Toddlers and Tiaras’ SamiJo’s mom Tricia O’Neill modeling photos

This week, in yet another eyebrow-raising episode of TLC’s headline-grabbing pageant-themed reality show Toddlers and Tiaras, two-year-old SamiJo’s mom Tricia O’Neill reveals that since her last appearance on the show she has divorced her turtle farming husband and has been forced to look for alternate sources of income to fund her daughter’s pageants. In addition to working at Hooters and as a ring girl at cage fights, Tricia decided she would pose for a lingerie calendar and sell it in and around the Oklahoma City area for a little extra coin. TLC cameras and little SamiJo went along for the shoot as Tricia strutted and jutted her stuff in a pair of leopard print panties and a black bikini top.

As SamiJo surveyed the situation, Tricia provided a voice-over explanation.

“My style of parenting is extremely different,” she explains. “I think exposing your child to whatever you can is just a really great way to be culturally diverse.” Judging from the footage I think we could substitute “whatever you can” to “my can!”

“Also, since I’ve had breast augmentation,” Tricia continues, “she has become a little obsessed with bras. You know, it’s probably just because she’s seen a change in me and noticed it. She loves Victoria’s Secret, so she does her homework.”

Ummm… What?

Oh, and if you remember from her last episode, Tricia originally got the breast augmentation surgery so she could compete in the Miss (Mrs?) Oklahoma pageant, but it has apparently helped her with her fund-raising ideas, which all seem to involve not wearing a lot of clothes. Actually, in this episode Tricia was set to also compete, but her competition (probably another mom who found out TLC would be there recording) pulled out of the pageant last minute.

As if we haven’t had a full helping of shock value yet, Tricia reveals that she has spent more than an estimated $100,000 on pageants for SamiJo. (Remember, she’s only TWO YEARS OLD!) Also of import, SamiJo has three older brothers. And judging from the episode, Tricia’s new boyfriend adds another older brother to the mix. No word if they are as fascinated with Victoria’s Secret as SamiJo, or how much Tricia spends on their endeavors.

I tried desperately to find Tricia’s calendar online, but there is no record of it. My guess is that the project fell through or else it just hasn’t come out yet. (If the latter is true, then shame on Tricia for not having it ready to go – or at least ready to take pre-orders – prior to the episode airing!) But, I was able to find some other pictures of Tricia O’Neil in various states of undress for you. Here are a few, including a couple photos of Tricia in her Hooters attire:

And just in case you missed it, here is the entire Toddler & Tiaras episode “Beautiful Me Disco Pageant” featuring Tricia and SamiJo as well as toddlers Destiny and Camari, the latter of which has the unfortunate distinction of being named after the food her mom was craving when she was pregnant – sans the letter “L”.

Still not enough SamiJo and Tricia for you? How about the duo’s audition tape? Tricia reveals that SamiJo’s name was going to be America (so she could be Miss America all the time), but her dad and all of their friends forbade it. (I’m not sure she made out all that much better with “SamiJo.) Also, even though SamiJo is just an infant, Tricia is already pushing the notion that she has the maturity of a 17-year-old.

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