If you haven’t fallen in love with Alana Thompson yet, you need to get on the Internet and watch the first season of “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” on TLC. For those of you who have already watched, you might not want to admit it, but this 7-year-old pageant diva is flooding our hearts and taking over social media.

“Honey Boo Boo” was first welcomed into our homes on the TLC reality show “Toddlers and Tiaras,” where girls dress up, get fake tans, look like dolls and compete in pageants. The crowd favorite is, of course, Honey Boo Boo. In fact, she just got signed for a second season of her own show that follows her redneck family on the day-to-day basis.

Her family may not have much, but for what they don’t have, they make up for in personality, charm, and hilarity. The matriarch June Shannon A.K.A. “June bug” is severely overweight and has a sneeze that has been created into various montages due to its strange sound similar to a pigs squeal.

They are like any average red neck dysfunctional family. What they actually do might not be the most exciting or spectacular but it is their commentary and conversation that makes the show phenomenal.

The off stage of this pageant star is quite entertaining between having an adorable pet pig named Glitzy and your 17-year-old sister having a baby. “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” has given us the inside look into a completely new world making it either the worst or best show to air in the past year.

About a week ago Buzzfeed posted the “10 Celebrities That Are Human Version of Furby” and Alana is obviously number one. Not only is there a striking physical similarity between the two, but they are both hard to keep up with and terribly annoying if they do not want to sleep.

It looks as though the world needed such a new character as the show has averaged 2.3 million viewers per episode and according to the Huffington Post even beat network broadcasts of the Republic National Convention, Aug. 19.

New York fashion mogul Simon Doonan called Alana “today’s Shirley Temple.” She is precious, becoming a household name, and does not hold anything back from her fans.

Some have gone to say the show is perpetuating negative stereotypes of people in the south and the Thompson family is being exploited. To quote Alana from the show, “that dolla make me holla honey boo boo child,” which is self-explanatory; she likes making money and now has the means to continue bringing in the bank. She and her family have been signed for another season that comes with a substantial raise from $5,000-$7,000 and episode to between $15,000-$20,000 an episode according to TMZ.

They are entertainers and people need to stop being so touchy and laugh it off. Jersey Shore was an abomination to the Italian-America community but that lasted about a week; rednecks should not be taking the matter so personally and watch along with the rest of America.

It is good to know there will be plenty more mud “boggin'” (driving around in mud pits on four-wheelers) and my personal favorite, more Honey Boo Boo phrases and new words. On the TLC website there is even a dictionary to help out those who do not watch religiously.

If the Jersey Shore cast can coin GTL, DTF, and smush, Honey Boo Boo will certainly be the next success. The Thompson/Shannon family is an honest bunch and are much more entertaining to a wider viewership than the JS crew although the similarities are astonishing. Snooki and Alana…. Just think about that for a second. “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” will hopefully have the same success as other MTV reality stars because I know I am not ready to say good-bye to Alana after only 20 episodes come next year.