Your opinions on Beauty Pagents

[Slice0Pie 815]

When I am talking about Beauty Pagents, I am talking about the ones for 2-13 year olds, and maybe some older kids.

What are your opinions on them?

When I was a little, twinkie pinkie, I used to be in Beauty Pagents, and my mom loved me doing them, but my dad made me drop out because one of the moms were yelling at me, not my mom, another mom, saying get off the stage, since it apparently wasn't my turn, that is when I was about 2 or 3, maybe 4.

And now a-days, I just don't like them. I just don't like how moms just put make up, and lipstick on 2 year old girls, my mom is making my 2 year old sis do beauty pagents now, my mom sent me a pic of her, and it just disturbed me since she was wearing lipstick and stuff, I don't know if I am the only one who thinks that, but that is what I think.

 Anyways, what do you think about them?

[Scootalove 10,689]

I don't exactly like them, if the parents are forcing their daughters to be in the beauty pageants then it would be pretty sad if they didn't want to be in the pageants at all. Not too harmless, I guess.

[Troblems 5,617]

Honestly, I don't think lipstick is that bad, because it wipes off. But dying a kids hair, tattoo make up, plastic surgery? I say if the kid really wants to do it, go for it. But don't force it because you're living vicariously through your six year old.

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

I don't really understand child beauty pageants...  Why is anyone rating the attractiveness of a six-year-old?  Isn't that the age where we should be telling them that they should be comfortable with their bodies?  How does this affect their self-esteem later in life?  For me, it's just a barrage of questions that I can't find the answers to.

 

Maybe I'm just looking at it the wrong way, but as of right now I don't see the point or the value in them.

[Moonlight 7,286]

In my opinion, beauty pageants are disgusting...unless the kid wants to do it. If they don't want to do it, and the parent(s) forces them, then there's a problem. And the people who sometimes get plastic surgery for their daughter when they're at such a young age are disgusting as well. I still believe beauty pageants are incredibly stupid. And the parents who live through their daughters by forcing them to dress up and parade around at beauty pageants aren't much better. 

[GhostPony750 959]

I readed all the posts above, and... plastic surgery on a 4 year old child seriously? What kind of madness is this? Why would you do that!?

 

Wow, some parents have zero respect for their kids, this is just awful. I just imagine the kid when it grows up... what if this surgery have any impact on the child's developpement? I guess when it grows up, she will be quite angry at her parents.

 

In my opinion, this should be illegal. I don't even see the point of this, it's awful.

[The Pulse 210]

I'm fine with them if it's older than High school. But if your trying to flaunt your figure before that, I don't think it's the best Idea to get into adolescents (or even more so children's) heads, with out side media (popular figures) already putting heavy pressure on looking perfect. Besides, I think they're kind of pointless in the first place.

Edited October 22, 2013 by The Pulse

[Troblems 5,617]

I know it's a movie, but look at Little Miss Sunshine. If you haven't seen it, you need to. She really wanted to do a beauty pagent, even though she clearly wasn't the "perfect" child they were looking for. Yes, in the end she did end up getting kicked out, but she was okay with that, which was really what the aim of the movie was.

[Zygen 6,066]

I honestly am not much of a fan of the excessive makeup and stuff in beauty pageants much frankly, i think alot of times it just makes them look like barbie dolls literally..

 

I saw this show on it one time on TV when we where watching random stuff on the living room. 

 

and i just don't get it, the children are to young to get the point of it i think, and i think it can affect their self esteem highly in the future.

 

I think if they're going to do them, they should atleast wait until they're in highschool, or something. Not when they're basically forced and trained to from birth by their parents.

 

they have like no respect for their kids.. like one mom was talking about how her daughter was a nervous pee-er and she had her "trained" to pee before performances" and the entire time they were going to the bathroom she was saying "potty" like she was some kind of dog. (Not to mention there was like several other times that it seemed like she was treating her like a pet more then her daughter, it was disgusting...)

 

So yeah, i don't like them.

[Guest]

I wouldn't put my daughter in them until she was old enough to make the rational decision for herself and REALLY wanted to. Personally, I see negative and positives with them but I'd prefer not mention them to my kids and just not do them at all. Little kids learn for the beginning that looks are really important when they're in beauty contests and if they lose, it upsets them. Not really worth it to me. :/

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

I personally think they're stupid but hey, if that's how some parents want to raise their children then so be it. It's not my fault if their daughter ends up having a bad relationship with her parents later on in life.

