Children Beauty Pageants

[serenity]

Do u agree with the concept of a beauty pageant for children?
Would u enter your child in a beauty pageant?

[sylvestter]

wham serenity? you didn't win the little miss farm-girl pageant and you harbouring sour grapes???

i think children beauty pageants are quite nonsensical and force stereotypes on children who do not need that extra pressure...

[SSDD]

don't agree with them either. if you want to foster a competitive spirit do it through sports. i don't like ti all gives them body images they should not have to worry about

[Falcon]

that's like a dog show or a breeds of cattle show......the 'owners' are the ones competing, not the kids.

[sheppy]

I think the whole concept of beauty pagents for children lays a bad foundation...
these little girls begin to rely on their looks (if dey win especially) creating a kinda superficiality ....
i mean if yuh good lookin..das nice...but fuh god's sake read a book nuh...when yuh reach over d hill...u better have a personality or a guy that's just as dumb...

[Solachica]

I don't like seeing those kids in beauty pagents. They are lil kids dressing and acting like grownups.
I've seen a few and those lil girls were more make up than me in my lifetime so far.

[kayt]

I don't agree with them. I suppose it was seeing a clip of one where a 5 year old was coached to keep smiling and she kept her pearly whites showing whilst answering questions at an interview. He eyes were wondering all over the place but she kept her face to the judges and that grimace of a smile as she was taught to do. To teach a child to be competitive of a particular type of look can lead to problems.

I can't see me as a parent watching my beautiful little girl (if I had one), with her dark skin and lushious bushy hair, straightening it, adding extensions if need be and checking that her complexion is as light as I can get it and making her walk in a particular way. All primped and preened and watching her diet dillegently if she looks as if she may be chubby. All to pander to a certain look that a competition may want.

[lexbarker]

it is showing off your kids to pedophiles.

[Solachica]

Anyone seen the movie Little Miss Sunshine?

[lexbarker]

Anyone seen the movie Little Miss Sunshine?
Yeah, junk.

[Solachica]

Yea I didn't think it deserved best movie award either.
But I was using it as a refrence to the child pageants. In the movie how they thought the lil gurl was to chubby and not looks worthy to make it in the pageant.

[kayt]

Little Miss Sunshine is entertainment, fiction. The reality is that there are a lot of pushy mothers trying to make a career out of managing their babies competition. The odd person just going for a one of competition is going to meet up with the others. Either they fall in line or they quit.

[Solachica]

Yea seems the mothers want it more than the kids.

[littleone]

^^ fuh real. these mothers need to stop living through their little girls and stand up and be good moms. and whenever you watch any stories on this, the mothers always going on and on, "oh my daughter loves it and it's all just for fun." Bulls%$@#.

Anybody remember that lil beauty queen who was murdered, Jon Bennet Ramsey? Frigging pedophiles must have been in their glory seeing her face all over the media dressed and all made up like that. terrible.

[vaio]

i think that there shld be laws to protect these children from participating in pagents until they have reached the age of consent....that way they can make their own choice...

[serenity]

Its interesting that everybosy sees it as a negative.
An arguement can be made for the pageants in that the process provides exposure for the girls, help them get a headstart in life by having their name out there. It might also give them confidence and a certain maturity, having been in the miniature beauty business. Some children thrive on competition and why not use 'beauty' just as well as any other skill?They might have opportunities that they would not otherwise have gotten had it not been for the pageants, like acting careers. They learn good posture and form and how to charm...life skills really.

[vaio]

seren...the negative aspect comes from the fact that some mothers push their daughters against their will to participate in these pagents...

i agree with your points though...

[sheppy]

But Serenity, you are the one that always seem offended, that women are judged by their looks primarily.
Doesn't this type of competition just re-inforce that ? Doesn't it help girls to 'rely' on their looks instead of their brains?

Or is it just being realistic because they'll be judged by their looks anyway..they might as well be good at it...

[Solachica]

:roll: I ent understand when ah 4-5yr old start obsessing abt their weight.
Does it give them the view tht in life you have to be pretty to get thru it? or maybe thts so...I just missed tht memo. :o :lol:

[serenity]

Sheppy, I just always have to be Devil's advocate ok? :D
I find the discussion on this thread was a lil one sided so I thought I'd be the voice for the other side.
I wouldnt enter my child in a pageant but my sis is 18 and if she wanted to enter a pageant she'd have my support and makeup skills.
There are practical benefits to such things and doing them when younger doesnt make it any less beneficial. The problem comes in with the downsides. I think the younger the child, the negatives are 'more negative'. But that is not to say that a child who has balance and proper guidance in her life cannot engage in healthy competition without becoming obsessed with their looks.

[serenity]

:roll: I ent understand when ah 4-5yr old start obsessing abt their weight.
Does it give them the view tht in life you have to be pretty to get thru it? or maybe thts so...I just missed tht memo. :o :lol:

But any competiton when taken too seriously can have that effect. Ballerinas (sp?) starve themselves. Gymnists too.

[serenity]

[quote="sheppy"]But Serenity, you are the one that always seem offended, that women are judged by their looks primarily.
quote]

Ah find yuh make meh sound like an ugly bitter person dey eh! :evil: :lol:

[sheppy]

bwhahahahaha....self esteem issues dey??
Seren...did u enter beauty pagents as a child??

anyway meh eh know bout d bitter...buh yuh eh ugly ;)

[serenity]

:lol:
Didnt enter any.
My issues are with my butt really. :cry:
Thanks for the uh..vote of non-ugliness. :)

[kayt]

:roll: I ent understand when ah 4-5yr old start obsessing abt their weight.
Does it give them the view tht in life you have to be pretty to get thru it? or maybe thts so...I just missed tht memo. :o :lol:

But any competiton when taken too seriously can have that effect. Ballerinas (sp?) starve themselves. Gymnists too.

True.