Date: 1/13/2001 3:57:00 PM
From Authorid: 16376
Good debate topic, I think if the children truly want to do it and are not forced its alright. if there parents force them into it then I think that is wrong :} Danielle  |
Date: 1/13/2001 4:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 20497
I agree with you 100%....emphasizes the wrong things that are not important....and causing damage to the children in the mean time...I would NEVER. bwearsie  |
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Date: 1/13/2001 4:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 17852
I think it is good for them it helps them build confidence and to be what its like to compete and can also help them in the furture when they decide to furthur a modeling career |
Date: 1/13/2001 4:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 15033
I know what you mean...My daughter wanted to start competing in beauty pageants when she was about 9. It started when her and her little friends saw a pageant on TV. They were suddenly obsessed by the old "I am prettier than you" attitude that goes with the whole concept. I explaied it to her much as you did above. I said those women aren't *that* beautiful; it is a lot of makeup, padding, and much more...She said "Okay then, I know I could win because I would find out how to do it better." I said, "why put yourself in front of everyone pretending that looks are so important? Everyone is beautiful in their own way, so why say its important to deem one person more beautiful than everyone else? Her wanting to be one soon went out the window...Love,  |
Date: 1/13/2001 4:33:00 PM
From Authorid: 19220
My sis-in-law put her daughter into 2 pagents but after she saw the parents (not all, but most) didding their children to look like little adult beauty queens with all the make-up and hair do's, she stopped. I personally dont like them because I think they teach about how important your looks are and they hardly look at anything else...IceQueen420 i hope that looks right..tring to eat and type at the same time..lol  |
Date: 1/13/2001 5:03:00 PM
From Authorid: 14571
I really don't like these pageants. Parents are putting them in when the girls are WAY too young. And like you said it gives them the wrong impression.  |
Date: 1/13/2001 5:24:00 PM
Its ok if the kid likes pagents, but I think the baby ones are stupid. How would a baby even know what a pagent is. I never wanted to be in a pagent, I am more into rough stuff like clibing trees. (<>..<> Alien |
Date: 1/13/2001 6:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 18781
I have to agree with you. I used toput my daughter in the little contests locally and had thought about putting her in some of the bigger ones till I saw how some of those little girls were made up. Some of them look more like little women. Also some of the moms..no offense to all pagent mom but SOME of them act as if it is life or death that their child places. What does this do to those little girls that don't? I would prefer my child to put more value on being a good person then being a beuaty queen. Just my view point.
Aester  |
Date: 1/13/2001 6:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 8717
I think that beauty pagents are sick. From what i saw in the ones that Jon Benet was in the little girls dance around in ways that are rather suggestive. They look like little hookers to me in all that makeup. I think that a parent would have to be sick to put their young daughters on display like that.  |
Date: 1/13/2001 8:08:00 PM
From Authorid: 4144
well, i put my daughter in her first pageant when she was 18 months old. i didn't know about the fancy dresses and the make-up. she got 2nd. place. the next pageant she was 2.5 years. we did very light make-up and a fancier dress. she won. at the age of 3 years old, she was old enough to know what was going on and she would decide for herself if she wanted to do them or not. sometimes she did, sometimes not. she did about 3-4 pageants a year til she decided at age 9 she had had enough and stopped. she has about 75 trophies stored in the basement, a few crowns and a load of ribbons and pictures. she did see how a lot of the other moms treated their kids and she didn't like it. once we saw a mom spanking a child because she didn't win. once we saw a mom spanking a child right before going on stage and then told her not to cry because of her mascarra. there are a lot of kooks out there but if the kids are having fun with it, i don't see any harm. there's other things judged besides beauty. there's talent, sportswear, personality.  |
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Date: 1/14/2001 9:58:00 AM
Well, they probably inherited bad genes from their parents anyway... Bad gene pool and all... |
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Date: 1/14/2001 1:02:00 PM
From Authorid: 11092
I agree entirely. I think it's terrible. Bleach blond hair, tan skin, and eight pounds of mak-up on a child? They claim it is beauty, but in actuality, they are covering it. |
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Date: 1/14/2001 1:05:00 PM
From Authorid: 11092
In reference to the tan skin. I pointed that out, because they actually take their children to tanning booths. |
Date: 1/14/2001 1:15:00 PM
From Authorid: 13324
I would agree with them IF they would judge them as little girls no makeup no wild hair do no fancy clothes.I think they should be judged on natural beauty.namnik  |
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Date: 1/14/2001 7:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 8320
I agree with Moma Bug. I have 100+ trophies and crowns from my pageant days. Most people get the wrong impression of pageants. Not every child wears huge dresses and gaudy makeup, and those who do rarely win anything. I have nothing but wonderful memories from beauty pageants. I made a lot of friends and built my confidence. *Mystical~Grace* |
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