Reply #23: I knew parents who took their daughter to beauty pageants... [View All]

[cynatnite]

We went to their house a few times and in one room they had all the trophies and ribbons she had won. She was 10 at the time and had been going to these for about five years. I was told they saw parents starting their kids at ages two and three. They said they took their daughter to a couple before getting involved. They wanted to make sure she wanted to do it plus check out the kind of environment it would be.

The photos were nothing like the ones of JonBenet. They did fix her hair up and she wore a little make-up. The clothes were little girl type clothes and no where near the adult looking ones.

I have never met any other parents who did this so I can't speak to that. These parents I talked to were as normal as just about any other parents. Their thing was that they would stop doing it when it quit being fun for their daughter. Her winnings were put in a savings account for college. At the time she had almost enough to pay for her first year.

This was several years ago so I have no idea if it's changed for the worse since then or if these parents were unique in how they approached it.