madilyne took home title after title, sweeping crowns and prize money that went into dresses with more glitz and dance lessons with the best instructors. there was nothing that wasn't good enough for her. when she was at one of the qualifying pageants for miss teen florida and during her performance of "wind beneath my wings" she was noticed by someone who had ties at a recording studio, who had her record it on a cassette and sent it off to the right people and the next thing she knew she had a record deal.

she was a few days shy of eighteen by the time her first album came out. baby one more time climbed the charts despite mixed reviews, and she became the first new female artist to have a number one single on the billboard hot 100 with an overwhelming 1.8 million copies sold in the first two months. the success was insane and exciting and madi clung to the normalcy to keep herself grounded; she made really fast friends with evelyn stobaugh, the daughter of her record producer who helped her add the background vocals to her first album and naturally the press was keen to follow their friendship.

with every release of her albums, madi gained more attention for being racier and more provacative than the fresh faced and innocent first album was. truth was, she had absolutely no time to think for herself and agreed to the ideas that were thrown at her. it felt right and it felt good to have the success that she gained nearly overnight, but ultimately she was reaching for the sound she wanted all along. the lyrics she helped to write weren't that great, she was so proud of the work she had put out there for the world, and they seemed to like it.

it wasn't until 2007 when things started to spiral for madi. while everyone seemed to have an opinion on what she should do or what she should wear, the media just would not leave her alone. the rumors floated endlessly, but the one that hit the closest to home was about her sexuality and the relationship she had with the up and coming pop sensation evie stobaugh. they pinned a blurry kiss of the pair on every front page, and the pair quickly put distance between them. madi was seen flipping off the paparazzi and took a long vacation to a private residence in hawaii to let the press forget her name for a while.

the rest died down after a while, and madi has been on an uphill climb to gain her standing back as the queen of pop ever since. she had a couple cameo roles on television shows, and a tell-all documentary where she explained that yes, she was bisexual and no, it wasn't a big deal. planet hollywood resort and casino opened up a reseidency for her to perform, where she has been playing since 2013 and is currently working on her ninth studio album. so yeah. madi's doing just fine, bitch.