to do her (school)work. I told her, you’re not here to make friends, but that’s what she wanted to do. She’s always trying to make friends,” Michelle said. “Once the kids would get to know her, they loved her. She’s a sweet little girl.”
Michelle also said that some of the kids are a little intimidated by Kailah’s height as she is already five feet.
“Whenever the other contestants see her name on the list for the contests, they say ‘uh oh’,” laughed Michelle. “Her doctor says she’s probably going to grow to be over six feet tall.”
Michelle wanted to thank all her daughters’ sponsors: Pastor Kathy Hawkins, her aunt, Dorothy Hawkins, Mary Potts and Jeff Scott of Cheek & Scott Drugs.
When asked if she thinks Kailah will continue with pageants into her teens, Michelle laughed, “Oh yeah. She’s going to keep going.”
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Local beauty queen Kailah Henderson, right, poses for a photo with TLC star Honey Boo Boo. Courtesy photos
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Kailah with her trophies following a recent pageant where she met Honey Boo Boo.
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