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The author of The Maddie Diaries is Maddie Ziegler. This book is about her journey into becoming who she is today, an internet influencer.

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When Maddie was a baby, her mother would describe her as the easiest baby. In public, she wouldn't cry, she was not a picky eater, and she was a good/quiet sleeper. As stated in The Maddie Diaries, "A lot of parents have trouble potty-training their kids. Again, mine really lucked out. My sister Mackenzie was just born, so I was a little more than a year and a half old. One day I proudly brought my little plastic portable potty outside in the yard to where my mom was pushing Kenzie in her swing. I announced, 'No more diapies,' and marched right back in the house"(3). Maddie did not hesitate to give examples of how easy of a child she was to raise.

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Maddie was just a year old when her mother broke the news to her that she was going to be an older sister. At the time, she didn't know what that meant but when her sister, Mackenzie was born,  she caught on pretty quickly. Maddie explains how she was so attached to her younger sister, her parents would have to pry Mackenzie out of Maddie's hands. Maddie at the time didn't understand that her younger sister was actually real and that she had to be gentle with her. Maddie would teach her younger sister how to do math even though Mackenzie didn't even know how to talk yet. This showed how good of a sister Maddie was towards Mackenzie.

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Mackenzie is Maddie's younger sister. She explains how their relationship is how "normal" sisters are with each other. One minute they would be screaming at each other, the next they'll be best friends again. Mackenzie gets almost anything she asks for. In The Maddie Diaries, Maddie says, "...we'd fight over it and my mom would have to step in and referee. Of course, Kenzie would still get her way, and I had to put my hair up to look like a boy"(7). Maddie and Kenzie would always argue on who gets to play Gabriella from High School Musical while the other would have to play Troy who is a boy.

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Maddie was only 4 when she met her best friend. They were both in the same dance classes and they instantly connected. Her name is Nia. She used to wear curly pigtails which Maddie described them as very cute. Their favorite thing to do is have sleepovers while they baked cookies, brownies, and cupcakes. Since Maddie now part time lives in LA, they don't get tp see each other very often. But what they love about their friendship is that they could pick up their conversations where they left off.

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The first shows she appeared on was a small role on the Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva. She was just 9 at the time and got to play Young Deb, a character practicing to be in the nationals, getting really frustrated because she couldn't get the moves right. Another show Maddie was on was Austin and Ally. She played this character named Shelby who lives in the shadow of her older sister and tries to follow her sister's footsteps and become a violin player. Along the way, Shelby realizes that she's a better dancer than playing the violin. One more show she was on is called, "Ricky, Nicky, Dicky & Dawn. In this show, Maddie played this character named Eiffel. She was a mean ballerina girl that wanted Dawn's brother to be partners with her in class. Maddie loved playing this role because she got to be this snobby little girl that she doesn't get to be in real life. Maddie's younger sister, Mackenzie even got to play the role as her sister in the show as well.

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Maddie and Mackenzie Ziegler | New episode of Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn

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Maddie was only 11 when Sia, the famous singer messaged Maddie asking her to be in one of her music videos. At the time, she was expecting to be one of the back up dancers, and not being someone important in the role. When she flew out to shoot the music video however,  Maddie quickly realized she was the only one that was going to be in the video. She described the set as pretty dark and scary because it was in an abandoned apartment complex. Maddie met with the choreographer, Ryan Heffington, and went through the moves him and Sia were envisioning. Maddie felt as though it was strange that they didn't want pointed-toes involved. Instead, they wanted her to make scary-like facial expressions to convey the true meaning of the song, Chandelier.

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As she was writing this entry, she has 13 more shows left. She doesn't want to think about the tour ending because it makes her sad, so, she has decided to not keep track of how many cities she has left. She wants to enjoy the moment and pretend there's no end date. Maddie shares how the tour bus is just like a house on wheels. There's TV's, fridges, couches, and bunk beds.  She sleeps on the top bunk while her mother is on the bottom bunk. She's been on the road for the past 15 hours and what she's doing to keep her company is re watching Gossip Girl on Netflix with her tour best friend, Tonya. Tonya is Maddie's hair and makeup artist.

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Maddie answers one of her fan's main question, which is, if what they see on Dance Moms is real, as an example, the fighting with other teams and between moms and coaches. Maddie then explains how she can't really answer that question because she has only seen a total of one episode of Dance Moms. As stated in The Maddie Diaries, on page 49, "I don't love watching myself-it's kind of weird and I feel like, 'Well, that's behind me now.' I lived though it, so why do I need to watch it happen all over again?"

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This is one of Maddie's best friends as well. Accoding to The Maddie Diaries, Maddie describes Jojo as, "...a ball of energy--completely crazy, but in a great way that lights up a room" (71). They share an obsession for Grey's Anatomy but Jojo is far ahead into the show compared to Maddie. She even when on eBay and bought scrubs and a name tag that says "Dr. Siwa" on it.

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Maddie is huge on makeup. She loves the art of it and also shares her love for the makeup artists on Youtube. She also tells us how she wishes she was in Youtuber PatrickStarr's videos and was jealous about how Kendall got to be in one. She specifically loves how makeup can transform you into almost anything you can imagine. As stated in The Maddie Diaries, "I think what fascinates me most about all of these people is their ability to transform faces--it's like part art, part magic" (181).

