Hannah Montana

My daughter absolutely loves Hannah Montana. She would do almost anything to get to see her in concert (too bad for her, her dad [me] doesn't have the funds to get tickets) but I hope she wouldn't do this:
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An essay that won a 6-year-old girl four tickets to a Hannah Montana concert began with the powerful line: "My daddy died this year in Iraq."

While gripping, it wasn't true _ and now the girl may lose her tickets after her mom acknowledged to contest organizers it was all a lie.

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

The saga began Friday with company officials surprising the girl at a Club Libby Lu at a mall in suburban Garland, about 20 miles northeast of Dallas. 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 Hannah Montana concert on Jan. 9.

Star Tribune
Not only should the daughter lose her tickets, the mother should be doing some community service at the least for this.

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