You’ll find that pageant/dance moms are often overweight or not in good shape. They pretty much live vicariously through their children and push them so hard. I totally agree with Ken when he said that pageants are some sort of child abuse.
And it's not just the men, the lady judge that looks like she's been smoking 50 a day for the last 50 years, you can tell she enjoys doing things with the girl no adult should do. And the parents juat don't care. I couldn't send my kids to a show where the dress up as adults and get judged on there looks! Makes me feel sick just thinking/typing it.
This is absolutely true! My daughter does competitive dance and so many of the moms are over the top! For the most part all the overweight moms are living through their daughters!
I don’t care how much “fun” the kid is having, if you’re teaching your EIGHT YEAR OLD to suck in their stomach, it’s harming the child in the long run. that’s not a healthy behavior, especially for a kid.
I feel so badly for this little girls self confidence 😕, I was told to suck in my stomach at 9 years old, and it sticks with you! 11 years later and I still constantly suck it in, without even realizing it 90% of the time.
@@madijean2961 it also physically harms you. It can force your upper abs into a state of paralysis, eventually leading to scar tissue, and a harder time expanding your lungs.
I learned to suck in my stomach during my early teens due to my insecurities. Thinking about an eight year-old being TAUGHT to suck in for a pageant makes me sad...
Probably gonna end up with an ED on top of it making her wear shapers and telling her to suck it in...I seen a video that if you make it a habit to suck your stomach in everyday for years you can actually deform your stomach so great parenting mom!
she will probably really hate it at some point, so maybe she will kind of see through it .... it can go both ways however I agree that it is great way to send your child towards some mental issues
"I judge the beauty of the child, not the shape of the child." Yeah outer beauty, I remember one episode where there was actually a good pageant mom, as in doesn't force her daughter to do stuff, is very supportive, and doesn't put crack ton of makeup on her daughter, and doesn't waste thousands of dollars on dresses. If I recall she legit said why waste that much money when you can donate it?, I think she either makes the dresses herself or goes to like the thrift store to get them. The dresses were very nice but not as glamorous or sparkly as the more expensive one, but most importantly the daughter actually look like she's having fun. Then in the same episode they show a mom who was a crazy pageant mom like the one in this video, who buys custom made dresses worth thousands dollars or so and multiple ones as well, takes her daughter to the spa to keep her pretty, I think too the mom hired a makeup crew just for her daughter making her look way older. And guess who won? The one with the custom made dresses since obviously her dress was the most glamorous of all the girls since her mom spent tons of money on it and makeup too. Despite the girl with the nice pageant mom being the better choice (she was more talented and actually look happy as she perform). The judges say they look for inner beauty or best personality yet they always pick the girls with the most expensive dresses and makeup.
all kids competitions are that way, it's all about whose parents and friends, who they know, who has the most money it's never a really about the kids enjoying themselves or who does better
The kid of the nice mom is going to end up with something far more valuable than a trophy and some money though. She's going to be much healthier and happier in the long run. Anyone who says the pageants are for the children or that they're looking at the inner beauty is straight up lying. You're right that for them it's all about the money and having the kid be as dolled up as possible, even if it hurts the kid.
I was never in a beauty pageant myself, but the amount of pressure I felt as a 5-15 year old cheerleader was absolutely nuts. The thousands of people watching at competitions, sewing in fake hair, makeup, and 'conditioning' (a fancy word for testing how far kids could go) and the list could go even further. Luckily I'm aware as an adult of how my mother was living through me, but as a kid I grew up with such high expectations for myself and I needed to look a certain way. I can't imagine what half of these kids are going through and I can only hope the children's pageants died off now.
@@twinkiesnails8857 I personally almost snapped my neck from trying to do a twist in the air while stunting. And I "only had a week to recover" because competition was more important. I also remember my sister getting kicked in the face during competition because she was a base (holding a girl up in the air), and her lips got kicked into and caught in her braces because of it. But she kept going because she was more scared of the consequences if she stopped performing, rather than running off the mat and getting help. It's sad, I could definitely go on but at the time a kid breaking any part of their body was just normalized.