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This was one of Maddie's performances. She performed this at Sheer Talent. She explains how the singer's voice did a good job at capturing all of the emotions in the song. In The Maddie Diaries, she states, "This was an intense one, 'Every time I hold your hand it feels like I'm drowning.' The character had to be someone in pain, trying to escape, but she keeps being pulled back"(61). The choreography consisted of a lot of spinning because when you have vertigo, you're dizzy.

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Dance Moms: Full Dance: Vertigo (S5, E10) | Lifetime

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This was a dramatic group dance that portrayed a little girl who is kidnapped. Mackenzie played he little girl, Nia (Maddie's best friend) played the kidnapper, and Maddie was the person who found the little girl. Maddie explains how she had to go to place where she could imagine her sister in danger. She finds Kenzie dead in a chair and run offstage crying. She then explains in The Maddie Diaries, "Sometimes the scariest dances are the ones about real situations, not fantasies"(66). She likes how these types of dances leaves the audience thinking.

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Maddie was asked to be one of the judges for the TV show, So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation. One of the other judges were Paula Abdul. Maddie describes Paula as stated in The Maddie Diaries, "...tiny, but she has has had this big career as a singer, dancer, actress, and choreographer"(130). At first, Maddie was a little scared to speak the truth and criticize the young dancers but after a while realized that criticism is good, so that the dancers could fix what needed to be fixed. There is a timer that shows how many minutes and seconds the judges had left to speak before the commercials. The other judge, Nigel, has a tendency to talk for a very long time. Sometimes, Maddie is only left with about 5 seconds to talk so all she can really say is, according to The Maddie Diaries, "'Wow!' and an enthusiastic thumbs up" (132).

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Maddie was about nine when all the girls from Dance Moms got to go to the Kid's Choice Awards. This was her first award show she had ever been to. All of the girls from Dance Moms wore pink that happened to match the pink carpet. Something that Maddie remembers from that day was when people would come and interview her and ask, "What star would you like to dance with?" Her answer would always be Justin Bieber. The paparazzi took a photo with Maddie and Justin with his arm around her and Maddie described him as, "He was very gracious.."(93).

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While on stage, Maddie explains how she doesn't get nervous. She doesn't have time to think about how many people are staring at her, Maddie shares how the other dancers on tour with her as well became her best friends. Wyatt and her are duo buddies. Nick was the responsible one, He'd always ask Maddie, according to The Maddie Diaries, "'Did you eat? Did you drink?' before a show." (119) He would always look out for her. The sad part about the tour ending was saying goodbye. Maddie explains how this was basically her second family and to say goodbye to all of it was going to be hard. Sia promised them all that they will be returning to tour in the near future. Here is a picture of Maddie and Sia together in one of their shows.

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Maddie had no idea how much this song was going to blow up. Other celebrities would tweet about how much it inspired them. In The Maddie Diaries, Maddie says, "Ellen DeGeneres raved, and Glee star Naya Rivera tweeted, 'Ok my jaw is completely dropped at how good this @Sia 'chandelier' video is.'"(93) Maddie then explains how she decided to check how many people have watched the music video, and over six million people have watched it and it was only in a matter of a few days.

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A Big Sister, Second Mom, and My Best Friend (9)

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A Big Sister, Second Mom, and My Best Friend (9)

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Maddie and Sia have a very special bond. Maddie even told her mother that she wanted to move in with Sia and wasn't even lying. In the Maddie Diaries, Sia states, "'If you didn't have such a great family, I'd adopt you."'(115) Sia has taught Maddie that taking a break can be good. Sia tells Maddie to tell her if she cannot do the dance, or it's just not working out for her. She tells her, "'Stay humble, be grateful."'(115) Maddie explains how that probably the best advice she had received.

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Kenzie, her sister presented her with the 2016 Breakthrough Performer Award. Her sister described her as stated in The Maddie Diaries, "Smart. beautiful, and talented"(97) After she was received her award, singer/songwriter/actress, Mandy Moore surprised Maddie and gave her a hug. Moore said, "'I love this little lady so much."' That made Maddie blush. Maddie stated, "It was such a special moment, and I love Mandy so much, too"(97).

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Maddie was nominated in the category called, "DailyMail.com's Seriously Popular Award." Other people that were nominated in this category were, Kylie Jenner, Ruby Rose, Cara Delevingne, and Bella Thorn. Maddie had no intention of winning, given that she was going against these popular celebrities. What surprised her was she actually won! During the award show, according to The Maddie Diaries, "I was sitting in the audience and this cute actor asked if I wanted to go outside of the auditorium with him and stretch my legs"(94). She almost went, but decided to stay for the whole show, which turned out to be the right decision because she got called up for the award.

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Maddie Ziegler @ People's Choice Awards 2016

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This dance is one that Dance Moms fans talk about the most. This dance is about texting and driving. The team performed this at Energy nationals. They all acted like they were distracted on their phones when all of a sudden, they get into a car crash. Maddie was the only one who survives and when the dance was over, the audience didn't know whether to clap, cry or scream. Maddie is very proud of this dance because this portrayed a very important message that she hopes saves lives.