Pageant mum spends £28k to see her five-year-old daughter win over 60 contests…and she won her first at just four months old
Gabriella Roberts, five, from Pennsylvania, USA, was first entered in a pageant when she was just four months old
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD beauty pageant queen has been crowned 60 times after her mum splurged £28,000 on her little girl’s lavish lifestyle.
Adorable Gabriella Roberts from Pennsylvania, USA, was first entered into a pageant when she was just four months old - and has since won over 60 competitions.
Her devoted mum, Lacie, 27, has not only spent thousands of dollars but has travelled thousands of miles to accommodate for her daughter's glamorous lifestyle.
So far, Gabriella has entered over 100 pageants – meaning most weeks are spent preparing for the next event.
Mum Lacie admits that her daughter's hobby isn't cheap - each pageant can set the family back £550 and one outfit alone can cost anywhere up to £1000.
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But, despite the financial cost and strict rehearsals, Lacie insists that her daughter loves nothing more than getting glammed up.
Lacie said: "Over the past five years we have spent thousands on Gabriella, it's an expensive hobby but seeing the smile on her face is all worth it.
"We have entered over 100 pageants and her collection of crowns and trophies is really impressive.
"Gabriella has a coach who works with us for two weeks before each pageant, she practices half an hour every day.
"The last pageant we went to cost us around $700 (£550) in total, and that included the entry fee, her outfits and the hotel we stayed in.
"But usually each pageant can cost us anywhere from $100 (£77) to $600 (£467).
"At the moment her pageant wardrobe is worth around $2,000 (£1,588), but because Gabriella is so young she grows out of her dresses quite quickly and so we do sell them on.
"On average a new outfit costs $200 (£158), but Gabriella's most expensive one would be her glitz dress which was $1,200 (£953).
"I am so proud of her, she is only five and has already achieved so much, it amazes me how she gets up on stage with so much confidence and wins the crowd over."
Lacie says that she had always been interested in pageants when she was younger, but unfortunately was never privileged enough to enter herself.
She added: "I knew that when I had a daughter I would enter her and that's exactly what I did.
"I entered Gabriella into her first pageant in 2012, she was just four months old but I saw one advertised that was local to us.
"From there I found out about other bigger pageants and that's how we got more involved.
"We mainly do the more natural ones, but Gabriella always gets her hair done and nails painted for each one she competes in.
"Some of the pageants require a talent and for this Gabriella does a baton and gymnastics routine which the crowd love.
"The prizes are amazing, I barely buy her any toys because she wins so much, she has all the latest dolls which would cost a fortune to buy.
"Gabriella also receives cash prizes which are usually around $100 (£80), but the most she has won is $575 (£448).
"She always has at least one thing she wants to buy herself but we usually put some of it in her savings account and invest some back into another pageant."
Lacie insists that the pageants are just a bit of fun - but does admit that they can get competitive at times.
And Gabriella has accumulated a vast collection of awards for her pageant wins.
Lacie said: "Gabriella has now won four ultimate grand supreme titles and three grand supremes - they are quite a big deal.
"Even though Gabriella works really hard we like to keep it fun and now that she is older we do around six to eight pageants a year.
"As of right now we don't plan on stopping, Gabriella loves competing and being a part of the pageant world gives her so much more confidence."
Last year, we reported on a mum who plasters three-year-old with fake tan and make up and lets her wear false nails for pageants says her tot ‘loves it’ as well as Britain's youngest pageant queen.