I think the whole little girl pageant culture is inappropriate.
"Stage Makeup" - that is makeup used so that faces don't wash out under stage lights can be done properly so that when a picture is taken someone doesn't look ... well "made up"...
In pageants it's very apparent that the goal is to make the little girls look like 20 somethings... it's a culture I just don't understand... why in the world make little ones look older than they are? It's sexualization far too young.
So do I, but it isn't as inappropriate as, say, letting little girls wear makeup or sexy clothes offstage (ie, elsewhere than the pageant).
We must remember that Patsy Ramsey herself was once a contestant, and she was familiar with the pageant scene; it's understandable that she didn't see anything wrong with it, and indeed considered it a respectable pursuit. I find it hard to fault her for it, though I would never do likewise.
And when some people cite the pageant life as evidence that Patsy murdered her own child, they're letting their bias override their reason.