Honestly I don't think minors should be doing Pageants. They just have such a creepy and sinister vibe underneath and I don't think they should be subjecting minors to it.

I almost started crying for the girl that was getting her brows waxed. You’re really going to put your kid through that for a stupid contest?

Kids beauty pageants are definitely the creepiest thing ever ! Here in France they are actually illegal. In 2013, France's Senate has voted to ban beauty pageants for children under 16 in an effort to protect girls from being sexualized too early. Anyone who enters a child into such a contest would face up to two years in prison and 30,000 euros in fines. The Senate approved the measure as an amendment to a law on women's rights.

I literally cried watching the girl getting her eyebrows waxed by force. This is all a form of elaborate emotional and physical abuse that has lasting consequences. I'm a teacher and I can tell you this is not a healthy way for them to grow up. I've had students under 5 who were models and they were never treated like this or forced. They saw it as a fun game and the parent was clear that once it wasn't fun for the kid they would stop. It wasn't this excessive, forceful or painful thing that all pageants are. I truly think these should be illegal

Omg I felt so bad for the little girl getting her eyebrows waxed 😢

The concept of pageants is so absurd to my German brain lol, I mean I get it if adults do it (miss worldwide and what not) cuz they decide to do it themselves But literal toddlers being forced to obtain beauty standard that aren’t even achievable by adults is just crazy, kids should be playing around and getting messy and not being forced into being these perfect little dolls 🤨

One time I was face painting at a family event. And one young Black girl asked to look like Wonder Woman. I gave her a Wonder Woman crown and a small bit of makeup (with the parents permission) when I showed her herself in the mirror she got upset and confused asked why can’t I give her different skin. I was so sad and struggled to explain to her that I can’t do that. Her parents calmed her down and made sure to get her some cake. I was so sad and I hope she is doing okay now.

That's child abuse giving giving that baby a wax 😡😡

I feel so bad for honey boo boo-it didn’t help that one of her family members was a groomer.

Ok, so, not many things get to me. But that little girl crying and screaming in terror and pain because she was being forced to have her eyebrows waxed, and the mom just standing there, completely unfazed, and even saying she would have HELD HER DOWN for this?! That hit something. THAT made me want to cry. That poor little girl

Also, the attendance at this these pageants aren’t regulated, so anyone could walk off the street and attend. This includes predators as well. Same thing goes for the television show.

I feel like this kind of show should not be legal. Like there should be no “beauty” contest until 18 because these children are growing up with insecurities. I know when growing up I definitely did. Wishing I was more tan skinnier green or blue eyes whatever, so I couldn’t imagine what it would have been like to grow up in a environment where you are never pretty enough.

I hate when my eyelashes are sticky with mascara, I've never had any fake lashes or fake nails, I am 27. I can't imagine forcing a little kid to do that. I don't know how instead of teaching your daughter lifeskills and supporting her talents/hobbies you objectify her with those disgusting dances and creepy outfits 🤢🤮. Kids should be kids and turn into women in their time, not forced by all those creepy people. This is child abuse that will affect them heavily.

This would've been a good opportunity to mention Kailia Posey, a girl who was on the show that committed suicide sometime recently. I definitely think the pageants played a role in her mental health, she's been conditioned to attain unrealistic standards of perfection since a young age. Pageants are so harmful for impressionable young girls and their self-esteem, they're literally being judged on every little detail about themselves Edit: I realize now that it was inappropriate to bring up Kailia's death. May she rest in peace, and I will do better moving forward

The little girl wirh the wax broke my heart. You could clearly hear ans see that she has trauma from the time it ripped her skin. This show was a pure nightmare and it's shocking that even without the show, these things are still going on. We can't forget this.

Who in their sane mind consumes that type of content? Tiny, little girls, 4 year olds in full, heavy make up, push up bras and suggestive clothes?????? For whom was this kind of thing made?????

You forgot to talk about how the judges talked about honey boo boo weight I remembered that episode vaguely but I do recalled the judges saying the girls should be a certain size

I can’t believe we would watch this back then and thought it was normal!

One of the biggest things to me is the fact that professional estheticians are enabling this. I myself am one and I would never in a million years wax a toddlers eyebrows. Especially one reacting the way the kid in the clip did. I don’t care how much the mother would pay me I’d never put acrylic nails on a kid either

As a mom with a toddler girl, I can’t imagine putting her through this. It feels so wrong. They’re babies and there are so many people out there with ill intent. Why rob them of their childhood, of play and innocence?