@@dylanabadeer wow my best friend daughter is in dance and plays volleyball if those coaches would pressure her into during something she was uncomfortable with or something that was unsafe and he heard about it he would be going to jail lol
@@dylanabadeer it's different I'm sure. But I remember getting hit in the face with a baseball one of the times(4 in total.... Idk WTF my issue was) but I was mainly crying because I couldn't keep playing. So I mean, it's not unheard of for a kid to want to keep doing their thing. But pressuring someone is uncool af, so I can see how fast it can devolve.
@@killerwolfpack Of course! It's totally different when kids have drive and parents support it! Injuries are almost inevitable in sports and psychical activity especially if kids are the ones doing so. But making your children feel like they're a burden for not doing what you want them to do is a big facepalm. I'm not sure about the little girl in the video, but I remember growing up and just doing what I was told because 'No' wasn't an option.
As someone who's had acrylics, you gotta buff the natural nail first so the nail base they use stays easier. When you get those puppies off your nails will feel like damn paper they're so flimsy and thin. It can really damage a kid's nails since they aren't fully developed :
Same, I haven’t gotten my nails done in like over a year because my nails took forever to recover. My mother in law forced me to get my nails done for my baby shower (when I tell you getting your nails done when you’re pregnant omg..it HURTS) and after I gave birth, my immune system went to shit so my nails, my hair, my skin and my overall health just declined..
I like how these episode starts are becoming show and tells more and more. Buff: "This is my water bottle" Ken: "I got this massage gun" Buff: "And this my other... *fancier* water bottle"
I have a nephew who was treated like this by his mom growing up, he was in dance. Whenever he would finish a performance we would all compliment him and tell him what a good job he did. He would have a huge grin on his face until he saw his mom glaring at him because she thought he messed something up. Then he would go home and cry. Every show.
What a b**ch his mother is. Hope your nephew is alright... That's so sad. Like the b**ch of a 'mother' who is judging knows how to actually dance anyways.
My mom took me to one pageant when I was six. She just put me in a nice dress, rolled my hair up, then put lip gloss on me. Neither of us knew what we were getting ourselves into. I tried to befriend the other girls, but couldn't get them to talk to me. I even asked my mom why were some girls crying and why were their moms yelling at them. She couldn't really tell me at the time, even though she knew why. That was the last time she took me to a pageant.
Hopefully she DOES get placed in a home so she can receive the same treatment she bombarded her daughter with during a time she should be enjoying her childhood not learning these horrid materialistic values. Moms a sociopath
I was in pageants from 3-12 and honestly it was really fun. My mom was super low key about it though. It was a hobby not a form of income. If I didn’t want to do a specific pageant we didn’t go. Win or lose my mom always made me feel like I won. I gained a lot of self confidence from it and my family would always come and watch. It also helped me to be ok with losing which I think is important. When I decided I wanted to play softball instead she wasn’t mad or even sad about it. I don’t think pageants are bad but when it stops being about the kid and is only about winning that’s when it gets crazy.
I guess pageants can be fun for kids too. It just seems like it's way too accessible of an opportunity for crazy parents to be abusive. There's no barrier to keep parents from making it about them and forcing their kids into it and making them miserable.
That’s how I should be. Luckily it was just a hobby and a way to build confidence without the creepy need for new teeth or hair extensions when you’re already beautiful. ❤️
I fully buy the "why you buying all these dresses" statement from the little girl. Her mom is probably constantly complaining about money problems and then putting things off like fixing the fence. When kiddo said she'd spend the reward money on the fence if she won, it gave me parentification vibes. Her mom is definitely the kid in their dynamic and it's sad. This poor girl is going to have more than body issues.
