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Article: Girl won Hannah Montana concert tickets with fake essay describing father's death in Iraq
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- December 29, 2007
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An essay that won a 6-year-old girl four tickets to a Hannah Montana concert began with the powerful line: "My daddy died this year in Iraq."
While gripping, it was not true _ and now the girl may lose her tickets after her mom acknowledged to contest organizers it was all a lie.
The sponsor of the contest was Club Libby Lu, a Chicago-based store that sells clothes, accessories and games intended for young girls.
The saga began Friday with company officials surprising the girl at a Club Libby Lu at a mall in suburban Garland, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) northeast of Dallas. The girl won a makeover that included a blonde Hannah Montana wig, as well as the ...