So from what I have gathered because I’m a boy mom: the bippity bop is a salon where they make little girls (idk about boys) into Disney princess- they do their hair and nails then pull it together with the dress and pics: side note my friends daughter went and they didn’t discriminate against 4c hair…it was great and she got to live her best Elsa life!!😅

I have a little sister about the same age as the girl getting her eyebrows waxed. Seeing her cry broke my heart...no child deserves to be pointlessly hurt let alone for her parents enjoyment. Wish i could just scoop her up, give her hug and play with her

I'm a competitive Irish dancer, and it reminds me a lot of Toddlers and Tiaras; the tanning, hair, makeup, the dresses. It's ridiculous. Though the reasons behind some of it make a bit more sense in Irish dance (ex., darker/tanner makeup so that pale dancers' faces don't look washed out on large stages with bright lights, tanning legs to show muscles, etc.), I think it's awful that as soon as girls are in the under 11 age group, they are expected to change their appearances so much, just to win a trophy, or even just a medal.

I almost cry for the little girl on 12:17 she looks truly terrified, I wanted to protect her 😢

My sister has my 3.5 year old niece in Glitz pageants and dear god… the amount of cringe and inappropriate behavior I have seen from other parents. The “community” has a post board online called the “blue book” which is literally a bunch of middle aged women bashing and talking shit about contestants- most of which are 3-10 years old.

As a waxer I would never wax anyone's brows under 13 😭 and even then I be double asking these girls if it's what they want if not I refuse to.

That little girl crying and fighting to get away while they force her to wax her brows is horrifying. That was hard to watch.

After watching this video, it makes me happy that Jojo Siwa “stayed a child” For so long.

I even did dance recitals and while of course not the same, I still had to have my makeup done and prettied up. The worst was the hot curlers I always got burned with, mascara was traumatizing to wear. And yes, it was uncomfortable to wear scratchy tulle and sequin headbands, tights and skin-tight leotards, and wear makeup. I cannot imagine doing pageants with makeup notched up x10.

growing up I rlly liked the show bc i always wanted to do pageants as a kid but watching this rlly makes me shocked like thinking back this is so crazy can’t believe they record this and air it

This reminds me of the entire Dance Moms situation. It’s ridiculous that these children are being forced to do things like this. I loved the points that you pointed out, especially the “the mothers seem to want more than their daughters.” It seems like the mothers are projecting themselves onto their children, and do you all think it may be because their (as a general term) self-esteem was dragged down as a child too that it just became normalized for them? However, I don’t want to say something like that without solid proof.

Por Dios, escuchar a esa niña gritando cuando la estaban depilando me destrozó.

The woman forcing her daughter to have her eyebrows waxed was abusive. No doubt about it. Hearing that poor girl cry because of that pointless pain, then seeing the mum literally not care at all... That made me so angry.

Pageant's can be so damaging, especially for young girls. They are made to think that unless they do all these things they are not beautiful, and that the most important thing in life is winning, which, obviously is not true.

I started listening to Jennette Mccurdy’s book about her mom and she said how it was always her moms dream to act but her parents never let her so she put that on her daughter to do it and other things like dance classes. She said how she never liked those things but saw it made her mom happy and whenever she didn’t get a role, her mom was sad so then Jennette was sad. this reminds me of that.

I can only imagine all the creepy men and women who watched this show for pleasure 🤢🤢

What really bothers me as well is the bullying that these little girls (some of them not even five) face online. I’ve seen children who have literally broken down into tears on this show because of how uncomfortable and unhappy they are to be there, be mercilessly bullied online. People call them brats or spoilt without ever thinking ‘hey! These little girls might have a reason to be upset’. I’ve seen girls mocked for their weight (again some of them are five years old), called plain or ugly, made fun of for their real teeth and so much more. Clips of them in highly sexualised get ups, leave them vulnerable to online exploitation and predators. I’ve seen so many people shaming that little girl who wants to be black. I agree that it’s lovely she’s showing how beautiful and cool she thinks black people are but many people are blaming her for wanting to be spray tan herself, and not her mother who (like you said) should’ve just told her daughter how pretty she already was and explained the harm that blackface does. You know the person paying for the spray tan and who probably introduced her to them. It breaks my heart that these young girls who didn’t even consent to being on the show most times have to put you with that kind of treatment. Edit: does anyone else find it strange that TLC has comments on for their toddlers & tiaras KZfaq videos? These are often captioned with clickbaity titles designed to attract more negative attention which is often directed towards the little girls.

