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Children’s beauty pageants get reality treatment
Kids’ beauty pageants. Three words, a whirlwind of controversy. But also, with stage-parent stereotypes and questionable psychological after-effects abounding, there’s also ripe grounds for a reality show.
Twelve years after the death of pint-sized competitor JonBenét Ramsey and two years after pageant-based movie Little Miss Sunshine, a new documentary series is delving into the world of kiddie baton-twirling, Annie soundtrack-singing and tiny jazz hands.
WEtv has ordered six one-hour episodes of Little Miss Perfect
The series centres on Florida families who enter their five- to 11-year-old daughters in a beauty competition.
"There's a real fascination with these beauty pageants," said Steve Cheskin, the senior VP of programming at WE. "In parts of the South, it's taken very seriously, and in other parts of the country they're looked at with near-disbelief."
For its part, Little Miss Perfect will withhold judgement on the proceedings.
3 comments:
I dislike beauty competitions for adults, but for children? My Lord! I question the motives of the parents for having their little girls parade around looking like Barbie dolls (I was going to say whores, but that seemed a bit judgemental) reinforcing the societal stereotypes that women have to look a certain way. It does seem like a fascinating premise for a show, if for nothing else than to see the crazy parents and allow us to unfairly judge them to make us feel better about ourselves.
I watch "Toddlers and Tiaras" on TLC every week.
Always makes me glad that I am who I am and that my daughter is who she is...
Taylor, of course I watch this. I record every episode!!! Love, love, LOVE!!!
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