Call her by her given name. Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson celebrated her upcoming 16th birthday by posing for a photo shoot and opening up about her life as a teenager after spending the majority of her childhood as a reality star.The Toddlers & Tiaras alum, who will be another year older on Saturday, August 28, declared in a Teen Vogue profile published on Wednesday, August 25, that she no longer wants to go by her famous nickname. “My mama did not name me Honey Boo Boo,” she explained. “My name is Alana.”In fact, Thompson believes the persona she embodied as a child is in stark contrast to who she is today. “They are completely two different people,” she noted. “I would say that I do like this Alana now, rather than the younger Alana.”Th
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