What is your opinion on beauty pageants? Do you think that it is appropriate for a child?

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Thank you so much (: I would love to hear your opinionWhat is your opinion on beauty pageants? Do you think that it is appropriate for a child?
I think it would be something fun to do for the kid maybe once or so. I hate those moms that make their kids up like little dolls. And they have to move and talk certain ways and if they don't, mama is gonna be mad. That's just horrible and definitely shouldn't be done to any child!!! As long as it's very ery sporadic and just plain for fun it's ok I guess.


A child should be able to be a childWhat is your opinion on beauty pageants? Do you think that it is appropriate for a child?
My niece was in a little mall one once and it was no big deal. I'm pretty sure all the girls got trophies regardless, and maybe the top five got ribbons, I'm not sure. It was a couple years ago and I doubt my niece even remembers. She just thought it was fun to wear the dresses, it was just like her dance recitals. I can see why people have problems with the freakish amount of make up and curlers being forced into screaming toddlers hair, but if the child is enjoying herself and it's not taken too seriously (like it is always portrayed on tv), I don't see how it's much different than joining a ballet performance. If anything that is going to end up being harder on her, there is lots of pressure for dancers to be light and thin, and nowhere near as many people to tell her dancing is bad as there are for pageants.
i think beauty pageants are pathetic.


We dont really have them here in australia, but i think anything that makes little girls worry about their looks at such an early age is horrible.


All kids are beautiful, and it is mostly the pathetic parents trying to relive their failed attempts at being a beauty queen through their daughters and sons.
the fast answer... no





i think that once a child is a teen they can make their own decisions but i don't think its fair to subject a small child to the process. pageants take a lot of dedication for rehearsals and all that kinda stuff. if the child's heart isn't in it its just going to cause stress in the home.





kids want to play... and yes some want to play dress up but pageants are a lot more than just dress up...
Not at all. From what I've seen, it's a high-pressure environment, even setting aside the pressure to be thin, and beautiful and have perfect makeup and all of that other. I'd be afraid of a kid developing any number of neuroses or eating disorders from the stress of it all.





Raise your kid to be happy, well-balanced, and healthy. Real competition can wait until they are at least in middle school.
I wouldn't let my child take part. I'm not interested in having my child focus on looks. And competing against other children regarding looks.





Its already a tough world and you're supposed to be skinny, pretty, wear makeup, etc. To start that and create that at a young age is just asking for trouble.





I'll still with playing in the dirt for my kids! :)
ha im not a parent but when i was younger, im 14 now, my mom had me in beauty pageants. it really wasnt all that fun. i loved being able to get out of school and i love traveling for it and of course i love winning, lol. but the rest of it sucked! it was cool to get all dressed up but when you have to sit there for hours while you get your outfits custom fitted or your hair and makeup done perfectly, it was really difficult for most of us. and after my parents divorced and my dad got custody of us, i decided that i didnt wanna do pageants anymore. i was a spoiled brat cuz of them. people tell you that your gorgeous, your the prettiest little girl in the contest. that if you just go out there one more time they'll get you whatever you want. i was always catered to and i got what i wanted out of it. it took my dad forever after the divorce to break me of the bad habits that i developed from the pageants and modeling. but thats just my opinion. like i said it was awesome when i won but if i didnt, it was crushing because each of us is told we're the prettiest and the best. its something im glad i got out of or who knows how bad i would be now, lol
I think having a contest for beauty is ridiculous, and I can't believe our society hasn't dropped this stupid bit of culture. I know some women say ';well as long as she wants to and asks to...'; but I think that's a moot point because what little girl would ask to be in a beauty pageant? I would imagine girls that ';ask'; to are just brainwashed and encouraged to ask. like: ';don't you want to get dressed up in pretty dresses and get your hair and makeup done like a little doll and show off....';


My daughters (if i have any) won't even know that these horrible things exist.
Not at all. I think they are a huge cripple in a girls self-esteem.


I went to school with a girl who was in them her whole life and she never felt pretty enough. She couldn't leave the house without a pound of make up on her face and she still felt like she was being judged at every turn.


There are much better things girls can be doing.
Not at all. I think little girls don't need to grow up in the mind set that beauty is everything. Do you want your child judging people by looks because that is how they are judged? I would never do that to my child.
no!





gets them introduced to the ';ideal woman image'; the media promotes


and that promotes, anorexia, bulimia, and self esteem issues, and gets them really competitive, i feel like it takes away their childhood
I think they're disgraceful and should be banned.
I think they are sick.
no. I do not want tree jumpers scoping out my kids.