Beauty pageants for little girls - wrong, wrong. wrong!

[spokette]

I watched Little Miss Sunshine on DVD last night and both my DH and I thoroughly enjoyed it. However, we were completely shocked by the scene at the beauty pageant where little girls were dressed in bikinis that were designed to portray them as nothing more than sexual objects imo, wore heavy makeup and were dressed up like teenage prom queens. In addition, the emphasis of the pageant was about conforming to a narrow criteria of beauty.

The one saving feature of the pageant was the talent contest but even that was more about fulfilling the needs of the pushy, uber-competitive mothers/fathers who were living their dreams through their daughters. No wonder Olive's family felt uncomfortable about the whole thing.

I know that this was only a film but no doubt real life pageants are like this. Why would parents subject their daughters to such an undignifying circus? It is just wrong on so many levels imho.

If I had a daughter, no way would I let her wear a bikini at the age of 7 let alone let her participate in a beauty pageant. If that makes me an old fashion fuddy duddy so be it.

you should have watched Maury yesterday! the yhad little girls as young as 3 wiht more slap than i have ever worn in one week on! sorry but i also can imagine most of the audience being peados!

I hate the concept too, altho I do have girls that do ballet and have to wear 'stage make-up' for their shows that is quite heavy.

I think the cocept of pageants tho is far more worrying as they are encouraged to be 'sexy' rather than to 'perform' (as they do with dance).

plus, they are told to push out their chests and thrust their hips forward. now, if that is a 'sexualised' way of walking then I don;t know what is!

prepare to projectile vomit in fear

twig....that link.....

did you notice some of the names of the kiddies tho.....talk about 'lapdance' names!

Twiglett at that link.

OMG. They look like painted dolls. And what's with those names?!

I remeber watching a programme on this once, it was awful. These little girls were spray tanned and everything, and they did little sexy dances on stage and sung at the same time.

It made very uncomfortable viewing! The mums were just as bad singing along and doing the moves in the audience!

that is so scary twig.

i watched little miss sunshine and the beauty pagent thing made me very uncomfortable, but i loved olive.

i once watched a programme on one of the living channels, it was called pushy parents or seomthing. and yes rela life pageants are like this. its shocking!