Good afternoon everyone: The whole show is wrong & screwed up. They basically sending out the message " Beauty is more important than knowledge. " I'm glad they canceled that show. I was literally like " this show is a mess & more. Problamatic is a huge understatement, try Toxic. These moms are all about image. These girls look soooooo fake. It's ashame that the moms did all that stuff to their own daughters. Those adorable girls had to go through all that. That mother literally did Blackface. They look like dolls. I was like this was so cruel. Can't believe she forced her daughter to get a eyebrow waxing. Like do you care about your daughters feelings..?? And her thoughts..!! I always thought beauty pagents are so stupid. And I always will.

What this reminds me of is little miss sunshine. In her home town with her just how she is, a adorable child being a child and thinking showing her talents (like dancing) is just fun she didn’t think of makeup, fancy expensive outfits or, her weight. Then her dad says pageant girls “don’t eat ice cream” it takes her other family members to show her it’s okay to eat it. She cries thinking she’s not good enough to go and her grandfather tells her she’s beautiful just how she is and it doesn’t matter what they say because he thinks she’s perfect just how she is. Then when she gets there, she does notice all the girls getting makeup done, hair the clothes, spray tans the more gross side of theses things in bigger cities compared to her small town that would consist of farmers and small town people. When her brother realizes it was the toddlers in tiaras type of pageant he goes to tell his mom “ I don’t want THESES people judging her f- them.” She’s scared to go out because she can see the clear difference herself but she remembers what her grandfather said and goes out anyway. She’s confident, shows her dance her grandfather helped her learn and, her family joins in when they go to kick her out of the pageant. It reminds me of this because sure some kids want to they want to feel pretty or show their talents and when done in a way it’s literally just kids being kids, it can be fun for them but when you start forcing all theses negative view points only you as a adult hold it effects them negatively. We never see any other girl at the big city pageant having fun or even saying hi to her like normal kids they all look unhappy and uncomfortable compared to her where it was something she genuinely was interested in doing.

Lets be real and blunt for a moment, I’ve always wondered how many pedophiles circle the pageant world. There’s no way that there aren’t any lurking about around all that.

HOW CAN U PURPOSELY GIVE THAT PAIN TO UR KID, it should be illegal to be this insensible with the pain of your child

I got my first eyebrow wax in my friend's kitchen by my her mam who was knew what she was doing. Her father came in and told her 'stop it she's 10!'. He'd had a few drinks, I was 12, but kudos to him for speaking up when he thought a 10 yr old was getting waxed.

OMG the child getting her brows waxed??!!! That is actual child abuse. How is this allowed?? The child is screaming crying !

I grew up with the mindset that pageants are shallow and ridiculous so I’ve had to spend my time actually learning how to appreciate that some people do it for other reasons (a lot of it has to do with scholarships) and that some people just genuinely wanna help their community. This show was horrible and even though I was watching it at the same age some of the girls were I thought it was horrific. All of these kids deserved better. The fact that they even allow people to compete at such a young age is disturbing. There are other ways to get your girl into certain things associated with pageants than throwing thousands of dollars into trying to get your kid deemed the “prettiest”. Like you can do community service or fun theater or dance if they like the dramatics and attention (that’s not a bad thing)! A lot of environments suck for kids, but there are definitely ones that have more positive effects than pageants. Like get them singing lessons, teach them a sport and put ‘em in little league, take them to dance classes, teach them how to play an instrument, start learning a new language with them, etc etc etc. those are all better choices than this nonsense 😭

Omg..I felt SO bad for the little girl getting her eyebrows waxed, she was so scared 😭

Thank you I believe children should look and act like children not adults. Pageants endanger our children😢

