<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11949132" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alana-thompson" source="Orion">Alana Thompson</keyword> told <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/alana-thompson-honey-boo-boo-profile">Teen Vogue</a> she would like everyone to stop calling her "<keyword id="11949133" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="honey-boo-boo" source="Orion">Honey Boo Boo</keyword>." </li><li>Thompson also discussed how she thinks Generation Z is making body shaming worse. </li><li>She wants to study nursing but doesn't mind if you still think of her as a beauty queen. </li></ul>Alana Thompson has grown out of her tiara and wishes the world would respect that.Thompson first appeared on TLC's "Toddlers &amp; Tiaras" in 2012 when she was just six years old. Her sassy personality made her a fan favorite, earned her the nickname "Honey Boo Boo," and eventually led to a spinoff show focusing on her family, including her mom June Shannon and her sister Lauryn "Pumpkin" Shannon.Thompson, now almost 16, has lived almost a decade of her life in the spotlight and is ready to talk about <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-social-media-affects-body-image">important issues like body shaming</a>, which she experiences on a regular basis.Thompson told <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/alana-thompson-honey-boo-boo-profile">Teen Vogue</a> that contrary to popular belief, she doesn't think Generation Z is doing much to promote body inclusivity and decrease fatphobia in society. "I feel like my generation is probably making it worse. Everybody's all about <keyword id="11909825" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="body-positivity" source="Orion">body positivity</keyword>, body positivity, until they see a body they don't like," she told the publication.She also said she'll never be able to wrap her mind around why people feel the need to <a href="https://www.insider.com/things-that-are-actually-body-shaming-2018-7#youre-so-brave-for-exercising-or-wearing-certain-clothes-2">body shame others</a>."Just because I got a little bit of extra meat on my bones, you want to hate me?" she asked, rhetorically, adding that despite her haters, she knows she's "got a banging body."<div type="image" title="Alana Thompson with her family in New York City." height="1721" width="2295" msid="85643428" hostid="261"></div>Teenagers struggle with self-esteem issues, even when they haven't lived most of their lives in front of cameras. But Thompson said she's never been envious of her peers. "I don't ever wish to be like nobody. I am my own person," she told Teen Vogue.All of the confidence in the world doesn't change the fact that her <keyword id="11899410" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="reality-tv" source="Orion">reality TV</keyword> fame can have a lonely side. Thompson admitted in another part of the interview that she's skeptical about people who might only want to get to know her because she's a public figure and says because of that "I don't have friends."Since Thompson's mother was <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-honey-boo-boo-family-reaction-fake-snorting-cocaine-joke-2020-5">arrested on drug-related charges</a> in 2019, per <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-mama-june-shannon-drug-arrest-20190319-story.html">the Los Angeles Times</a>, she currently lives with her sister, Pumpkin, her brother-in-law, Josh, and her niece, Ella. She told Teen Vogue she's working towards getting "back on track" with her mom, but is focusing on school so she can one day live her dream of becoming a nurse. Though Thompson is working toward a career far from the pageant stage right now, she doesn't mind if you think of her when you think of beauty queens."I mean, to myself I was a pageant queen," she said.

Alana Thompson, formerly 'Honey Boo Boo,' thinks Gen Z is making body shaming worse

<keyword id="1744316" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Honey-Boo-Boo">Honey Boo Boo</keyword> can add social media marketing expert to her long list of credentials.
Apparently Alana Thompson is a girl scout on top of her pageant queen/reality star commitments. And since it's cookie season, Thompson had to <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/02/27/honey-boo-boo-girl-scout/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29">unload lots of thin mints — and fast.</a>
Entrepreneur that she is, Thompson is using her <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=224549997682769&amp;set=pb.149690208502082.-2207520000.1362002748&amp;type=3&amp;theater">700k Facebook fans to advertise her endeavors on her page</a>. After less than two hours, her post was shared more than 100 times and received almost 500 comments — which isn't a lot when compared to McDonald's, but is a pretty good marketing move for a seven-year-old.
And she probably didn't even have to make it a promoted post. Alana and her family will also sign every $3.50 (plus shipping) box her fans buy. <div class="image-container" style="width:590px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/512e84adeab8ea6d43000005-643-428/screen%20shot%202013-02-27%20at%204.50.33%20pm.png?maxX=590" border="0" alt="honey boo boo facebook " width="590" /></div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=224549997682769&amp;set=pb.149690208502082.-2207520000.1362002748&amp;type=3&amp;theater">Facebook</a></div>

