Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson's Post-High School Plans Revealed

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Honey Boo Boo is headed to college.

Alana Thompson, who roseate to fame arsenic a kid connected TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, is acceptable for the adjacent section successful her world vocation pursuing her recent graduation from Wilkinson County High School successful McIntyre, Georgia.

"She is readying connected going to college," her ma Mama June Shannon told E! News' Francesca Amiker, adding that her girl plans connected studying neonatal nursing.

Two days earlier the May 20 graduation ceremony, Alana's precocious schoolhouse shared a Facebook "Senior Spotlight" station astir the 17-year-old, in which she stated that she was looking guardant to going to a assemblage successful August and confirmed her major.

Following her graduation, Alana shared a TikTok video of herself walking onstage successful a yellowish headdress and gown. "Proved the haters wrong," she captioned her post. "Next halt graduating college! #honeybooboo #fyp #2023 #trending #senior #graduation"

At the ceremony, Alana was joined by household members, including June and sisters Lauryn "Pumpkin" Shannon, 23—who was granted custody of the teen last year—and Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell, 28, who is battling cancer. The three cheered for her loudly, arsenic seen successful videos they shared connected societal media.

"We beauteous overmuch screamed the full full time," June told E! News. "Yeah, immoderate naysayers commented, like, 'Man y'all didn't fto anybody other perceive their child's name.' But that's truly what you're expected to bash connected graduation, whoop and holler similar crazy, due to the fact that we weren't the lone household determination doing that."

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June reflected connected however the experience brought the household together. "A year ago, determination was a batch of brainsick friction," shared the prima of WE tv's Mama June: Family Crisis. "And we're besides dealing with that worldly with Anna. A batch of worldly has been happening the past fewer months with our family. It has been rocked to the halfway with everything."

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Meanwhile, June is looking up to the aboriginal of her and her family's world TV careers, pursuing the caller premiere of play six of Mama June: Family Crisis.

"We don't cognize what the satellite holds connected us. It besides depends connected what radical watch," she said. "If radical conscionable support watching it and the ratings are there, past you know, we movie more."

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