What do you think about children beauty pageants?

[kitty71]

Do you think those contests help kids to have more self esteem since they are little, and learn to become more secure of themselves in the future or those pageants are just a way to exploit children cause it is a way to sexualize kids since they are little?

I will link here 2 videos of 2 contestants for a beauty pageant. Those 2 contestants as you will see are just little kids. These kids belong to a beauty pageant academy in our area. This academy organize pageants for all ages and they do castings even starting from 3 years old, and prepare them to compete in international pageants. For the little kids casting the academy call them "Mini queens". Also this academy accept super overweight contestants and prepare them also to compete in international contests to compete in their respective categories to let these ladies know that even if they are super obese , they can particiapte in beauty pageants and feel good, regardless of their weight, like saying is ok to be fat.

Anyway back to the children issue. Here are 2 links of these children in a runaway and modeling one. The girl modeling in a black swimsuit is just 7yrs old.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/566586074857164/?s=single_unit
https://www.facebook.com/reel/400001472170671/?s=single_unit

[DrewJay]

They are more for the parents and what good in the long run comes from them. Every one can list at least a few bad things that come from them but who can list one good thing that comes from them in the long term other than bragging rights and exploitation of the winning or attending children.

[AviatorTom]

The pageant's would be nice if the mothers weren't trying to put themselves in the pageant. Let kids be kids.

[Blackcosmo]

I don't think you should make a child do that. They grow up thinking looks is all they have to beat others and they always have to compete with people. Little kids shouldn't be caking makeup on their face like that.

[_deeznuts]

I think that beauty isn't something a young kid should be worried about, and stuff like this could probably implant a lot of emotional problems in the future.

[Biancam13]

I'm not really a fan of them. I agree that it promotes completely the wrong ideas about children. Children should be children, save the grown-up stuff for when they actually grow up.

[OnKoing]

Rather sad, as the kids don't look like they are emotionally capable of dealing with the stress levels.
Would be interesting to know if and what effect it has on their adult life?

[laurieluvsit]

They are OK as long as there are not pedophiles or child traffickers running them

[Whatever2929292]

I think it's fine as long as they aren't sexualizing the kids.

[Anonymous]

I think they are great things for parents who want to auction their kids off in an arranged marriage to some fifty-year-old Saudi oil billionaires.

[nisnaia]

They're bad but will keep going because of the parents.

[Anonymous]

Wonderful

https://www.youtube.com/embed/IFZQCbnEyMI

[ALewis30]

It's lame. It's just women showing off their kids to boost their ego.

[FilmGuy93]

I've always found the practice vile...

[JohnK123]

Nah shouldn’t be a thing
go focus on school

[Guardian45]

Stoopid. Teaching bad values!

[In_Trance]

First step in sexualizing children

[BLP11520]

Stupid and abuse for girls let them be kids

[EaterPeter]

That's little too much.

[jimmy2]

It's sad let them be kids

[Anonymous]

They should be outlawed.

[anon1903]

I appeared in one.

[JohnK123]

Why?

[anon1903]

@JohnK123 because children can't really say no, their parents make decisions for them

[JohnK123]

I mean why did ur parents want that

[anon1903]

@JohnK123 because mom is attractive, and so are her children

[JohnK123]

Ok and so what

[anon1903]

@JohnK123 that's that. I still use the bottle I got as the prize.

[JohnK123]

Oh lol smh

[Danny_dan92]

Honestly stupid

[Pudsmucker]

To much exposure.

[fireforeffect]

Bad.