The child beauty pageant seems like quite the racket. Parents spend thousands on dresses, coaches and makeup, and for what? Cheap trophies and affirmation that only looks count.

The world of child beauty pageants is a controversial one, ... pageant coaches, expensive dresses and summers spent in RVs, driving from pageant to pageant.

Sugar and spice and everything nice? In the world of child beauty pageants, it’s more like acrylics, extensions and spray-on tans. Just ask Madison Bowles, a 9-year-old from Crossville, Tenn.… ...

PARIS — Child beauty pageants may soon be banned in France, after a surprise vote in the French Senate that rattled the pageant industry and raised questions about how the French relate to girls ...

Child beauty pageants are a distinctly American phenomenon that, ... "For beauty, she has a full mega-glitz dress," said her mother, Katie Parks, 39, and a former Miss Country Western Arizona.

Child Beauty Pageants: ... has sparked outrage for its photos of a 10-year-old model lying in a sea animal print wearing a chest-revealing gold dress, ... The child pageant and dance circuits ...

(CNN) — Child beauty pageants are a lot like crime coverage on local news. Stick with me. This will make sense. I promise. Viewers complain there’s too much crime in local television news ...

Child beauty pageants may soon be banned in France, after a surprise vote in the French Senate that rattled the pageant industry and raised questions about how the French relate to girls' sexuality.

A natural pageant is usually under $200 in total. "Entry fees are lower, often about $80, and you can have her wear a Sunday dress and whatever cute shoes you have in your closet," says Lee.

Gone are the days where dress-up meant trying on mom’s lipstick and last Halloween’s costume; child beauty pageants have led young girls into a world of fake teeth, tans and boobs.

The recent issue of French Vogue has sparked outrage for its photos of a 10-year-old model lying in a sea animal print wearing a chest-revealing gold dress, stilettos, and heavy make-up. Cries of ...