Jezebel 
Enter your username and password.
-
more about #childbeautypageants more comments → SouthernGal98: I can't speak with any authority to high glitz child pageants - they didn't really exist when I was a kid. However, I can say from experience that som... more » RollsRoyceRevenge: #1. If she didn't look like her top was going to fall off, I might accept this as a "Victorian" look for some young miss living in Murray Hill. #2. T... more » NewsBunny: Girl number three is horrifically over-sexualized. That is a very disturbing photograph. #highglitzbook more » thehighshelf: But there isn't any frivolity! There is no goofiness, luxury, or play in this mess. #highglitzbook more » amazoncowgirl: The argument that by criticizing and moralizing about Pagaents is somehow denying a little girl or trans child the right to live out their fantasy of ... more » neuronerd: Hmph. Simon Doonan, I'll have knee-jerk antipathy towards beauty pageants if I very well please, even you do think I'm "overeducated"... wait, what? ... more » SharonTaint: Number 4 could be a Zoloft ad, I'm sorry to report. But these are the facts. That little girl is sad beyond her years. more » Misiula: Sorry, but I can't put my ideas in a more developed and refined form. I look at these pictures and can't help thinking that it's all wrong. I liked ma... more » MilointheMeadow: Ugh, I hate it when people invoke the name of Lewis Carroll when the subject of young girls comes up. In my brain, he is a sensitive genius and not a... more » lurkerbynature: If you want your kid to play dress-up in a structured environment, there's always Children's Theatre. They can play with makeup and costumes to their... more » SonicNapoleonic: Can we just stop sexing up little kids please? It's NOT RIGHT. Kids don't need make up and sexy outfits. They need to have dirt/grass stains on them a... more » judgingamy: Lewis Carroll was also arrested for sleeping in the bushes next to the real Alice's house, and her parents put a restraining order against him, so lik... more » muddgirl: But then how does that explain say, transgender children, or little boys who—at ages as young as 18 months—have those same interests, despite the ... more » LutherNipperkin: "Girls are empty vessels, screens of projection; they are not the agents or producers of their world, or so we think. We do not recognize that they co... more » History Major: One of my philosophies in life is to try and keep an open mind as often as possible. And despite what many people think I have to maintain this sentim... more » -
#livingdolls
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. -
#livingdolls
Pageant Mom Puts 8-Year-Old Daughter On Crash Diet
On last night's Toddlers & Tiaras, one woman was upset that her 8-year-old daughter no longer fit into her $1,200 custom-made dress, so she put her on a strict, all-fruit diet for the week leading up to the pageant. More » -
#livingdolls
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 » -
#livingdolls
10 Parenting Fails Of Pageant Moms
Last night's episode of Toddlers & Tiaras was typical in its display of unorthodox parenting that involves bad advice, spray tans, and sexy bikinis for five year old girls. More » -
#livingdolls
"Being A Pageant Mom Is No Worse Than Being A Welfare Mom"
On last night's episode of Toddlers & Tiaras, one woman said that being a pageant mom is "no worse" than being a "welfare mom." Then she explained that she sometimes doesn't make "medical payments" in order to afford pageant fees. More » -
#livingdolls
10 Reasons Why Child Beauty Pageants Are Bad For Girls
Last night's episode of Toddlers & Tiaras really illuminated why child beauty pageants might not be the best environment for young girls. More » -
#livingdolls
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 » -
#livingdolls
Toddlers & Tiaras: "Bad Cop, No Donut"
On last night's episode, a 4-year-old girl was in a sexy cop costume, the back of which said, "bad cop, no donut." The mom's explanation of it was way more inappropriate: somehow "donut" is a synonym for "vagina." More » -
-
#livingdolls
Toddlers & Tiaras: Facials, Massages Imperative To 4-Year-Old's "Inner Beauty"
On last night's episode, Emily—whose father says he expresses his love by "buying her things"—spent five hours at a spa getting a facial and massage, among other treatments, to "boost her confidence" for an upcoming pageant. More » -
#livingdolls
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 » -
#livingdolls
Why Give An African-American Child A Spray Tan?
Because she's in a glitz pageant! At least, that was the reasoning regarding this 6-year-old from last night's episode of Toddlers & Tiaras. More » -
#livingdolls
Toddlers & Tiaras: Is There Such A Thing As A Heterosexual Pageant Dad?
Last night's episode of Toddlers & Tiaras featured Dwayne, a self-professed "pageant dad," who choreographs his 6-year-old daughter's routines, co-designs her costumes, and does her makeup. He's married to a woman, but the question remains: Is he gay? More » -
#mixedbag
10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week
This week's multimedia compilation of pop culture crap features a toddler who wants Botox, a toddler who has giant muscles, a toddler who acts like Anna Nicole Smith, and more. More » -
#livingdolls
Toddlers & Tiaras: A Pageant Show's In Brooklyn
Last night's episode took place at the Darling Diva Pageant in Brooklyn. While it wasn't as "glitz" as its Southern counterparts, pushy parents, inappropriate dance moves, and children with weird names were all on hand. More » -
#livingdolls
North Carolina Rep Files Bill To Regulate Child Beauty Pageants
North Carolina Representative Annie Mobley introduced a bill on April 8 to establish a legislative study committee on the "regulation of beauty pageants for youth under 13," which includes the "use of excessive makeup." More » -
#livingdolls
This Pageant Boy's Mom Wants To "Turn Him Into A Little Girl"
On last night's Toddlers & Tiaras, a daughterless pageant mom said of her young sons,"I'll just turn 'em into girls." She claims this is harmless, because she has a background in childhood development. More » -
#livingdolls
Pageant Moms Talk Trash On Little Girls On The Internet
On last night's Little Miss Perfect, child pageant message boards were brought up. They provide a forum for some pageant moms to feud, body snark, and rail on the underage contestants and their mothers. More » -
#livingdolls
Toddlers & Tiaras: Children Who Don't Wax Their Eyebrows Don't Get The Crown
On last night's Toddlers & Tiaras, the Ayala family entered their three daughters into the competition. All five of their kids have speech impediments, so the only titles they got were subtitles. More » -
#littlemissperfect
Child Beauty Pageants Are All About The Mothers
On last night's Little Miss Perfect, pageant mom Debbie didn't even try to pretend that the competition was about her daughter's talents. That kind of honesty was kind of refreshing, and kinda gross. More » -
#livingdolls
This Little Beauty Queen Insists She's "Smiling On The Inside"
On last night's episode of Toddlers & Tiaras, we got to meet Karmen, a miserable six-year-old girl. Also, a pageant boy was profiled. More after the jump. More »
