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Amy Winehouse reportedly wants to be the next Barbie doll and thinks she would be a hit with kids. [Pop Crunch]High Glitz: Exploring Child Pageants Through A Feminist Lens
Susan Anderson's photography book High Glitz —which includes thought-provoking essays by Simon Doonan and Robert Greene, as well as a guide to everything glitz—presents a portrait of the bizarre American pastime that is the world of child beauty pageants.Pageant Mom Puts 8-Year-Old Daughter On Crash Diet
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Fortunately, the baby didn't have Down Syndrome, and got cute enough for pageantry, according to one mother on last night's Toddlers & Tiaras, who says the documentary Living Dolls inspired her to get her daughter involved in child beauty pageants. More »Toddlers & Tiaras: 9-Year-Old Gets Tattooed & Other WTF Moments
Last night's episode featured a pageant in Hawaii, where one little girl got a (fake?) tattoo, a mother purposely deprived her child of her ADHD meds and then Photoshopped the shit out of her picture until she was unrecognizable. More »The Beauty Pageant Coach Interview TLC Didn't Want You To See
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Toddlers & Tiaras: Was This 10-Year-Old's Bra Stuffed?
Last night, three sisters entered the Babes of Summer pageant. So they wouldn't compete against each other, their mother lied about her 10-year-old's age so she could be in an older age group. But did she also enhance her dress? More »Toddlers & Tiaras: "Bad Cop, No Donut"
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Pageant Kid Is Not Enthused To Be Pageant Kid
Toddlers & Tiaras's Emily was on Good Day L.A. today. Her father says she's been doing pageants since infancy to learn "poise and self-confidence." Well, she hasn't, as evidenced by the fact that she's afraid to speak without parental prompting. More »Former Child Beauty Queen Says Pageants Led To Emotional Problems
Today, 19-year-old Brooke Breedwell of the 1995 documentary Painted Babies told Good Morning America competing in child beauty pageants was emotionally damaging. But, current stage moms insist competing is just a healthy "game of dress up." Clip at left.Why Give An African-American Child A Spray Tan?
Child Pageants: American Pasttime Exported Across The Pond
Toddlers & Tiaras: Is There Such A Thing As A Heterosexual Pageant Dad?
"We Decided To Make The Hemline Of The Costume Longer"
Emiri Miyasaka, Japan's Miss Universe, will adjust her official costume (pictured) after pageant organizers received complaints from more than 2,000 people, including one who said the kimono looked like "something a prostitute might wear." Maybe it's the garters? [Bloomberg]Toddlers & Tiaras: Tootie Is A Total Nightmare
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