The mum is probably blaming her for shit she don't want too. I spent all this money on you! I didn't fix the fence cause of you! My mum did that to me smh
Ken: "And she still crying?" Me with a cosmetology license in PA: "Yeah, she is 8 to start with. Next the drimmle does do a lot of damage and can horribly hurt. Physics says the more something moves the hotter it get, depending on pain tolerance; a drimmel can heat the nail up and hurt the skin underneath. This isn't even going into the nail glue to put the tips on or the acrylic/gel that goes on top of the fake nail." I have had my nails done since I was 15, got my comso license at 18, I'm 25 and hardly ever let a drimmle near my nails anymore. Aside from the pain I felt my nail tech teacher told my class there was not a need to use a drimmle, it causes more damage to the nail and you can get the same result with a little extra effort with a file. The nail needs to be buffed out just enough for the glue and fake nail to adhere to; the drimmle can and does Buff the nail excessively when not used properly.
"I've been practicing sucking in my stomach." The look on her face and the way she looks down is heartbreaking. I lost my daughter shortly after she was born but if ANYONE made her feel ashamed like this little girl does, I'd lose my MIND. I also have two boys and I feel the same way about them too. No child should feel ashamed because of how they look. No child should ever be held to society's standard of "perfect".
I'm glad the daughter called the mom crazy. Stuff like this needs to be illegal. Kids are taught not to disrespect parents and I feel like if a kid says they don't want to be in a pageant, they'll see it as disrespecting their parent. So they have no choice in that regard. It's messed up.
I am not sure if the kid is really that "normal", after all she was crying bc they didn´t want to make her nails (I am not blaming the kid at all, it´s all parent´s fault)
That's the same exact kind of parent who gets unbelievably excited when their child shows the slightest hint of interest in something which isn't typical for their gender and then pushes them to keep going further and further until they've convinced the child that they aren't supposed to be who they were born as 😔😔
The sander/grinder they use on her nails is to rough them up so the material sticks to them. I get SNS nails every two weeks, where they sand your nails down to be paper thin and they apply several coats of powder on top, then sand them into shape. If the powder on top cracks, it’s very painful since your nail underneath is weak like paper. Also if they move too fast while sanding your nail, the friction can burn you. The fact that an 8 year old got this is insane to me. They were right to reject her, but they should have stayed firm. The nail eventually grows out, but until then, you’ve got paper nails.
I never got Moms who insisted their kids like it when they have constantly convince the child to do it. I competed in 4-H and loved it. My parents never had to talk me into it. If a kid loves something, they don’t need to be pressured into it.
I loved dancing as a kid and loved getting ready for the recitals since I didn’t wear makeup otherwise. The hair part sucked since I have a lot of thick hair, but as I got older I took the gouges in my skull as a trophy 😂😂😂 Seriously, though, the double helix bobby-pins were a GODSENT gift once we discovered them!! And I really missed having my mom do my hair and makeup once I was old enough to do my own
My dad would sign me up for kids tv shows (like those one off segments in between cartoons) all the time and the one time I got selected to go I just broke down on set. It wasn't something I wanted at all and seemingly not something I even could do.
That's the same exact kind of parent who gets unbelievably excited when their child shows the slightest hint of interest in something which isn't typical for their gender and then pushes them to keep going further and further until they've convinced the child that they aren't supposed to be who they were born as 😔😔
As a 33 year old fan who’s been following for 10 years, I really appreciate the small segments of Ken struggling to work out/ lose weight/ exist/ use dumbbells because being in your 30s HURTS. Lol. Thanks for growing with your fans, Ken!
