Parents Putting Their Daughters In Beauty Contests. Your Opinion

fmdog44

fmdog44

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I personally think it is sickening mostly because it places so much emphasis on physical beauty at very impressionable ages.
 

fmdog44 said:
I personally think it is sickening mostly because it places so much emphasis on physical beauty at very impressionable ages.
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I'm with you. I'm certainly no prude, but I find making up 5 year olds to look like streetwalkers downright 'pornographic'. There used to be a couple of TV shows in the U.S. (of course, along with the rest of the smut TV) showing these beauty contests and all the prep work behind the scenes. They generated a lot of comments against the moms. They didn't last too long, as I recall.
 

retiredtraveler said:
I'm with you. I'm certainly no prude, but I find making up 5 year olds to look like streetwalkers downright 'pornographic'. There used to be a couple of TV shows in the U.S. (of course, along with the rest of the smut TV) showing these beauty contests and all the prep work behind the scenes. They generated a lot of comments against the moms. They didn't last too long, as I recall.
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I agree with you. It's seriously creepy. Besides which I think it teaches little girls a very dangerous message that appearance is all that matters, or that it is the most important thing, and the competition about who is the prettiest is just sicko. I'm sure it causes all kinds of problems in the way they see themselves as they grow up and get older.
 
Creepy? The word creepy for that show ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’ is an understatement.

What a perfect show to keep all the pedophiles happy.
Why anyone would want to sex up a toddler is beyond me.
Kids grow up so fast they don’t need the added pressure of needing to feel sexy and attractive.
Those shows are disgusting.
 
Seeing the other ways parents abuse their children these shows/parents don't surprise me. They disappoint but don't surprise.

That being said not only do you have parents trying to exploit or live their life vicariously through their children I don't think they really wanted children in the first place. They're trying to find a way to make the handling of their baggage/children easier.
 
I've seen a couple of those TV shows in the past and they sicken me, like Toddlers in Tiaras. It's not a contest about beauty, it morphs into a sexually enticing toddler and it's shameful. The mothers often seem to pageant winner wannabes and are trying to live their glory days through their young child, as What In The and Jujube already mentioned.

It's sick, very harmful to the child and it does satisfy the needs of sexual predators out there. Let the children be innocent like they were meant to be, and not measured by physical appearance, that seems to be a big problem these days with narcissistic people and their endless selfies, etc. online. Also, the child can show her beauty without the revealing trashy outfits.

Beauty has to be inside of you, or you have none, IMO. I agree with Retiredtraveler, not much short of actual child porn, which I have zero tolerance for.
 
I see nothing good from these kinds of shows on so many levels.

I have a grown niece that thinks it's cute to take her little girls to Glamor shots and make them all up to look like, as someone else here put it, "streetwalkers" and then post their pics on Facebook and everywhere else. Her mother did the same thing to her. I had never seen a little kid cotton up to the camera like my niece did. Now she's passing that on. But what message is she passing on to her daughters? It makes me wonder if she has a huge insecurity problem.
 
I'm with the majority of you, I think that it steals away a young girls childhood, and emphasis on body image. Girls should not be taught to rely on their looks to be successful.
I would have thought after Jon Benet Ramsey beauty pageants would have become less popular.
 
These mothers are attempting to rid their personal feelings of inadequacy by living through their child. It's sickening how they focus so much on looks instead of quality of personality.
 
I fully agree with what the members (above) have said. It spoils the young girls from
growing up in a world where physical looks can be the key to an otherwise normal
period of growing up/developing period.
 
Uptosnuff said:
I see nothing good from these kinds of shows on so many levels.

I have a grown niece that thinks it's cute to take her little girls to Glamor shots and make them all up to look like, as someone else here put it, "streetwalkers" and then post their pics on Facebook and everywhere else. Her mother did the same thing to her. I had never seen a little kid cotton up to the camera like my niece did. Now she's passing that on. But what message is she passing on to her daughters? It makes me wonder if she has a huge insecurity problem.
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I think that, besides being disgusting, it is also dangerous to post that kind of pictures on social media. IMO it's an invitation to pedophiles and/or stalkers. IMHO it's kind of like pimping out your children.
 
I recall my wife having a friend several years ago that was into child modeling. I think the little girl did pretty well doing modeling for magazines and catalogs. I also remember being shown a picture, but can’t recall if she had her makeup and designer outfit on.

If I remember correctly, she did continue after high school and attended one of the big modeling schools, but then I lost track of what she did after that. I think that as a 10 year old, she enjoyed doing the shows and contests. I do remember that she was very good on the piano for her age. Some of these kids are very talented.
 

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