Little Miss Perfect

[rie'smom]

The girls are so cute. The moms are so not. Why is it these women who look like they barely brush their hair or teeth demand perfection from their daughters?

 

[of the seas]

"Where's the huge can of hairspray!! I can't do her hair without hairspray!!" Brandi's mom really needs to chill!

I just watched this for the 1st time tonight. I feel so bad for some of those poor girls!

 

[Mouse House Mama]

The girls are so cute. The moms are so not. Why is it these women who look like they barely brush their hair or teeth demand perfection from their daughters?

Because the Moms are such trainwrecks that they are living through their kids.

 

[FSUDisneyGirl]

What channel was this on? I wanted to catch it but I remember thinking I didn't have the channel...

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

What channel was this on? I wanted to catch it but I remember thinking I didn't have the channel...

It's on the WE channel - I believe it's Women's Entertainment.

It was interesting...that was for sure.

 

[rie'smom]

Do y'all think it's for real or is it scripted? If it's real, OMG, those women need to locked in a nuthouse.

 

[beautybelle]

I can tell you from first hand experience that this is exactly the way the moms act. Not just the ones you saw on the movie but most all of them. I used to be in the pageant scene until dd decided that she didnt want to do them anymore and we stopped.
I just want to say that pageants are literally an addiction. Its exactly like gambling. You get hooked on winning. I was getting in that same boat. If my daughter hadnt got to where she didnt like dressing up its no telling how much money I would've wasted.
The dresses are VERY, VERY expensive not to even mention what you will pay for "casual wears", make-up and hair, tanning, flippers (false teeth) and travel and pageant fees, oh and I almost forgot the pageant coaches and professional pics (natural, semi-glitz, and full glitz) run into hundreds of dollars for one sitting alone.
I have 3 dresses in my daughters closet right now that I need to put on ebay (Ive already sold 2) and one of them I have almost 2000.00 in. One has never been on her body and was custom ordered just for her. Grrrrr.
But anyway we're doing Ballet now. LOL

 

[aprilgail2]

My daughter and I were channel surfing last night and came across this. Those kids look like little hoookers in that make up and hair doos. Even my daughter who is only 9 was disgusted by how they looked-it really make me sick to my stomach that people would do that to a child- false teeth, spray on tans- strangers oogling your 6 year old like she was 20 something. Being told by their moms and coaches to "flirt with the judges" OMG-that is just wrong on so many levels! They are not popular around this area, I can't say I have ever seen anything like that other than on TV!

 

[hentob]

Why is it these women who look like they barely brush their hair or teeth demand perfection from their daughters?

So true.

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

I've only seen ads for this show and that was enough. It really turned my stomach (literally). Personally, I find people who do this to their children, to be abusers of those children. It is quite frankly, disgusting.

Just think all that hardcore opinion based solely on a couple of commercials!

 

[beautybelle]

Although we are no longer in the pageant scene. I have to say that the little girls who participate do NOT look like little hookers. I will agree that with what a lot of you say about the pageants, however its not as horrible as most of you are making it out to be, Yes it can be addicting, yes it can get expensive, yes the moms can be a bit pushy (but no more so than dance moms, gymnastics moms, etc.) but rarely did I encounter a mom when I was doing them that wasnt supremely proud of her daughter and felt like it was something that they could do together. You can find good and bad people in almost everything you do and the same goes for pageants. Well I'll give you a prime example, I done pageants for a little over a year and I love my daughter beyond anything in this world and there is nothing I wouldnt do for her. I didnt consider myself, and still dont, a bad parent because we done pageants. I have a close friend ( a few actually) who are still doing them and they are not bad parents either. So even though I know me trying to explain "the other side" will not persuade opinions I just thought Id throw it in the mix anyway.
My recomendation would be to hold off on the vicious remarks about people who you have no clue about at all other than what you see on TV and the really hardcore opinions until you actually have "been there done that" and know first hand. After that then whatever you say will be validated but until then, well.......
I know my post is coming off a bit sarcastic but I truly dont mean it to sound that way it just does. I just wanted to explain a little bit about what goes on other than what you saw on TV. Im not trying to get everybody here to fall in love with pageants, just hearing some of the remarks that were waaaay off base I think needed to be addressed by someone with a different view.

