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by tamarakh is ready for a vacation on February 2nd, 2008
Ugh. I think it's totally shameless and borders on abuse. Little girls shouldn't even know what make-up and hairspray are (apart from the fact that it's something mommies use) until they're much older than these poor babies. Seeing 3 and 4 year olds with their hair teased and curled and their faces made up is actually kind of creepy to me, not beautiful. I think pageants for people under say...14? should be eliminated altogether.
by Nuclear Kitten on January 8th, 2008
disgusting
by eric on January 8th, 2008
I think it's shameless for the most part.
by Sociopathetic on July 29th, 2009
I wouldn't hesitate to put my child in a beauty pageant. It's no different than signing them up for a sport. All the negative stuff like people complaining about mother's and father's being too pushy is seen in any competitive activity... I'm not a 'stage mother' kind of person and as soon as my child didn't want to do it anymore, I wouldn't push them.
I don't think they're bad, I believe it's just another activity.
by Teasdale on February 5th, 2008
I often wonder why we, as a society, still hold beauty pageants at all, or why we still accept them. What a joke and a farce. I think children should be children and not made up to look like adults, wearing makeup, using hairspray, dressing up in ridiculously frilly outfits and then dressing in skimpy outfits....the madness needs to stop.
by Sexymom2B on January 28th, 2008
I get really ticked off when I see the five and six year old girls on the stage in more makeup than I wear in a week. AND some of the provocative dances that they have them do for the talent shows really disguist me too.
by alien on January 8th, 2008
they are reliving the dream they once would have liked for themselves lol.
by Pepsi_drinking_redneck on January 8th, 2008
It's not the mothers we're supposed to be judging,
we're supposed to be judging their kids.
by Yarnlady is happy every day on January 8th, 2008
I think it's perfectly natural to be proud of a child, and if the child enjoys it, where is the harm?
by roiboysatx on August 6th, 2009
i think its terrible and they are trying to live their lives through their daughters. kid beauty pageants should be banned as child abuse
by schmee2369 on July 4th, 2009
There setting up their beautiful little girls for...failure, dissapointment, a lack of confidence...confusion, and much much more. What are they thinking...they are just using those little girls to reach some kinda "stardom" they themselves want to have in some freakish way.
Have you seen some of them shows?...the moms are creepy obsessive weirdos who force their kid to do things, and make them feel they are not good enough if they dont win...
It should be child abuse in some cases.
by BOOZE HOUND... nothing is nonsence on May 5th, 2008
I'm sure they think there helping there kids but you should wait untill there teenagers and they can make there own decisions.
by Starmaster on February 2nd, 2008
I think most of them are like the fathers who love having their kids in competition sports. They are seeing themselves wishing the kids could accomplish something they just couldn't.
by Simply99 -- Not a fan favorite. on January 8th, 2008
Same as men who put their sons in sports. If it's done for the sake of competition and to learn more experiences, I have no problem. If it's to live vicariously through the kiddo to live out some childhood fantasy of yours, and the kid hates doing it, then it's wrong. In both cases, if the kid enjoys it, and not taking too too too too seriously, all is well and good. Competition is a healthy activity when taken in the right doses.
by Meleggles on January 8th, 2008
I think they are doing it for themselves, not their little girls. If they don't push them too hard or get obsessed with it I guess it's okay but they don't seem to be able to just enjoy it without going overboard.
by Everdreamer on July 4th, 2009
Self-loathing women who want to achieve their dreams through the next generation, since they were never popular (or are no longer popular).
by Indigo- in the library with the revolver on July 4th, 2009
They are obviously blind to what sort of things children enjoy and don't enjoy. Poor kids.
by CHeeZie MC on July 31st, 2009
I just think there living their guardians dream 8-(
by Kirst on May 15th, 2008
i mean, they can do whatever they want with their kids, but they have to realize the effect it will eventually have on them.
whether it's 5 years from now or 30.
i think it's point blank MESSED UP.
why put your kid through that?
even if they "want to"?
it's not worth it.
by strange1 still in pb on July 4th, 2009
because they are proud
when did the winner of a pageant first cover it's face?
by crazyjjoints on June 7th, 2011
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I am looking to enter a scholarship pageant at my college. I am a men and not homosexual. What would be a suitable talent?
by The_Inception on February 26th, 2011
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Do all beauty contest winners have to work for world peace and feed all the hungry children?
by cehowski on July 15th, 2011
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I have not talent and I need one for a pageant... What should i do?
by The_Inception on March 8th, 2011
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What year were you the sexiest?
by Weylon on July 13th, 2011
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I totally agree with you. I find it disturbing, and it promotes the wrong kind of values. In my humble and brutally honest opinion.
by Carrot and Stick on February 2nd, 2008
Ditto. I feel really bad for those kids. Beautiful baby contests are one thing, but full blown pageants with make up and gowns and whatnot are the stuff pedophiles are made of.
by tamarakh is ready for a vacation on February 2nd, 2008