The reality show "Toddlers & Tiaras," showcasing little ones all dolled up and going head to head in pageants, has been ratings magic for the cable channel TLC. Click through to see how the child beauty pageant has been a central character in other popular television shows and hit movies.
Child beauty pageants in pop culture —
The reality show "Toddlers & Tiaras," showcasing little ones all dolled up and going head to head in pageants, has been ratings magic for the cable channel TLC. Click through to see how the child beauty pageant has been a central character in other popular television shows and hit movies.
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Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson became a household name after the now 8-year-old beauty pageant regular, seen here showing off one of her many pageant trophies, starred in her own reality show set in her rural hometown of McIntyre, Georgia.
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Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson became a household name after the now 8-year-old beauty pageant regular, seen here showing off one of her many pageant trophies, starred in her own reality show set in her rural hometown of McIntyre, Georgia.
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In the hit movie sensation "Little Miss Sunshine," actress Abigail Breslin plays a young pageant hopeful who goes on a road trip across the country to compete in the finals, traveling alongside her wacky family including her mother, played by actress Toni Collette.
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In the hit movie sensation "Little Miss Sunshine," actress Abigail Breslin plays a young pageant hopeful who goes on a road trip across the country to compete in the finals, traveling alongside her wacky family including her mother, played by actress Toni Collette.
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HBO's 2001 documentary "Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen," directed by Shari Cookson, shows the subculture of child beauty pageants by following 5-year-old beauty contestant Swan Brooner as she competes on the pageant circuit.
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HBO's 2001 documentary "Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen," directed by Shari Cookson, shows the subculture of child beauty pageants by following 5-year-old beauty contestant Swan Brooner as she competes on the pageant circuit.
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Susan Anderson's book "High Glitz: The Extravagant World of Child Beauty Pageants" looks at America's obsession with youth, fame and beauty as children, some as young as toddlers, compete in pageants across the country.
Child beauty pageants in pop culture —
Susan Anderson's book "High Glitz: The Extravagant World of Child Beauty Pageants" looks at America's obsession with youth, fame and beauty as children, some as young as toddlers, compete in pageants across the country.
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Teenage beauty contestants can have fun too! In the tongue-in-cheek movie "Drop Dead Gorgeous," they slap paint on their behinds during a dance routine.
Child beauty pageants in pop culture —
Teenage beauty contestants can have fun too! In the tongue-in-cheek movie "Drop Dead Gorgeous," they slap paint on their behinds during a dance routine.
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