Beauty Pageants?

Question

Hi i was just wondering how people feel about beauty pageants.My daughter has been doing them since she was 6 months old. She is now 4. She loves them she gets to meet alot of kids and she has so much fun on stage. She is a prissy little thing when she is on stage but when she's not on stage she is a typical 4 year old. She likes to play and get all dirty. When she tells me that she dosent want to do them anymore then i will stop putting her in them.I would just like to hear what everyone thinks of them. She already has over 70 trophies and has many crowns. She is currently holding 2 titles right now.Thank You.

I do ask my daughter if she wants to do the pageant before i even sign her up. She has always said yes. I have NEVER put makeup on her. She has won her titles ALL NATURAL. I dont even agree with makeup on the children. And as far as my son. He does karate and gets just as much attention as my daughter.

My daughter does have fun with these. She has won personality in just about every pageant she has been in. She has lost some to and its no big deal to her.

Answer 1

I am a 14 yr old pageant contestant. Last year alone I won 16 titles/crowns including 2 national titles. My mom put me in pageants when I was a baby and I competed until I was 4. My mom said that as long as it was a positive experience for me I could do them. When I was 4 I got first runner up in a pageant. I was mad and angry (we have video! LOL) My mom did not let me enter another pageant until I was 13. Since then I have won Teen Miss Austin, Teen Miss Texas and National Teen Miss. I am travelling to St. Louis in 2 weeks to crown the new National Teen Miss. Pageants are very positive for me. I have learned to be poised and graceful on stage. I have learned to be humble in both winning and losing. I have learned to help fellow contestants when their zipper busts on their dress. I have made friends from all over the country. I have been given opportunities to share my platform and speak about things that are important to me. Pageants are a wonderful tool and have also helped me get a modeling contract and a great agent. The statement that girls are dresses up like little adults is incorrect when the mom states that her daughter only does natural pageants. Natural pageants DO NOT ALLOW make up on girls under 13 yrs old. As long as your little one is having fun, enjoy it with her. When she stops having a good time, try something else. Maybe she will get back into pageants when she is older. Competition is good for kids. The world is a competitive place.

Answer 2

It sounds as if your little girl is quite accomplished, you must be proud!

If she enjoys them, terrific.
You intend to stop when she says "stop" - really terrific.

Based on those two things, I'd say "there's certainly no harm in it."

Here's the thing, though. sometimes kids won't say they want to stop on their own because they're getting all kinds of "keep doing it" messages from their parents. Is there a way you (or someone else) can ask her wherein she feels free to be honest and not say what she thinks you want to hear? That would be the best gauge. I sense you care about what she wants and what's best for her, so I think you'd feel better knowing how she really feels.

If she wants to continue, so be it. You may want to be very intentional about helping her understand that a person's (hers or anyone else's) value is not based in their appearance. Aside from the fact that you wouldn't want her judging others as worthy or unworthy based soley on beauty, you don't want to set her up for low self-esteem or an eating disorder in the future (I'm sure she'll be lovely, but if her awkward teen self doesn't agree, it could be messy)

Best wishes to you both.

Answer 3

I am not in favor of them for children.... it is great while you ae winning and everyone thinks you are adorable... but what about the kids that lose..... how hard is it for them to deal with rejection at todler age.. to already think you dont measure up in one way or another..cause all those emotions are tied to being loved.. at that early age
I would say your daughters turn is comming...and as a parent .. you better have a good answer for her when she feels like crap when she loses..

personally..I think parents enter their kids for their own bragging rights.... and to see toddlers paraded around dolled up like women is absurd...
spend your time and the thousands of dollars it costs to chase pagents each year on something more substantial in your life and that of your children
you are opening their lives up to be judged on what they look like and not their strength of character
how often do you spend much that time and that effort on your other kids

Answer 4

If your daughter truly enjoys this stuff then more power to you. You do have to be aware of the fact, however, that this crap is down right creepy to many other people, myself included. You guys cake more make-up on these 3 year olds than Paris Hilton wears in a week. The fact that you are asking the question shows that are aware of this already, but as I said, if your daughter truly enjoys this stuff and it isn't about you, have fun with it.

Answer 5

Very interesting subject count. I had a huge gamble to visual exhibit unit toddlers & Tiaras on TLC a pair of month in the past. All i will declare is that i stumbled on it unquestionably disgusting. gazing those little women with 10 kilos of makeup on their little infant faces on an identical time as prancing around in those skimpy clothing makes me opt to vomit. what's even worse are the mummy and dad incredibly the mothers who tension their women into this freak practice. all of them say that they are instilling a healthy experience of opposition into their infants. yet as i grow to be gazing the practice i might see the females cry in the event that they did no longer win first place. i'm particular they bypass abode thinking that they do no longer seem to be tremendously sufficient to win. From this stems lack of self assurance, anorexia and different adverse side effects. All i will declare is that i might on no account enter my woman infant right into a competition. i might fairly have her connect a basketball team. a minimum of she would be able to verify healthy sportsmanship, team artwork and different powerful skills without donning a bikini and bleached blonde extensions.

Answer 6

i think it is fine i did pageants when i was younger and then one day i said i didnt want to do it anymore and that was that no big deal. just as long as it is always for her and what she wants to do go for it. i dont see why you would need someone elses approval for something you obviousley believe is ok. having your kids involved in activites is a very good thing to do have fun with it.

Answer 7

If your daughter is happy doing them, then let her continue. I don't understand why some people think their bad. If I had a daughter, I would like to help her achieve her dreams, which is just what your doing. Well done to your daughter.

Answer 8

i personally have a problem with little kids being in beauty pagents because i think it causes people tolook at them as sex icons and they are just little kids

Answer 9

if it makes her happy then its ok. If you push her into it for your own glory then its a problem.

Answer 10

So do I!!! I love dressing them up!!


Congrats, BTW!!!