Im french and I was quite confused that americans rejected so hardly the cuties movie (which denounced the hypersexualization of children), when mini miss pageant are accepted

you should make a everything wrong with Lifetime reality shows at once

I almost cried when the kid got her eyebrows done- SHE CLEARLY WASNT OK WITH IT!! like the amount of times she was saying no, screaming and crying was so heartbreaking especially when it tore a part of her skin off, no matter how much the mum wants to win the pageant, she shouldnt put her 3 YEAR OLD CHILD though that! Tbh i would classify this as child abuse. Its also so damaging to the girls mental wellbeing as shell think you have to go through alot of pain and stress and procedures to make you look „pretty“ so she can be accepted. I feel like theres such a big consent issue aswell as the girls who do these shows are way too young to decide weather they wanna do stuff like that and its often parents pressuring or forcing it on them. The girls will end up getting really negative images of their natural beuty if they have to go through this- especially as it also makes it seem like the whole world revolves around how pretty you are. Not acceptable.

Honestly, the only reason why I even know about Alana/Honey Boo Boo is because of South Park and her and her family being featured in one episode of the show.

I would just like to mention that not all beauty pageants are like that I was a pageant kid started because of toddlers and tiaras it was MY CHOICE my mom just supported me but I did a glitz pageant did not win and thanks to that I found the Cinderella scholarship pageant and it was about natural beauty and talent yes we wore the pretty dresses but makeup was not allowed it was about interviewing and talent and your showman ship also started me in public speaking from a young age they even judged us at outside events and how we interacted with eachother outside of the stage area

your braids look so nice omg

I remember years ago watching a clip of a girl thinking a producer said that she wasn’t beautiful(the girl was all dressed up and makeup done, the producer also never said that) and the little girl had a full meltdown over it.

I was in one of the pageants, not followed but I’m shown in the intro and few other scenes. I can say pageants did no good, it was stressful and made me hate my body image and compare myself to others. The last pageant I was in I remember really crying with pure heartbreak from not winning because I didn’t think the competition was nearly as good as I was. It was a sad way to see myself and others and definitely didn’t like not being able to eat before on stage and only having sugar in my system as a reward for feeling so crummy after being on stage and losing. I had spent months learning the dance routine and really saw the lost as a strike against my character. Note: I was like 8-10 when I did this. I can’t remember my exact age.

Girl same. I am also 21 right now, Between 8-11 I was obsessed with the show, I would watch it at friends houses and try to sneak it when my mom was busy. But my mom would hear that from a mile away, come downstairs and turn that shit off. She said I would I understand when I was older, she was right.

Even when I was little and the show first came out (born in 99) I always used to think the headshots for the pageants and the girls all pageant ready looked so weird compared to them when they are just being little girls and that they were beautiful when they were just left to be themselves. Now it makes me sad.

This is soo disturbing. Seeing little girls having to put on TONS of makeup is just... creepy. Like, five year olds should not wear soo much makeup. Also, by doing this, mothers are making their kids think they're not beautiful the way they are. When they grow up, they'll probably feel like they'll always need to makeup; like they'll never win if they're not pretty enough.

This is child abuse. This IS child abuse. This is CHILD ABUSE.

I think beauty pageants for children in general is a messed up concept (but especially so in this case). I don't know, it feels weird to me to parade children around deciding who of them is beautiful enough. There are already so much pressure when it comes to the way we look, imagine what growing up like this does to you.

That waxing scene broke my heart :(

bruh the spray tan baby’s mom… ain’t no way 😰

One time I was five years old and i was going to a wedding my mom let my put a little bit of powder and blush on I was so happy and excited btw my mom doesn't where much makeup and is natural so the little makeup she wears she used to hid it from me. And I remember when I was ten I was going to a school dance my mom let me were here lipstick and my grandma's eyeliner I was really happy and made sure not to ruin the makeup I also took my friends eyeshadow but I am happy that my mom let me have a childhood she was the best mom to me ever

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Hey - holy wow you are saying so much I’ve felt about topics that I’ve never felt comfortable saying out loud.. also watching that little girl w the wax was legit hard to watch - tu for speaking on this in a very real way.

