The spic says it’s all just a mistake now that she has been caught. We do essays all the time she says…..in first grade? This story is in the main news sites too, but no mention of the Spanish/El Salvadoran names that are in this story.

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'We Never Said This Was A True Story'
Hannah Montana Concert Winner Wrote Untrue Essay On Dad's Death Last Edited: Friday, 28 Dec 2007, 11:21 PM CST Created: Friday, 28 Dec 2007, 11:18 PM CST .

A North Texas girl's essay about her father's death in Iraq won a national contest and its coveted prize--- four tickets and airfare to a Hannah Montana concert. But the essay turned out to be fiction, and now a 6-year-old and her mom are in the middle of a swirl of controversy.

Priscilla Ceballos, the girl's mother, telephoned FOX 4 reporter Brandon Todd Friday night to clear up what she said were misconceptions about their side of the story. She claims they never represented the essay as truth, and claims she stormed out of a media photo opportunity in Garland on Friday only because a reporter "accused" her of lying.

"When [contest organizer Robin Caulfield] asked me if this [essay] was true, I told her no," Ceballos said. "We never said this was a true story. We do essays all the time. My daughter does essays at school all the time. It never did say it had to be true, but [Robin] said, 'That's what we expected.'"

The child's winning essay read: "My daddy died this year in Iraq. I am going to give my mommy the Angel pendant that daddy put on mommy when she was having me. I had in in my jewelry box since that day. I love my mommy."

The girl's grandmother told FOX 4 that the father, Jonathan Menjivar, is alive and currently lives in another town. The Department of Defense website has no record of any military casualty by that name, nor does the U.S. Army have any record at all of that name.

Ceballos says her daughter knows the submission was a work of fiction. "She's aware of what she wrote, and she knows that that wasn't true," Ceballos said.

The contest was organized by Club Libby Lu, a girls' spa/retail franchise chain. On Friday, the store at Firewheel Town Center in Garland treated the chosen winner to a makeover and Hannah Montana merchandise. But it's not clear what will happen now, or if the 6-year-old will be allowed to keep the tickets.

The company issued this press release late Friday:

"From Mary Drolet, CEO, Club Libby Lu:
Club Libby Lu has learned the essay submitted under the name [redacted] in the Club Libby Lu "Hannah Montana Rock Your Holidays Essay Contest" is untrue. We are reviewing the facts in the matter so that we may determine an appropriate resolution to the situation.
Club Libby Lu had no knowledge of the inaccuracies in the essay until 2:45 this afternoon - Friday, December 28. We regret that the original intent of the contest, which was to make a little girl's holiday extra special, has not been realized in the way we anticipated.
Best, Robyn Robyn Caulfield, Senior Strategist "