Spray Tan

Caked on make-up

False eyelash

es

Skimpy costume Fake teeth

Hair extensio

ns

Klarkparker (2011)

CHILD BEAUTY PAGEANTSPresented by Lisa Reid

Toddlers in tiaras (2010)

OVERVIEW

Footage on and off the scenes

Sexualisation

Body dissatisfaction

Loss of childhood

Former beauty queen’s opinion

CAUSE FOR ACTIONToddlers in tiaras (2010)

Five year olds dressed as real

life Barbie dolls

Costumes costing thousands

of dollars

Competition focuses on

perfection and beauty

Girls are encouraged to flirt

and exploit their sexuality on

stage

THE PAGEANT

Divas In Diapers (2012)

‘The title is child beauty pageant but

if you look at the way the children are

dressed and required to act, it's

actually a child sexualisation pageant’ (Cupit, cited in Brown 2011, para. 17)

Hollingworth (2011)

Sexualisation can occur

through inappropriate imposition

of sexuality (APA 2010, p. 1).

Mothers directly contribute to

the sexualisation by entering

their daughters to engage in

behaviours associated with

sexiness (APA 2012, p. 15).

SEXUALISATION

Divas In Diapers (2012)

Two year old daughter did

choose to be a pageant queen!

Disguised as sexual objects

‘Exposure to competition,

sexuality and extreme

disappointment at a young age

results in destructive effects on

maturing children’ (Lieberman

2012, p. 752)

SEXUALISATION

Divas In Diapers (2012)

270% increase in the number

girls hospitalized with eating

disorders (Ioannou, 2011).

Body image is the number one

issue amongst young girls today

(Smart, cited in Overington 2011,

para. 12)

Why put them at risk?

BODY DISSATISFACTION

Eden Wood Hairstyle (2012)

Guaranteed the girls will hate

their body

Study found pageant

contestants scored higher on

body dissatisfaction,

interpersonal distrust and greater

impulsvie behaviours (Wonderlich

2005 cited in Tankard Reist)

BODY DISSATISFACTION

Eden Wood Hairstyle (2012)

Sad little girls forced to

undergo this pain,

disappointment and

suffering, when all they want

is to be a normal kid

CHILDHOOD

Childhood is stripped away from pageant girls

Pictures Of (2012) Pictures Of (2012) Pictures Of (2012)

LOSS OF CHILDHOOD

Forced to grow up way too

fast with their lives

dominated by competitions

Put under extreme

pressure, endure criticism,

failure and exhaustion

(Lieberman 2010, p. 752)

Growing up is complicated

enough- fear for their safety

and wellbeing

Strempler (2011)

‘At five all I wanted to do was dig

for worms in the dirt

The pressure on me was immense

I hated every minute

I cringe that I was once part of

that crazy world and I resent my

mum for pushing me so hard’

(Breedwell 2012 cited in The Sun).

FORMER CHILD QUEEN

Brooke Breedwell

123People (2012)

‘Don’t EVER let your

youngsters be part of them

I know more than anyone how

they can ruin your life’ (Breedwell 2012 cited in The Sun)

Why

Why

Why

It is time to take a

stand

Help us help Childhood be protected and

maintained

Together we can fight to

protect life’s greatest gift

of all

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