Why I Disagree with Pageants

  It's amazing at how corrupt society is now a day. Girls are wearing a full set of makeup at age ten, middle schoolers are pregnant, sexual conversations are the highlight to talk about. You know? One thing that has bothered me for a while though, and I am shocked is so popular to society, is the fact that mothers allow and/or force their little girls to prance around on stage as if they're a pin-up model.

  Take the hit TV show, Toddlers & Tiaras, for example. The girls anywhere from a baby to about eleven years old have it ingrained in their little noggins to be beautiful. Part of the prizes are based on pure beauty. What is that teaching them?

• If I win, I'm beautiful. If I don't win, I must not be beautiful.

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  At such a young age, that is extremely dangerous to teach them. As Marilyn Monroe once said, "All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't." That's not the hot thing to do on Toddlers and Tiaras though. By giving awards for being dubbed most beautiful makes the rest of the competitors feel awful and shatters their self-esteem. Girls should feel and be told they are beautiful, but by not receiving the award for Most beautiful is doing nothing but corrupting their minds and at such a young age where they should be told many times they are beautiful.

  Look at the outfits they wear. I see these precious toddlers, hence the name of the show, and even babies wearing a full set of makeup, which consists of: Foundation, powder, eyeshadow, blush, eyeliner, mascara, lipstick. If that's not already overboard, guess what? They are also spray tanned and have teeth molds, also known as flippers so that their teeth look perfect. Still not enough? Check out their costumes. These moms are forcing their little girls to wear skimpy apparel, causing them to look like almost the equivalent of a prostitute.

•  They are being trained to dress and appear as sexy.

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  Lastly, take a look at how they manage themselves on stage. They don't just smile a sweet smile and blow a kiss. No, no. These girls act as if they are adults performing in a night club. These little girls? They are taught raunchy moves and dance provocatively. They wiggle around suggestively, shake their tushes, come close to almost the equivalent of belly dancing, and end with a sexy look on their faces and then proceed to blow a kiss. Too much for a little girl? I do think so.

•     They are learning that sexual parading is okay

  Let's get something straight -- a four year old doesn't need to be wearing breast and butt enhancements. That is sick. That is exploiting your little girl. With having women and men judges as well as an audience, that is beyond inappropriate. No man needs to lust over a little girl, and definitely not a four year old. Again, that is completely disgusting.

Pageants are harmful. They crush little girls' self esteem, train them to become sexy, and they teach them all about sexual parading.

I don't know about you, but I think there needs to be some kind of change around here.