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.
We'll disagree. How about children in movies? Or TV?
It's one thing for a little girl to get into mommy's lipstick and have fun.That's normal,and even cute,IMO... as is a 6 year old boy using daddy's electric razor.
But you don't put an inch of makeup on a 6 year old girl,give a $200 hairdo and manicure and push her on to a stage to sing "Stand By Your Man".
That,IMO,is breathtakingly abnormal.