What do you think of little kids doing beauty pageants?

I think little kids shouldn't do it, I mean seriously little kids wearing make-up and stuff. It just doesn't seem right.





Also why don't guys do beauty pageants in general?What do you think of little kids doing beauty pageants?
I don't think it's so healthy. There are other, better ways to promote self esteem.





When I hear the Mother's saying ';But, she LOVES it! She WANTS to do it!';... I think, Well, she might want to drive the car too, but would you let her? She's only 6.





I would be afraid my daughter would grow up with some very shallow ideas of what makes a person attractive.





As far as guys doing it. Years ago I had seen some small local boy contests. But they don't get any participation. Most boys don't want to be viewed as ';pretty';. The ones I saw were adjuncts to girl contests so that the boys wouldn't feel left out.





Now whenever I hear about little beauty pageants, I always think of Jon Benet Ramsey.What do you think of little kids doing beauty pageants?
I didn't start competing in pageants until I was thirteen, but I wish I had started earlier. I did participate in dance recitals starting from the age of three, where before the recitals I had my makeup done... thick gobs of blue eyeshadow, dark pink circles of blush, and bright red lipstick. All the girls looked like that; you have to, because the stage lights will wash you out. Why is that more widely accepted than pageantry?





From what I've seen as a contestant (I have competed in pageants with divisions that include babies to twentysomethings), most pageant makeup is far more tasteful than dance recital makeup. I have never seen a five-year-old go out on stage with bright red lipstick; they would look like a clown, and the judges would absolutely take off points for something so inappropriate. Some people think that dance makeup (or cheerleading, etc.) is okay because the girls are ';actually doing something worthwhile'; (yes, I've heard this many times.) Who is to say what is and what isn't worthwhile? For me, pageants gave me so much self-confidence I truly could not have found anywhere else. Some people get that through sports, which I dislike; or public speaking classes, which I'm not interested in, etc. Pageants did it for me, and for many other people, some of whom started very young and were those little kids you speak of. What's wrong with having self-confidence? It's fine to be curious about kids in pageants, as you are, but some people just take it too far, and decide that we're all crazy and that kids in pageants are being abused. It really gets ridiculous.





Oh, and boys do compete in pageants. Many pageants have male divisions... usually for the littler kids, like six or younger, but some have them all the way up to adult. There's such a stigma surrounding it that many boys who want to participate feel bad about it; they think it's not manly enough, or that wanting to participate means they're gay, so they just don't do it. It's really sad.
I think its very pedophilish. these little girls are getting spray tannned at a mere 6 years old and dying their hair. they get so much pressure put on them to look good at pageants, and the are at the tender age where you are supposed to play wih dolls and not care about anything





and about the guys not doing beauty pageants, they dont do them because they have a subconcious fear that people will think they are gay. its weird, and most guys just dont care about that stuff.
They're not fair. It's not fair on other kids. They get told they're too ugly and that they can't do it. Then they live with that for the rest of their lives. Infact, no ones ugly. Beauty comes in many forms and shouldn't be used in competition.





..Plus the kids that win turn into snobby little brats that end up swearing at their parents at the age of 11.
personally i think they are stupid, shallow and a waste of money. as a parent i wouldn't put my kids through it...i think they are parents living their dreams through the child. as far as a guy beauty pageant goes...i really don't know...never really thought about it.
I dont agree with it at all. Its the parents that get all the glory through their kids. The kids are not old enough to make a conscious decision to do this. They do what their parents want.






i think it is wrong and the parents should be shot!!!!