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<table class="image-container float_right" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/50f72ed26bb3f75258000000-419/honey-boo-boo-uncle-poodle-1.png" border="0" alt="Honey Boo Boo Uncle Poodle" /></div>TLC"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" star Alana Thompson with her Uncle Poodle, a recurring character on the TLC show.</td></tr></table>Lee Thompson, Alana's beloved "Uncle Poodle" on <keyword id="476634" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="TLC">TLC</keyword>'s "Here Comes <keyword id="1744316" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Honey-Boo-Boo">Honey Boo Boo</keyword>," has just revealed he is HIV-positive.
"I knew it had been my boyfriend who infected me," Thompson says in a new interview with <a href="http://www.fenuxe.com/2013/01/10/exclusive-honey-boo-boo-star-uncle-poodle-reveals-my-hiv-test-results-came-back-positive/" target="_blank">Fenuxe magazine</a>, whose tagline is "Modern, American, Gay." 
"I later learned he had been HIV positive and was not taking medication and had not bothered to tell me about it," Thompson continued. "I was advised that I should press charges and, hesitantly, I did. It was the right thing to do."
Thompson's ex-boyfriend is now serving a five-year sentence for not disclosing his condition.
<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:300px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/50f72c4aeab8eaf108000000-472-411/screen%20shot%202013-01-16%20at%205.39.42%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Honey Boo Boo Uncle Poodle" width="300" /></div>TLC</div>
"On March 16, 2012, I tested negative. Then, in May of 2012 my test results came back positive," Thompson explained in the article. "I would have been cool with his HIV status if he had been honest. I don’t have an issue with the disease. I would have known how to protect myself."
TLC has so far not commented on Thompson's revelation, but the hit "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" -- on which Thompson was a recurring character -- has been <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/honey-boo-boo-renewed_n_1916654.html" target="_blank">picked up for a second season</a>.
As for where that "Uncle Poodle" nickname came from, he says, "Alana. She calls all gay men 'my poodles' and I am her Uncle Poodle."
In a season one episode of of the hit TLC show, Alana says of her beloved uncle, "Ain't nothing wrong with being gay. Everyone's a little gay."
Uncle Poodle says he decided to tell his story because "I want to have my own television show and highlight what it is like being gay in the south ... I think I have a good story to tell." 
Watch the Thompson family address their Uncle Poodle's sexuality below:
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<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/50eb146669bedd3c1e00000e-552/honey-boo-boo-5.png?maxX=400&amp;maxY=300" border="0" alt="Honey Boo Boo" width="400" height="300" /></div><keyword id="476634" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="TLC">TLC</keyword>Mama June is putting away around $36K for her 5 children each season of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo."</div>Alana Thompson, 7, can buy all the <a href="http://www.crushable.com/2012/08/08/entertainment/here-comes-honey-boo-boo-alana-thompson-go-go-juice-665/" target="_blank">gogo juice</a> she wants when the "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" reality star turns 21-years-old.
Thanks to the fiscally savvy Mama June (who knew?!), Alana and her four sisters will have their TLC earnings divided evenly into individual <keyword id="1782434" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Trust-Funds">trust funds</keyword> that they will have access to once the minors turn 21.
"I want my kids to look back and say, 'Mama played it smart. Not like those other <keyword id="2835" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Reality-TV">reality TV</keyword> <keyword id="6360040" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="people">people</keyword>,'" June <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/06/honey-boo-boo-tlc-alana-thompson-mama-june-money-trust-fund-21/" target="_blank">opened up to TMZ</a>. While the Thompson family currently earn between $15k - $20k per episode, the money will be divided evenly into each daughter's account.
So let's say the Thompson clan earn $18k an episode, with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2288050/episodes?season=1" target="_blank">ten episodes per season</a>, that's $36,000 for Lauryn (12), Jessica (15) and Anna (18) and baby Kaitlyn — per season.
The TLC hit "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," a spinoff of the network's popular "Toddlers in Tiaras," was <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20632847,00.html" target="_blank">recently renewed for a second season</a>.
And Mama June doesn't even have to lift a finger to get the money into her children's accounts.
"TLC puts the money into the girls' trust accounts for me and then I get an email telling me how much everyone gets," the Thompson matriarch continued to <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/06/honey-boo-boo-tlc-alana-thompson-mama-june-money-trust-fund-21/" target="_blank">TMZ</a>. 
But that doesn't mean the rural Georgia-based family are letting the newfound fame and money go to their heads.
"You're never gonna see me drive a Range Rover or a Mercedes," continues Mama June, who says the family gets by from her husband's salary as a contractor. "I'll drive one if someone else pays for it. Never gonna live above my means."
So far, the Thompson's only big purchase since appearing on the show has been a 2005 Ford Expedition.
As show star Alana would say ...
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