It’s no secret that childhood beauty pageants are prettycontroversial.
The program’s detractors accused its adult participants of a range of highly questionable behavior.
Think that sounds bad?
Just wait…
Do pageants sexualize children?
According to some experts, many pageant performances do, in fact, have disturbingly sexual undertones.
All that’s nothing new.
But some argue that the concepts that the pageant circuit promotes are considerably less innocent.
But some things like a small child wearinga gold cone-tipped bra really do seem to be a bit much.
According toABC News, Campbell claimed that Britney herself had asked for the injections.
She went on, “I’m not the only one that does it.
A lot of moms do it.”
TheFrench Senate votedto outlaw pageants for girls under age 16 in 2013.
She continued, “We see the family as more of a private entity.”
“I love everything about pageantry,” said Meshell.
However, not everyone had strictly pleasant experiences.
“You never knew who was really your friend.”
Any risks to the child herself are secondary, or not aptly considered.
Playing dress-up vs. competing in pageants
Playing dress-up is a time-honored tradition for children.
The key, however, is to have fun with it.
That, some say, is the main difference between dress-up and pageantry.
That’s what one pageant dad toldThis Morningin 2017.
Other YouTube tutorialsshow pageant mothersapplying heavy makeup on children who don’t look too thrilled about it.
