I hate to admit it, but I actually did watch one episode of this show. The episode I saw showed the youngest girl at 7 years old. And she actually didn't wear a lot of make up or poof her hair three feet out from her head. I did not watch the entire show though, now that I think about it. Because I don't know who won.
But I agree, it is horrible. And the moms say - She loves it!! Really? I've seen other specials on this where the little girl is crying her eyes out and the mom is screaming at her. The problem is they wanted to be beauty pagent queens but couldn't so they are living vicariously through their daughters. Its just sad.
Oh, on Toddlers and Tiara's the mothers compete too!! They are ALL competing for the $5000 prize. Not in separate age groups, but all together. There's only ONE winner. Can you imagine being happy that you beat out a 4 year old???