How Patricia Krentcil, “Tan Mom”, looks like today
Patricia’s tanning obsession began when she was just 23 years old. The New Jersey woman was – according to the owner of City Tropics tanning salon in Nutley, New Jersey – averaging five visits a week for a maximum session of 12 minutes. She had an unlimited monthly plan of $100.
Now, it wasn’t the fact that she was tanning that first made her an internet sensation. In 2012, her face was all over the internet for a whole different reason.
In May 2012, Krentcil faced criminal charges of child endangerment. As reported by CBS New York, police said she had put her 6-year-old daughter in a stand-up tanning booth, leaving the child with burns.
Charged after brining daughter tanning
Patricia, though, said it all was a big misunderstanding. She insisted she would never bring her daughter, Anna, to the salon.
“No not at all, not at all, not whatsoever,” Krentcil said.
