UK beauty pageant for girls under 13 branded 'pointless' and 'tacky'...
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In a society where images of ‘beauty’ are depicted through the media on a daily basis, it is hardly surprising we are becoming a nation obsessed with our looks. Magazines inform us of the latest fashion trends, TV adverts which hair, make-up and body products to use, and giant billboards what type of body is now considered to be ‘perfect’.
Following in the footsteps of America, however, with its TV series Toddlers and Tiaras, one can’t help but wonder if we have now gone a step too far? In June, the city of Leicester will host the first ever beauty pageant for little girls. Entitled ‘Miss Mini Princess UK’ the contest is specifically for girls aged up to 13 and will involve judgements on physical beauty, an eye catching outfit, a talent, and finally poise in evening wear.
Despite the contest already being slated as a ‘paedophiles paradise’ and organisers receiving hate mail, Robyn Sutherland, mum of 23-month-old Eleanor June Rees-Sutherland, plans on entering her daughter into the...
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