Former `Dance Moms' Star Shows Off New Look, Attitude From Prison

PITTSBURGH, PA - Incarceration seems to be doing former “Dance Moms” star and Pittsburgh native Abby Lee Miller a world of good. Miller claims in a recent Instagram post that prison has made her a better person and she has lost considerable weight in a photo accompanying the post.

“My world flipped upside down when I had to enter prison,” Miller stated in the post. “I have made friends with both inmates and staff, I’ve tried to better myself, participated in anything offered to me and I am a better person for this experience.”

TMZ reported that Miller, 51, has lost as much as 100 pounds since reporting to federal prison in Victorville, CA last July. She was sentenced to a year and a day in prison after pleading guilty to bankruptcy fraud and other charges.

Miller also used the post to address reports that she’ll be released early next month for good behavior.

“All the press stories and speculation are not entirely correct,” she stated. “I am feeling hopeful but no dates have been confirmed at this time.”

Miller appeared in the popular Lifetime reality show from its 2011 debut until quitting the program last year. The show, which dealt with Miller's attempts to instruct young female dancers while getting into near-constant confrontations with their mothers, initially focused on Miller's suburban Pittsburgh dance studio.

Photo: Associated Press.