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Just stumbled across this video, so I’m late to the game but wanted to add something. There was one episode with a girl who wanted to do a glitz pageant. She had done “natural” pageants before, so her parents said they’d try a glitz one, but she couldn’t do full-glam. So no flippers, hair pieces, or spray tans, and only minimal makeup, etc. I watched it as a teenager and remember thinking “man, this mom is dumb. Obviously the daughter isn’t going to win.” The daughter didn’t place and was bummed, but the mom was like “oh, well. She did her best. Obviously glitz pageants aren’t for us. No big deal” I realize now that the editing and everything made the mom out to be strange for not doing full glitz and portrayed natural pageants as a lesser, cheap (maybe fake?) version of glitz pageants.

literally almost cried for that lil one getting her eyebrows ripped off HOW DARE THEY she's so scared the poor thing I just want to hug and comfort her because her monster of a mother doesn't

I’m so glad you talked about this

yes to everything you said! They had a natural one that they rarely shown & I always wondered why? Why couldn't the little girls have on some lip gloss, cute polish, & some bows in their hair?! They can still wear the big dresses & stuff, but all of the tanning, fake teeth, fake hair was a lot. I remember when they would show their headshots pics all glammed up & it was wild how grown they looked!

I remember the Disney boutique I wanted to be blonde like that princess from tangled I had a faze after that movie but now I appreciate my hair texture.

Literally how is this not illegal

I literally almost cried seeing the girl getting her eyebrows waxed

What the hell 😑 the scene with the little girl getting waxed is abuse! That got me really fired up. Shame on mom and the lady that agreed to wax a little girl 🤬

I love your account so much, you talk about so many things people ignore

I love your videos They always seems so so well research😊

Good content. Btw, child stars abuse are much worse than pageant. Not only they usually have expectation from their parents, but also the entire industry they got involved in are usually also beyond toxic. Can u made video about it?

never seen yours videos before but i really liked this one. i like your content you can explain stuff very well

omg you posted!! i love your videos 💗💗

I’m glad I was there first to tune in❤

You’re so easy to listen to! Keep going ❤

Thank you so much for this!

When I started getting my eyebrows waxed at 13 or 14,I found it painful. Even still to this day. But getting them waxed at that young of an age. NO! There skin is still soft and delicate and definitely just wrong on so many levels.

Can't spray tan cause some skin cancer or something??? Isn't it illegal in some states what????

Great video. Have a great day everyone. Peace & Love.

Mothers living vicariously through their kids

You should do the news, you've got the voice for news stories.

Oh my goodness the amount of times my jaw hit the floor in this video 🤦🏻‍♀️ Jesus, please come back soon 🙏

I loved this show in my early 20’s. I was training my lil sis to be in pageants and I knew if I had a daughter I’d put her in pageants. Then one day watching an episode(little girl portraying Dolly Parton with the cone breasts) it clicked that that pageants were not actually appropriate for kids

One of my dads renters was on that show with her granddaughter. She spent thousands on her granddaughter and dolled her up. She was nuts period.

You’re so likable

I don’t know about y’all. But growing up I could not even wear pants and a shirt. My mom did not even let me wear bracelets,nail polish nothing like that. And don’t even start with the makeup. But here I am seeing these kids getting spray tans

New to your channel! I appreciate seeing a video on this, because I agree that the show was very problematic. From the beauty standards to the exploitation to the catering to pedos (just look at Chrissy Teigan's old tweets) to the sugar and Red Bull..... But my heart stopped at the little girl's screams when she didn't want to be waxed. How can any mom ignore that?? I know the fear she felt in that moment, the sheer terror, though mine was due to something else. And to think, it wasn't even a necessary thing. Broke my heart.

I 100% agree with everything that Toni said, all of little girls are beautiful. They shouldn't be trying to look a certain way and be another person that they are not. And it's the fact that these moms SUPPORT they're children thinking that they want to go/ need to change they're apparencies to look 'pretty'... I don't think minors should be doing pageants at all. Cause stuff like this will happen to the point where these children aren't being children and loving themselves for who they really are. These kids are as young at 9 MONTHS. YES, 9 MONTHS, doing these pageants for them to be out there without even knowing how to walk yet. Ridiculous. I'm glad she addressed this horrid show and said the facts that needed to be stated. Loved the video! Keep it up Toni!

Man why do shows like this even exist...

YAYYY ANITHER POST

Thanks for making this video and telling the truth about these pageants. The children have no voice in that matter since their parents decide for them so someone needs to speak up on their behalf! Beauty pageants for girls under 16 should be illegal because it is clearly child abuse!!! 😠

Agree with you 💯. It's so sad

I'm 23 and I've never done a wax coz I've always been scared 😢😢

The shirt you’re wearing is really cute

Excellent video!!