About the dresses: Nope, she meant just those dresses. When I heard her say she got her 12 I almost died because I KNEW It was going to be a LOT. Parents spend THOUSANDS per pageant so their daughter can win like $50 and a Barbie in some pageants if they win their division or overall "Grand Supreme" or some title as dumb. Some pay out thousands, but most do not and it is EXPENSIVE to be in all of these pageants. ENTRY FEES, dresses, costumes, shoes, props, coaches, traveling, hotel rooms, makeup artist, hairstylist, extensions, tanning, some get flippers (fake teeth) and nails (I was going to mention the fake nails even though they can ruin their natural nails and they still get them done and THERE IT WAS! lol) and it goes on and on. They will not even think anything of bleaching a 6-year-old's hair. I had an ex-boyfriend and his mom was/is a pageant director/judge and his youngest sister used to be a successful pageant head and in her adult wife was a pageant coach/judge. There was a man that used to take those absurd photos of the little girls and edit them and he would um "flatter" the little girls and his mom and sister INSISTED he was just being nice. They tried to get my boyfriend's older sister's daughter into pageants and she started complaining to her mom about this man and the way he was talking to her and telling her how cute and pretty she was and how he like to spend time with her, etc and his older sister got extremely upset and even more so that their mother and youngest sister STILL backed this man up!! And that is a regular part of pageant culture. Before all this happened my boyfriend told me about this man and insisted he was a Chester and afterward I was like damn I think you are right. This stuff is GROSS. My daughter's former stepmother entered her into a pageant once when she was about 6 and when I found out I hit the floor. She told me she was miserable and did not want to do it at all and was forced into it. She said her glorious stepmother got upset with her for placing 2nd in her FIRST pageant ever and went off on her telling her she didn't smile enough. And as far as the mom in this video running her 8-year-old around the yard like she's Rocky because you "have to be in shape in order to do talent" I think we all remember poor Honey Boo Boo Alana.
My mum almost became a pageant mum but i always cried before the pageant began so she gave up lmao. Everytime i cried, she would leave me at the venue and my grandma would have to come pick me up. Pageant shows only made me a self conscious kid. Good times.
A shaper on an 8 year old. That can’t be great for her growing and developing body. Hell, when I wanted to try a corset in high school, they asked if I was 18 since there are more precautions for someone who is still growing. Not to mention the mental pressure that puts on you. She already know all the preps and holding her breath. Makes me sad.
I didn’t know that corsets had a recommended age. I never wore them a lot, but growing up overweight, with an overweight mom, if there were ever a formal occasion it was normal for me to wear corsets or full body shape wear. The earliest age I’d worn either one I was maybe nine or ten. I think the worse time I had wearing them was for a wedding, I was about twelve at the time- and I had on a corset and shape wear. I remember being so sore afterwards, especially around my back and ribs.
Acrylic nail tips on a child is dangerous! You have to be careful with nails like that so you dont rip your own nails out from the nail bed. Little kids have such small delicate nails and dont know how to be careful with long nails. There is a high risk her nails would be damaged during play. The nail tech was right to refuse acrylics.
When I was in school, the touch your toes was my low key flex because I was like the only one who could actually reach my toes. I sucked at everything else in gym so I loved it so much.
After a WEEK or PURE DEPRESSION im happy to be curled in my blanket watching these 2 homies. You guys really be making people feel less lonely and more well.
My mom always wanted me to wear shapewear. When I was in ninth grade, she suggested I get a boob job. Like it was a great gift! Needless to say, I don't talk to her anymore
I've never even heard of shape wear and Im much older than this poor girl. It's sad and so mentally unhealthy. I feel so bad for all the kids that grow up with parents like this.
The pressure on children to perform to the highest standard is too much for their young minds. There’s a reason Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen don’t act anymore.
The "suck in your gut" was kind of triggering my childhood trauma lol. Another thing was, she would put her hand on my stomach and tell me I was getting a "pudgy belly"....
I don't know... I have struggled with my weight my whole life. I think if my parents had fat shamed me a little, when I was growing up, I may be in better shape.
