Eden Wood

Please purchase a subscription to read or post comments.

Finding fame. When Toddlers & Tiaras debuted on TLC in January 2009, viewers were concerned about the lengths that parents went through to put their children in the beauty pageant world. Even though the reality series ran for seven seasons — and inspired several spinoffs — the controversy about the...

Watching the show Toddlers and Tiaras is bound to make some folks cringe and even cause their blood to boil a bit since the whole idea of dressing kids up to make them look ‘sexier’ is bound to irk a lot of parents. But whatever the long-term effects are it would appear that they haven’t really touched Eden Wood, one of the stars of the show, since she’s been doing quite well since her time on the program. From being a runway model to having her own show for a season and maintaining a 4.0 GPA in school it sounds as though Wood has turned out far better than some might have thought possible. More than one person would argue that she’s one of the exceptions when it comes to the effects of children being pushed into pageants at such a young age, but that feels like an argument for another day. At the current moment, it would appear that Wood is confident and capable of deciding what she wants to do and is firmly set on a path that will lead her forward and not take her down a road that she’s not prepared for. Of course, that too can be argued since even with the experience she has, the young woman is still a teenager and has a great deal left to experience, meaning she’s only seen things from one perspective, and growing up is bound to teach her even more as she continues along her path. It does bear noticing that with a history in show business though she’s a little more equipped than many people might be.