Arts & Entertainment

Clinton Mother-Daughter Duo To Be Featured On TLC Reality Show

A Clinton beauty pageant pair will be showcased on a TLC show that highlights unusually close mother-daughter relationships.

CLINTON, CT β€” A Clinton mother-daughter duo will be featured in season 5 of the TLC show "sMothered." Daughter Gabriella and mother Catherine Galasso-Vigorito are beauty pageant queens who say they have a special connection, Distractify reported.

Catherine Galasso-Vigorito was Miss Connecticut USA, and Gabriella says she has "an entire poster blown up of her in my room." Catherine Vigorito says that she can see Gabriella in her "Miss Connecticut crown and sash any day," according to Distractify.

"We are so grateful for this amazing opportunity to showcase the ultimate mother-daughter bond," Catherine Galasso-Vigorito wrote in an Instagram post.

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Gabriella Vigorito is a model and popular TikTok user who has 461,000 followers and more than 12.3 million likes.

Catherine Galasso-Vigorito is an inspirational columnist and the author of "The Open Window: 8 Weeks to Creating an Extraordinary Life."

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TLC described sMothered on its website: "If you thought you knew what the phrase 'Like Mother, Like Daughter' meant, just wait until you meet these four outrageous mother-daughter duos who take their bonds to the extreme!"

The show premieres Tuesday at 10 p.m. on TLC.

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