Dance Moms tot Vivi-Anne Stein is all grown up – and looks totally different from her days dancing at the Candy Apples Dance Studio with her mum Cathy.
Vivi-Anne captured the hearts of the nation with her iconic bee costume dance – and after insisting she wasn’t at all keen on dancing.
In a confessional on the show, Vivi-Anne admitted: “I don’t even like dancing. I’m just here because my mom said she would buy me tacos.”
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However, her mum Cathy Nesbitt-Stein became known on Lifetime hit show Dance Moms as Abby Lee Miller’s arch-nemesis, and was always around to ruin her plans to take the winning trophy.
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Now 18, Vivi-Anne looks totally different from her days on the show.
In a sweet Christmas update from her mum Cathy, Vivi-Anne could be seen cuddling with her pet pooch, Patch, in a pair of red-and-black checked pyjamas.
The star wore her dark hair loose around her shoulders, and has added in some honey blonde highlights – looking a far cry from her Dance Moms days.
Vivi-Anne gave the camera a big smile as Cathy told her Instagram followers: “Merry Christmas.”
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Her fans have branded Vivi-Anne “beautiful” and “so pretty” after her epic hair transformation, while others simply can’t believe how grown up she looks.
Despite her lack of interest in dance, Vivi-Anne has gone on to star in numerous competitions representing Candy Apples.
She also went on to join the cheerleading squad at St. Thomas Aquinas School in Louisiana – following in the footsteps of her Dance Moms co-star Brooke Hyland, who quit Abby Lee’s team to pursue cheerleading.
Although if her dance dreams don’t pan out, Vivi-Anne is keen on pursuing a career in medicine and making it as a doctor.
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Although Vivi-Anne and Cathy butted heads a few times on the show, the pair share an adorable bond in real life, with Vivi-Anne praising her in a sweet Mother’s Day post.
She said: “Mother’s Day has always been kind of an ‘awkward’ day for me. People always ask me if I’ve ever met or want to meet my ‘real’ mom, which sure that would be cool to meet her but she’s my biological mother or my birth mother not my real mom.
“You’re my real mom,” she told Cathy, alongside a snap of the pair with their arms around each other.
“The woman who is raising me and takes care of me. Half the time when I explain this to someone and they don’t understand because they’ve never experienced it.
“This takes a lot of guts and courage, letting someone stay with you even though they aren’t biological and treating them like they’re your own even if you do get some negative feedback.”
The star went on: “I wish that there were more people in the world who did this. It takes a lot to be a mother but even more to be a mom. I just want to say thanks for being the best ‘real’ mom.”
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