I agree. And I also disagree about pageants. My stepdaughter was involved in these pageants and she grew up to be a beautifu, confident girl who carries herself well and is comfortable in all social settings. She credits the pageants for that. She stopped when she was 16.
Sorry, the idea of 6 year old girls parading in heavy makeup and dresses is repulsive, IMO.
There are better ways for girls to achieve self-esteem than beauty pageants.
I was making no judgements about the pagents, but so many people did.
I used to say the reason so many people seethed with hatred towards Patsy is that they saw her as an obnoxious, rich bitch living life through her daughter. I can remember the comments saying Patsey dressed JonBenet like a little whore.
In reality, she had balls and was not going to roll over and beg America to believe she was innocent.
What you say is on the mark. Lauren Green of Fox news was a Miss America (or Miss USA-forget which) runner up. I bet you are proud of your daughter.
One of my relatives involved his kid in pageants at a young age. The child was a three year old boy and was cute, personable, and won a number of titles. The parents hoped it would lead to modeling offers, but that never took off. They ended up spending way too much outlay in going to all these pageants, air fare to places like Vegas, spending money for ads in the pageant's promotional booklet touting their child, money for outfits, etc.