 

[Hoodie]

"Where's the huge can of hairspray!! I can't do her hair without hairspray!!" Brandi's mom really needs to chill!

I just watched this for the 1st time tonight. I feel so bad for some of those poor girls!

That made me laugh - the poor woman was practically in tears.

Brandi's family seemed to recognize that Brandi's mom was a bit nuts. I fear for her sanity when Brandi decides not to do pageants anymore.

 

[JessR]

Because the Moms are such trainwrecks that they are living through their kids.

Bingo, we have a winner.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

Although we are no longer in the pageant scene. I have to say that the little girls who participate do NOT look like little hookers. I will agree that with what a lot of you say about the pageants, however its not as horrible as most of you are making it out to be, Yes it can be addicting, yes it can get expensive, yes the moms can be a bit pushy (but no more so than dance moms, gymnastics moms, etc.) but rarely did I encounter a mom when I was doing them that wasnt supremely proud of her daughter and felt like it was something that they could do together. You can find good and bad people in almost everything you do and the same goes for pageants. Well I'll give you a prime example, I done pageants for a little over a year and I love my daughter beyond anything in this world and there is nothing I wouldnt do for her. I didnt consider myself, and still dont, a bad parent because we done pageants. I have a close friend ( a few actually) who are still doing them and they are not bad parents either. So even though I know me trying to explain "the other side" will not persuade opinions I just thought Id throw it in the mix anyway.
My recomendation would be to hold off on the vicious remarks about people who you have no clue about at all other than what you see on TV and the really hardcore opinions until you actually have "been there done that" and know first hand. After that then whatever you say will be validated but until then, well.......
I know my post is coming off a bit sarcastic but I truly dont mean it to sound that way it just does. I just wanted to explain a little bit about what goes on other than what you saw on TV. Im not trying to get everybody here to fall in love with pageants, just hearing some of the remarks that were waaaay off base I think needed to be addressed by someone with a different view.

I am not picking on you but little girls dressed up in adult clothing with a full face of makeup flirting with judges is disgusting. It looks like the parents are trying to hooker them up. Call it what you want but it goes way beyond "dressing up."

Also, as a dance and gymnastics mom and a former child dancer I can tell you that I have never ever run into Moms that take it to the extent of the pagaent Moms in these shows.

I know you were trying to give your take on it from your experience and I really appreciate that but you will never convince me that the Moms are just having fun with their kids. Those Moms are trying to make their kids be what they never were. YMMV.

 

[Maridw]

I agree with some of what BeautyBelle said. How the girls act and dress depends on the type of pageant. My DD did a Cinderella pageant when she was younger. She only did one because it really wasn't her thing, but she wanted to try it once.

We did the local Cinderella and they have certain rules as far as dresses and outfits. The dresses for my dd's age at the time could not be those fancy dresses they show on most of these shows. I bought her dress at Dillard's and it was perfect. Her sportswear/casual outfit again was something off the rack at Dillard's. They also require little to no makeup for Cinderella Miss and lower. Only Cinderella Teen and Cinderella Adult can wear more makeup. They prefer a more natural look on the kids. They want the kids to be kids. They look more for the "inner beauty". At the State & National level, they encourage interaction between all the contestants.

One young woman I know that did Cinderella went on to be Miss Teen Florida USA and Miss Florida USA. Then went on to be 4th runner up on the Miss USA pageant 2006.

