This is a response to the article Little Darlings: Inside the elaborate, disturbing and downright riveting world of child-beauty pageants by Amada Fortini.
High glitz beauty pageants; you either love ‘em, or you hate ‘em.
You have probably seen them. They are five-year-olds in full makeup, two-year-olds doing their “sassy walk” and seven-year-olds prancing across a stage in a bikini. It has its own set of rules and standards accompanied by competitive little girls and the infamous pageant mom. Frankly, Fortini got it right when she said these displays are questionable.
The first time a saw a clip of a full-glitz pageant girl, I was twelve and horrified. It reminded me of a nightmare I had had when I was younger. Little girls strutting across a stage in a way that reminded me of the way show dogs are trained to act. It looked like adorable dolls had turned into eerily glitz zombies. The fakeness was practically oozing out of them, ready to disappear as soon as they stepped offstage.
These spectacles have been described as “premature sexualization” and some wonder if these little girls may end up as the prey of sick adults. JonBenet Ramsey, the infamous six-year-old beauty queen who is still the victim of an unsolved murder case.
Why would someone do this? Some say for fame, the prizes, the poise and the confidence. But, pageant good dresses run over $600 and spray tans, fake nails and flippers (fake teeth) aren’t cheap either. So why have or sometimes force these girls (and even newborns) to perform in pageants instead of ballet or karate?
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