I'm not necessarily in favor of banning them, but I'd love to see lots and lots of restrictions. Keep it age appropriate regarding clothing, accessories, makeup and hairdos. Ban the tanning and the removable dental work that make it look like they have a set of perfect teeth. Ban the sexually suggestive posing. Let that 5 year old look like a 5 year old, and not a mini street walker - and that was the most polite way I could say it, tho other words would be far more accurate! Who will they imitate or emulate next - Miley Cyrus???
Sure - little girls like to play dressup - I know I did when I was a kid - and my other little friends and I did it rather often. But I can say with a very big amount of certainty, that the little girls in these pageants are not doing it because they want to, and it's their mothers (and fathers to a lesser degree), that are pushing them into it. These mothers are nothing more than failed wannabe beauty queens, and they are living what they failed to accomplish, thru their daughters. If they would only get it thru their vain and selfish skulls and see what potential danger they are putting their daughters in. Every pedophile out there can view these girls without anyone ever knowing,, and we all know where that can lead. Look at JonBenet Ramsey. Even tho her killer has never been found and of course I can only speculate, but I believe it was some sicko who saw her in a pageant, or photos of her, or even just playing in her own yard. I can't believe that any mother would put her daughter in potential harm's way, for the sake of a trophy, and place herself in financial straights and a less than a desirable relationship with her husband - all for the glory that isn't even hers.
And don't even get me started on the marvelous show that airs here in The States - Toddlers & Tiarras. I could just barf...........
at my feet
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