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more about #livingdolls Pessimippöpötåmus: Forget that. Where is the Lady GaGa Barbie? #amywinehousebarbie more » BytheSea: I think it'll be like that Ken doll with the covert gay following. She looks like a drag queen, I'm saying. Waylon Smithers will own five signed dolls... more » LazyHippo: At least parents wouldn't have to worry about shelling out for a co-branded rehab center. #amywinehousebarbie more » Cogito Ergo Bibo: Wow. Not enough that dolls set an unreasonable standard for realistic body image. Now they come with an unrealistically high expecation for hardcore... more » rd2uk: whose buying this stuff? seriously, i want to know which parent wants to buy their kid an amy winehouse doll, barbie or otherwise? #amywinehousebarbie more » coconanas: Amy Barbie comes with aluminium foil and pipe for that quick crack fix, a rum bottle for when she's partying on the beach and ciggies for when she's c... more » CurtCole: They tried to make me go to the beach house, I said, "No, No, NO!" #amywinehousebarbie more » WestMantooth: Just don't invite Doctor Barbie and her syringes over a "party." #amywinehousebarbie more » 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 » -
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But Are Ballet Slippers & Blake Incarcerated Included?
Amy Winehouse reportedly wants to be the next Barbie doll and thinks she would be a hit with kids. [Pop Crunch] -
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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. -
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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 » -
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Pageant Mom Thought Her Baby Was Ugly, Had Down Syndrome
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 » -
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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 » -
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The Beauty Pageant Coach Interview TLC Didn't Want You To See
When Jezebel EIC Anna proposed interviewing beauty pageant coach Cy Frakes (of TLC's new show King of the Crown), I figured I'd seek answers to my burning pageant-related questions. So I did. And it was fine. Until it wasn't. More » -
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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 » -
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Barbie Movie Could Be Best Or Worst Thing Ever
Despite Transformers and GI Joe, Hollywood is not done mining our childhood memories: Universal has acquired the rights to make a live-action movie based on Barbie. Details are sketchy, but here's what could happen: More » -
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"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 » -
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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 » -
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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 » -
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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 » -
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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 » -
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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 » -
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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. -
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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 » -
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Child Pageants: American Pasttime Exported Across The Pond
The latest U.S. export to land on foreign shores? Child pageants. The BBC3 documentary Baby Beauty Queens follows contestants in the first-ever Mini Miss UK contest, and, as Eleanor M. blogs for The F word: it's "surely a new low." More » -
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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 » -
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"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] -
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Toddlers & Tiaras: Tootie Is A Total Nightmare
On last night's episode of Toddlers & Tiaras, we spent a lot of time with Madison, the ten-year-old diva whose stage name is "Tootie." "Tootie" is a bitch. More »
