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I watch this program for the sheer entertainment factor. Why aren't these people smart enough to realize that they are being made fun of at the expense of innocent children? I just watched this episode and thought about looking up Traci's phone number so that I could talk some sense into this woman! It was so painfully obvious that Traci was forcing her daughter Alexa to compete in these pageants while vicariouly living through her daughter. Traci needs to realize that her pageant days are over and she shouldn't force her desire for pageantry on her innocent daughter who obviously is only doing it to please her mother! There are more positive ways to interact and bond with a child than to teach her that beauty reigns over brains! This is so evident from the shows title and the fact that you and Alexa won the competition. If anything, the mother/daughter team with Kendall should have won for the simple fact that they were 100% themselves while the fakeness of Traci (boobs, lips, personality, etc.) won over the judges. Why do we continue to send this superficial message to our daughters??? Try competing in academics for goodness sakes. Your looks only take you so far and hopefully you get there honestly! All beauty pageants should be banned for just sending the wrong message.

I try to be objective about the parents and the children involved in these pageants but the pageant moms have shown themselves to be so delusional and ignorant that I can't help but feel bad for the children.

What kind of a message are they sending to their child when they make their child put on massive amounts of makeup, fake eyelashes, fake hair, fake teeth, and fake tans in order to be considered "pretty". If they truly think their child is so beautiful then she would NOT need all of that makeup- NOBODY needs all of that stuff except drag queens and hookers. Seriously, if you saw a grownup "glammed" out like that you would either assume they were a hooker or a drag queen.

And these parents are PAYING someone to judge their child. I don't need to pay a stranger for their opinion for me to know that my child is beautiful and talented.

I really can't get over how these little girls are dressed up and made to parade and frisk about like prostitutes trolling for customers. Exactly what kind of preparation for life are you gving your child by letting her prance about trying to get the attention of total strangers (aka the judges) for money?

It is really just so sad. Those little girls just look so grotesque and fake. I'm pretty sure that the self esteem that they supposed get by being in pageants and winning is quickly outdone by the fact that they statistically cannot win most of the time.. It's kinda like a gambling addiction. That thrill of those rare wins are far exceeded by the cost of the game and the many losses they incur. And the damage it does is immense.

It's just such a pitiful sight to see these little girls all pimped out, especially at the end when they have lost or didn't win the big prize. Why would parents put their children through this? Oh yeah, because those parents are trying to make up for their own miserable ugly duckling childhood (and in many cases, their adulthood too !).

And based upon many pageant parent posts NONE of them would ever win a spelling bee. I know it is rude to pick apart posts because of errors ( we all make them ) but most of these people make such huge errors in spelling and grammer that you can't help but KNOW that they are woefully ignorant. I'm embarrassed for them to be displaying such a lack of education with no shame at all.

Pageants are not degrading to anyone. it is close minded judgmental jerks like you who are dgrading to all females.wWho asked for your opinion? Obviously you would never win a pageant.brains and character... Rigt.... Like some one close minded like you would recognize it. Shame on you you ugly nasty person. you are what is wrong with america and all your UGLY ( I mean that literally) family and friends ( i suspect you have very few of both).

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If I have too see one more of these judges roll their eyes at these children I am going to lose it. These are all very beautiful little girls doing their very best and to see an adult roll their eyes while they are on stage makes me sick. They take there self way to seriously. They are losing the big picture here, that this is a child's pageant and to treat them in any way that they did something wrong is awful. I hope they know how ignorant they really look.

If the parents felt better about themselves - their poor little girls wouldn't be in pagents that made them look like baby strippers. I know pedophiles are having a good time watching these little babies. This is just sad, shame on the parents for doing this.

Can anyone tell me what the gold can hair spray is used in the pageants???

I think pageants can be a great way for children and their parents to do something together and build the childs' cofidence- that means EVERYONE! Be they wealthy children or less fortunate children. However in a recent episode I witness a judge (of whom I should think to know better) act prejiduse towards one of the contestance. A girl, who worked just as hard as the other girls but whose parents didnt have the money to provide the hair, make up and costumes that the other parents were able to provide. Despite her lack of money the girls' act was very creative and just as great as the other girls act (even thought it was a bit less glittery than the other girls)- even one of the other judges saw fit to point this out. However the the snooty judge went on the to call the act "hookey".It seemed to me the producers made it a point to show just was a jerk this guy really was. I understand that pegeants are about what you put in is what you get out but my question is can we really expect these pageants to be based on true beauty and talent as oppesed to great make up and expensive costumes?

I will NEVER understand these ridiculous child pageants!!! My biggest argument is the swimsuit competitions!!! Why in the world do LITTLE girls of this age need to be judged in a swim suit!!! It is sickening to me!!! I try to protect my daughters from sexual predators, and here these mothers are allowing these poor little girls to be judged in such a compromising way!!! These little girls get up on stage and dance and show off like pole dancers!!! Poor little girls! Wake up you mothers!!! Do you realize what you are doing, obviously not!!! I can hear you all saying "she is the one who wants to do participate" or "it builds her self confidenceand gives her self esteem". Well as parents we all have to tell our children no many times when they ask to do inappropriate things, and my two girls have never been in a pageant , and they have all the confidence, and self esteem in the world!!! They are very active and involved in all appropriate extra cirricular activities that THEY want to participate in!!! I believe these mothers do this to these little girls because they are trying to make up for all they couldn't do or be in their childhood!!! This "pageant world" is discusting!!!

I would have thought the new season would have started by now. Toddlers and Tiaras started weeks ago.