If you missed it, Longview’s own Allyson Yates made a grand appearance on TLC’s ‘Toddlers and Tiaras”. Ally made quite the impression and media outlets everywhere are beginning to cover this 4 year old diva. After the show aired, she even got attention from OK! Magazine. Why? Because Ally is not only breathtaking to look at, but she makes it clear while getting spray tanned that she wants to be brown like Beyonce! Lol. Unfortunately, there are some people in the press who are making negative statements about the innocent comments made by Yates, but when did embracing other ethnicities become a crime? It’s truly sad that the media would even go there, but the positive attention Ally is getting outweighs the negative attention by far and I have the feeling that this is just the beginning of Ally’s career.
I’ve actually had the pleasure of meeting Ally on several occasions. For all of you in East TX that know Ally or her mother Kylene, you can attest to the fact that she has a “larger than life” personality and is an absolute sweetheart. Plus, no one believed me when I would tell them that Ally loved playing with “brown” dolls and slept in a large castle. Now I have proof! My fondest memory yet is her mother telling her to hug me goodbye, and Ally replying “No thank you.” She eventually gave me a hug, but it was so funny to hear that response coming from a 3 year old at that time. She just politely says what she feels and means no harm.
Let’s all give Ally a round of applause for being as fabulous as she is. Please support her by visiting her fan page on Facebook.
Below, you can watch the full episode of ‘Toddler’s and Tiara’s which aired on August 3rd.
DallasNoir 
So is it the same as a little black girl saying, “I want to be white like Brittney Spears”? This is where, as a parent, her mom should remind her how beautiful she is – in the skin she’s in.
Maybe. But Ally, at 4, knows that she’s beautiful in the skin she’s in. She hears it everyday from her parents, plus long before she ever participated in any pageant, she caught the attention of strangers everywhere because of her beauty and that BIG personality of hers. There is nothing wrong with a child admiring the skin of another race. That’s probably just a sign that her parents aren’t at home using words like “nigger”, “spic”, and other terms that degrade minorities like some people still do (in the privacy of their own home around their children). I think the issue is that people like you have a problem with a “white” child saying it. I am black by the way, and I know her parents very well. I have been to their home, and this child comes from a very loving and nurturing environment, but she likes what she likes. These are not absentee parents. You only saw 15 minutes of this kid and you’re passing judgement on her parents already? You should be ashamed of yourself.