How do you feel about beauty pageants?

[MOB Karen]

Just wondering how everyone feels about beauty pageants. :D

[MOB Karen]

I personally don't like them. I think they're demeaning to women, but I especially don't like the child ones. They really leave a bad taste in my mouth! :bbconfused:

[LaceyinPgh]

Ok, I was a pagent baby! My mother and I did a couple and I did well in them. But, the stage mothers and other kids were just so damn overbearing. So, we sort of phased out. I went with clarinet playing and ballet instead.

I really find child beauty pagent objectionable. There is something ridiculously usetteling about dressing 7 year old little girls up like 27 year old women and parading them around like show ponies. Little girls do not need hair weaves, lip stick, spray on tans, fake teeth, and diets. I personally feel that it is detrimental on their self esteem and emotional well being. I also feels that it steers away from free thought. They learn to fomr opinions on what the answer is expected to be not what they feel it should be. My kids won't do them. They can participate in activites that are going to fulfill all of their needs.

As for adult beauty pagents......pour my sils and I some martinis and let the comments fly. Butterflies, rainbows, puppies, babies, and world peace: here we come!

[WebLady]

I wouldn't do it myself (even if I had the body) but I've known people that did. It does promote the whole 'perfect' body and beauty on the outside thing, but so does alot of other stuff out there.

I say if you have a good body and a good head on your shoulders, there is opportunity there, so more power to ya. I don't really put much thought into it.

I do sort of think ppl get crazy with the kids ones, I did some pictures at a kids pageant once and the moms are way too into it IMO and half the kids don't really seem to care.

[Amber818]

I watch them but I wouldn't put my child in one unless they wanted to do it.

[Kacie_bride]

I voted neutral because I think some are good and some go way to far. I don't really like the child beauty pageants when they go overboard like Jonbennet Ramsey type stuff. I did a few when I was little. It wasn't anything like that. I just wore a cute little outfit, got to put on a little lip gloss, and walk around.

As I got older I did rodeo queen pageants. They are judged on interview, horsemanship, speech, and other categories depending on the contest. I will have to say that it did nothing but good for me. I learned about public speaking and my horsemanship improved over the years. I met life long friends and built my confidence. Some girls go overboard with rodeo queen pageants too, but I don't think it is as wide spread. In that picture that is me on the left when I was about 17.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f238/stdklt11/me2.jpg

[SoontobeMrsClark07]

I did a lot of beauty pageants when I was little. I always did well. I didnt have a lot of pressure on me and my parents were always supportive. They never pushed me at all. I love watching them on TV and I loved being a part of them.

[hummingbird521]

I was a pageant baby as well. But that was back in the day when children wore no makeup and looked like children, not the teenagers or adult looks of today. I also done rodeo pageants as well. I loved it. I only have placed my daughter in a very few when she was younger. It has been her choice for years and she opts out. Which is fine by me. When I was in them you only were a number and no name announced. Now days you are a number and your name, parents name and sometimes grandparents name our announced. I never thought this fair at all.

[LizabethDavis]

I don't care either way....

[AngelinLove]

I don't care either way about the adult ones...but I would I have serious concerns about the child pageants...which have been brought up already by you wonderful women.

[MOB Karen]

I was a pageant baby as well. But that was back in the day when children wore no makeup and looked like children, not the teenagers or adult looks of today. I also done rodeo pageants as well. I loved it. I only have placed my daughter in a very few when she was younger. It has been her choice for years and she opts out. Which is fine by me. When I was in them you only were a number and no name announced. Now days you are a number and your name, parents name and sometimes grandparents name our announced. I never thought this fair at all.

It seems to me that by announcing the parents names, you're telling the pedophiles where you live. I mean they would be able to find an address by a name, right? Maybe that's how that nut found Jon Benet's house. *shudder*

[hummingbird521]

It seems to me that by announcing the parents names, you're telling the pedophiles where you live. I mean they would be able to find an address by a name, right? Maybe that's how that nut found Jon Benet's house. *shudder*

I know and it does make you shudder when you think about it. At least this is my experience in this part of the country. And to me as said, this is not fair for the girls entering it. Especially in small town america.

[cowboysbride]

I could care less either way, there are some girls who really are into it and some who are forced (children). I don't think it's the pageants but the parents who make it a horrible thing.

My theory on that and life in general is "There are nuts in every bag of trail mix, some bigger than the others"!

[Valmai]

I dont think we do the child ones over here but i dont like them for the reasons already given, i find it quite wierd that a mother would want to dress her child up as a provocative adult - but maybe we have only seen the extremes on TV? Adult pagents i dont have a problem with - they are old enough to make their own mind up about how they project themselves so its up to them. xxx

[LaceyinPgh]

I could care less either way, there are some girls who really are into it and some who are forced (children). I don't think it's the pageants but the parents who make it a horrible thing.

My theory on that and life in general is "There are nuts in every bag of trail mix, some bigger than the others"!

And sometimes the nuts are the best part.