[eleni121]

Of course...parents have the responsiblity..no - the duty to protect their children from harm.

But who says that child beauty pageants are harmful?

Whether you do or don't none of this (makeup, clothing, posing) justifies in any way the killing of a child or anyone by a pervert.

No extenuating circumstances. period. none.

[ashtanga]

I see a bit of the child strutting at the fair each year, and the youngsters are upholstered in the gaudiest costumes, just a singing and dancing away. God knows the parents mean no ill, and if this weren't a sick world this sort of thing would be fine, but surely the parents know better.

[PghBaldy]

I too thought the pageants odd, but then saw Patsy's sister interviewed last night who said they are big in the South, and that she and Patsy ended up becoming Miss WV & getting $$$ for college. It may be a cultural thing. The other thing is, most of the famous cases of child abductions recently did NOT involve beauty pageants.