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It’s time for a new chapter in the life of longtime reality TV star Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson!
The 17-year-old girl — who first rose to fame on TLC‘s popular show Toddlers & Tiaras before spinning off into her own reality empire with Here Comes Honey Boo Boo — just graduated from high school!!
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The television star walked across the stage along with all of her classmates on Saturday at Wilkinson County High School in McIntyre, Georgia. And her family was there to celebrate right along with her! Plus, thankfully, the whole crew took plenty of social media pics to commemorate the event for the rest of us to re-live, as well!
It all started with a quick TikTok video from Alana. The Here Comes Honey Boo Boo alum showed a short clip of herself walking across the stage on graduation day with the message “proved the haters wrong” splashed across the caption, as you can see (below):
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Like we noted, Honey Boo Boo’s fam was around to cheer her on. Sisters Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Efird and Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell were both on hand for the amazing moment. And family matriarch Mama June Shannon was out for the afternoon of graduate success, as well!
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In fact, it was Mama June who posted up a storm through the Saturday sweetness. In one Instagram post, the From Not To Hot star reminisced about everything Alana has been through during her high school years. Writing about her youngest daughter’s long road to get to the stage on Saturday, the proud 43-year-old momma shared:
The longtime reality TV star went on from there:
And then Mama June closed with a flourish!
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