 

[rie'smom]

Although we are no longer in the pageant scene. I have to say that the little girls who participate do NOT look like little hookers. I will agree that with what a lot of you say about the pageants, however its not as horrible as most of you are making it out to be, Yes it can be addicting, yes it can get expensive, yes the moms can be a bit pushy (but no more so than dance moms, gymnastics moms, etc.) but rarely did I encounter a mom when I was doing them that wasnt supremely proud of her daughter and felt like it was something that they could do together. You can find good and bad people in almost everything you do and the same goes for pageants. Well I'll give you a prime example, I done pageants for a little over a year and I love my daughter beyond anything in this world and there is nothing I wouldnt do for her. I didnt consider myself, and still dont, a bad parent because we done pageants. I have a close friend ( a few actually) who are still doing them and they are not bad parents either. So even though I know me trying to explain "the other side" will not persuade opinions I just thought Id throw it in the mix anyway.
My recomendation would be to hold off on the vicious remarks about people who you have no clue about at all other than what you see on TV and the really hardcore opinions until you actually have "been there done that" and know first hand. After that then whatever you say will be validated but until then, well.......
I know my post is coming off a bit sarcastic but I truly dont mean it to sound that way it just does. I just wanted to explain a little bit about what goes on other than what you saw on TV. Im not trying to get everybody here to fall in love with pageants, just hearing some of the remarks that were waaaay off base I think needed to be addressed by someone with a different view.

My post dealt with the loonies on the Little Miss Perfect program. There's no way that I would lump all pageant mothers in together. Some I'm sure don't dress their daughters to look like street walkers and don't push them to give the judges a come hither look.
It's the ones who do push their daughters to act that way and the judges who reward the little girls for it that I think are sleazy. It borders on kiddie porn when you have an adult loving that young children are flirting with them. I got the heebie jeebies when some of those kids rolled their shoulders and batted their lashes at the adults. Kids shouldn't be taught to act that way.
Denver has reopened the Jon Benet case in part because another little girl had a man break in and sexually attack her a few months before JB was murdered. Both JB and this other girl had been in the same pageant just weeks before the 1st attack. Police think the perpertrator may have been someone in the audience turned on by the kids.

 

[C.Ann]

I am not picking on you but little girls dressed up in adult clothing with a full face of makeup flirting with judges is disgusting. It looks like the parents are trying to hooker them up. Call it what you want but it goes way beyond "dressing up."


I know you were trying to give your take on it from your experience and I really appreciate that but you will never convince me that the Moms are just having fun with their kids. Those Moms are trying to make their kids be what they never were. YMMV.

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I'm afraid I have to agree with this - and based on the shows that are on tv right now (there are currently more than one) - the little girls that they are showing most definitely look like "little hookers".. I caught a preview of one of them - where the little girl was in some trashy outfit - doing some kind of bump and grind motion in front of the judges.. It was literally disgusting and how anyone could encourage their child to do that is beyond me..

Of course I know there are exceptions to the rule - and even some pageants that don't allow make-up and suggestive clothing - but what we're seeing on tv this season is definitely not those kinds of pageants..

 

[Nikota]

I have watched these little girls go through so much. I feel it is the parents that are trying to live through their children. I have seen many of these girls not want to do this and the moms are making them. The comment that was made by a mom that if you are pretty you will succeed more than if you are ugly, I feel is a little harsh. (there are alot of girls that are in these pageants that are not real pretty, and her daughter was one of them). Bottom line is if these parents would invest as much money into a college fund that they invest in a beauty pageant, their child is going to appreciate this more later in life. Note to the moms: most of the time if you are fat, your child is going to be fat, its just a reality, and its in the genes. Beauty is only skin deep, brains is going to get you much further.

 

[Cinderelliee]

I was watching Little Miss Perfect yesterday all day and to me I just couldn't see myself putting my kid through that. The pressure is terrible. Who expects a 5 or 6 year old little girl to perform in without any flaws. I couldn't even do that and I'm a grown woman. The girls are very pretty don't get me wrong, but still.

 

[codimouse]

as a pageant director here in Texas I think the show is funny to watch but I have never seen any of that in person. LOL