[Fluttershyfan94 5,742]

I think that it's okay as long as the kid is participating because they want to. But truthfully I dislike the message they're giving, it's obsession with looks that will lead to low self esteem issues and etc. I don't like how people seem to want everyone to fit in this idea of how a girl or a boy should look like. We already have plenty of this as we grow up, why let kids experience it. I don't know, as long as the kid wants to then I can't say anything, I don't like it though.

Edited October 22, 2013 by Fluttershyfan94

[Noazark 67]

If it against a child's will, it is literally child abuse. I very much disagree with the idea of objectifying little girls as trophies to put on a stage. However I am perfectly okay with beauty pagents with 18 and up contestants. People can do what  they want, but they can't force babies into competitions.

[Hawk Moth 390]

They seem silly to me. The Toddlers in Tiaras thing takes it to the next level from silly to grotesque however, and I oppose that with all my being. Even things like Miss America, while harmless, seem outdated in my opinion. I don't exactly see those women as attractive. They're attractive in the same sense of a plaster replica of a statue. They're technically everything they need to be, but it only comes across as looking artificial to me.

[Glaci 119]

Some of those parents are awful. They will literally yell at their own child, and for a stupid reason at that.

 

Some of the children don't even like doing it, yet their parents force them to put on pounds of makeup and silly clothing that just make them look uglier. It's pretty much child abuse if the kid doesn't wanna do it. If they like to have their parents yell at them and be humiliated on TV, then fine by me, let them do it.

 

But in general, I think they should be stopped. Any good parent wouldn't let their child do that because of how it would affect them when they're older. I mean some of those outfits are things parents won't let teenagers wear. But it's humiliating for the child whether they know it or not. But once again, the media is the enemy here, especially when it comes to shows like "Toddlers in Tiaras." They just make the children look bad and basically have tons of people laughing at them, and it's absolutely terrible. The parents and the media are the problem, really.

Edited October 22, 2013 by Star Streak

[Shanks 10,816]

I think it is creepy, wrong and will end up scarring many of these girls for life. These children are being sexualized to such a disturbing extent that it is borderline pedophilia. They are too young to be worrying about things like lipstick, makeup (at least to this absurd extent) and I think elective plastic surgery is a bad idea even for adults. Many of them are going to grow up thinking that the only way to succeed is to just be another "pretty" face because that is exactly what they are being encouraged to do in these pageants.

[~Lawful Haze~ 173]

No, I thihnk they're utterly disgusting and gives children the wrong ideas for what's good in life. Bad, bad idea on the whole. eugh.

[Virulence 254]

Don't get me started with beauty pageants, especially for toddlers and such. I do NOT support those at all. It's just a bunch of snobby parents putting makeup on a freaken toddler! It drives me so insane to see that, especially for the kid. That is not the way to raise them. Heck, they shouldn't even be introduced to makeup until they hit their teens. On top of that, their attitudes will become very disrespectful. Always asking for new things, and even makeup.

 

All in all, these "pageants" are a disgrace.

[Mephala 2,633]

Nah, cannot say I like them very much. Self-esteem is important to children at that age but beauty pageants go about teaching kids that the wrong way (i.e. the only way to empower yourself is by wearing makeup and "winning").

It's not really a thing here in Canada, but I hear it's a huge deal in the States.

[ChoroChii 284]

A women's body isn't something to be put on display and judged, beauty pageants are sexist, demeaning, and over all stupid. If a grown women wants to participate in such actions, that's her decision and her right but for pete's sake, teach your children some respect. Getting your little girl all dolled up to be put on display is not only extremely disrespectful [especially if they don't want it] but is teaching them some pretty messed up life values. 

[Slice0Pie 815]

Honestly, I don't think lipstick is that bad, because it wipes off. But dying a kids hair, tattoo make up, plastic surgery? I say if the kid really wants to do it, go for it. But don't force it because you're living vicariously through your six year old.

I know lipstick can just whipe off, but I just find it very disturbing that parents even THINK putting that stuff on a toddler, its mest up

[Pomfritter 165]

It's basically cancer that is outside of the Internet. It's as if people are trying to sexualize younger audiences without thinking about the future consequences of such actions. The only positive that comes from those pageants is the money that the parents receive, which they probably don't share with the children who won the money.