Article: Girl fakes story for Hannah Montana concert tickets.(Entertainment)

GARLAND, Texas (AP) -- 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 ...

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