Beauty Pageants - sub-teens???

[Dale Hubbard]

A new show from the USA has arrived in the UK: 'Little Miss Perfect'. It shows very young girls being dressed up like adults etc.

Does anyone think that this is extremely distasteful like I do?

 

[dodo1]

I don't think it's distasteful, but it's totally stupid. Let the girls have fun and don't force them to compete against other in such senseless contests. Our society is achievement-oriented enough. Children should have the chance to simply enjoy life as long as they're still young and don't have to compete in everyday life. Besides, such beauty contests often teach wrong values, in my opinion.

 

[DomainsInc]

I find it disgusting. Sexualizing girls at such a young age can only damage them and especially when their self esteem and such are still developing to make their phsyical appearance be so important must be damaging as well.

 

[katherine]

Well it's another type of reality television isn't it ?
I think these broadcasts are all crap and I hardly watch tv anymore.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

I find it disgusting. Sexualizing girls at such a young age can only damage them and especially when their self esteem and such are still developing to make their phsyical appearance be so important must be damaging as well.

Absolutely. You actually have to see this show to grasp how sickening it is. Parents want shooting.

 

[draggar]

Well it's another type of reality television isn't it ?
I think these broadcasts are all crap and I hardly watch tv anymore.

I couldn't agree with this more. The only reality TV I watch on a regular basis are police shows (Cops, Police Women of Broward County, Animal Cops), that's it.

If I'm going to watch TV, I want fantasy, not real life. I'll take Star Trek, Stargate, Heroes, Eurika, and Jericho over any reality TV show any day. (Unless I want to just laugh, then it's a sitcom).

 

[Dale Hubbard]

The point I'm trying to make is that regardless of whether you class it as a 'reality' show or not, it's offensive. Well, it is to me anyway. YMMV.

 

[Melly]

I don't agree with it because to me I believe it teaches these girls that the only thing important is how you look. They grow up judging others from a young age and it turns them into people they may have never been (Self centered, judgemental, low self esteem, etc..)

Then on top of that it does take away from their childhood. I would assume most girls when they first start enjoy it because its like dress up but after awhile it probably gets boring for them and they want to play something else. It seems like most of these kids that are in pageants are pushed by their parents.

I just don't agree with it.

 

[randomo]

Does anyone think that this is extremely distasteful like I do?

Yes!

BTW, I highly recommend the movie Little Miss Sunshine - a sometimes hilarious [fictional] look at the young-girl pageant scene, as part of a comedy/drama about a highly dysfunctional family. (Rated R, largely for lots of coarse language.)

 

[Gerry]

I find it disgusting. Sexualizing girls at such a young age can only damage them and especially when their self esteem and such are still developing to make their phsyical appearance be so important must be damaging as well.

Wonderfully stated.

There was a documentary here a few years ago that was absolutely sick and disgusting - especially the mothers who wanted a live barbie doll to dress up and make up. They spend tens of thousands of dollars annually traveling and another tens of thousands on lessons, dance, and even travel with their own hairdressers.

The whole concept is extremely perverse.

 

[copper]

I stopped watching TV long time ago.
TV became means to control mass, imho.

 

[Gerry]

I stopped watching TV long time ago.
TV became means to control mass, imho.

I just can not do without The History Channel, Discovery, Nat Geo, A&E Biography. For me, they still offer superb programming for learning.

 

[dodo1]

The question is not whether the show is offending to us, it is whether it teaches good values and what it actually does to the girls taking part in it! The answer is obvious to me, and I will never understand why those shows are successful.

(I do understand why TV channels produce and air such shows, considering how much money they have been making, but come on, why are so many television viewers willing to support utter BS?)

 

[denny007]

The only important thing is ratings. If the show keeps going on, it's succesful, logically. If ratings would be low the show would be cancelled quickly. For some people are offensive other shows, if broadcasters should give a flying about every uptight redneck who find this or that "offensive" they could broadcast nothing. And I believe even if they broadcasted nothing there still would be someome "offended" by the black screen anyway...

 

[DomainsInc]

The question is not whether the show is offending to us, it is whether it teaches good values and what it actually does to the girls taking part in it! The answer is obvious to me, and I will never understand why those shows are successful.

(I do understand why TV channels produce and air such shows, considering how much money they have been making, but come on, why are so many television viewers willing to support utter BS?)

Regardless of the show itself, these pagents are going on all over America and Canada. I' not sure if Europe does them. Mothers quit their jobs and homeschool their daughters so they can be yanked from state to state to compete in these things. Its abuse if you ask me. The child is too young to make an informed decision and the parent is obviously too self involved to do whats best for the child.

 

[dodo1]

Regardless of the show itself, these pagents are going on all over America and Canada. I' not sure if Europe does them. Mothers quit their jobs and homeschool their daughters so they can be yanked from state to state to compete in these things. Its abuse if you ask me. The child is too young to make an informed decision and the parent is obviously too self involved to do whats best for the child.

I agree with you 100%. The parents must have some sort of self-fulfillment compulsion. (Sorry, is that an English word?)

By the way, I was going to recommend the movie LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, too. It's a nice take on the subject.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

The only important thing is ratings. If the show keeps going on, it's succesful, logically. If ratings would be low the show would be cancelled quickly. For some people are offensive other shows, if broadcasters should give a flying about every uptight redneck who find this or that "offensive" they could broadcast nothing. And I believe even if they broadcasted nothing there still would be someome "offended" by the black screen anyway...

It might be the "rednecks" that make the shows and participate in them that should be held accountable for this particular perverted programming.

 

[Gerry]

It might be the "rednecks" that make the shows and participate in them that should be held accountable for this particular perverted programming.

I honestly think it is a "Barbie Doll" complex.

 

[randomo]

(I do understand why TV channels produce and air such shows, considering how much money they have been making, but come on, why are so many television viewers willing to support utter BS?)

As H.L. Mencken said, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

 

[denny007]

It might be the "rednecks" that make the shows and participate in them that should be held accountable for this particular perverted programming.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.