@@kayzbluegenes looking back at my childhood photos up into high school I look anorexic skinny. Are you scared that for eating and I used to get yelled at for not eating and I used to get yelled at for sneaking food 🤣
@@DeityLover I'm sorry you went through that 🥺 Being a fatty, I always thought skinny would be so wonderful; guess it all depends on your point of view. Hope you are well, mentally and physically now. 💜
“Toddlers & Tiaras” is not about the kids, it’s about how awful the parents are. The show is shot and edited to make the parents look the most insane. Most of the time the kids are rolling their eyes, and just trying to keep their Mom’s happy.
Exactly..it was highly edited to make it look like everyone had issues. If you watch "Where are they now?" (The show ended 11 years ago) All of them are in high school or college and doing fine. One girl whose nickname was Tootie is in college with a 4.0 GPA
"Yay I won the crown! I'm so happy right now! Wait, why is mommy mad? Is it my fault? What did I do wrong? I wasn't good enough, I'm trash, my life has no meaning. I need to be prettier so mommy will be happy" Today's video made me mad on a whole new level.... I wanna rant but it's not worth it....
I've only ever been to one pageant that was not absolutely terrible. It was part of a fundraiser for a church (proceeds came from a hotdog plate & bake sale), and pretty much all the guests were relatives of the participants. If memory serves correctly, the judges were all older ladies from the church, and a lot of the girls, especially the younger ones, had a mom or dad with them on stage for support and seemed pretty excited to be there. We went to see my cousin, and she had a good time even though she didn't really win anything. I've only attended one other pageant, and it was exactly the kind of dumpster fire one might expect. It was at a mall, full of strangers, and at least half of the children were crying, screaming, trying to run away, or some combination thereof, and all the Karen moms either yelling at their kids or joking with each other because apparently it's funny to watch children being absolutely miserable for no good reason. After witnessing that, if I heard on the news that child pageants were made illegal, I'd probably do a happy dance right then and there.
My sister made her son go into a pageant and I just remember how miserable he was and even though he won “best hair” it wasn’t even worth it because he was so upset being in front of people the whole time and being stared at
This mom is making her daughter feel self - aware of the size of her body and could cause eating disorders and & or other mental disorders growing up. I'm glad that at least on camera, she seems unaffected by her mom crazy thoughts, but for some people the pressure of their families really gets to them. I really wish parents would tell their daughters & son that they are proud of them more, even if it's hard to say.
Ken, try yoga and stretching for now. Slowly build your muscles and flexibility before you go all gung-ho with lifting weights and push-ups. Then, once you start actually working out, stretch before and after your workouts, and also drink a lot of water (and something with electrolytes) to flush out leftover toxins released by your muscles. It'll stop being such a painful experience.
I love how people in this comment section usually just comment things targeted to ken or buff rather than about the topic in the video. Thats when you know you got a good channel with good followers.
P.T. taught me the BEST way to get up and down from a chair without pain: Scoot to the end of the chair where your feet are firmly planted on the floor, shoulder length apart. Imagine there's a pen between your feet, put one arm out like you're going to "pick up the pen" and stand up at the same time. "Put the pen down" to sit. It's awesome 😁 Hope this helps someone!!!
This video hurts in unimaginable ways Holy hell And I remember being little and wanting desperately to be in one And now as an adult I’m so glad I never got the chance
I remember my mom taking me to buy shapewear when I was a little girl, there was no discussion about it-it was just expected that I would wear it, even tho I was literally a child. Hearing this little 8 year old say "I've been practicing sucking in my stomach" absolutely breaks my heart bc I went through the same thing
That's the same exact kind of parent who gets unbelievably excited when their child shows the slightest hint of interest in something which isn't typical for their gender and then pushes them to keep going further and further until they've convinced the child that they aren't supposed to be who they were born as 😔😔
you literally just made me realize a whole new concept of kid beauty pageants it really is just people wanting to see little girls in dresses and a pound of makeup… weird asf…..
It’s deeply upsetting that the daughter said she’s been sucking in her stomach. That actually leads to irreversible damage to your ribs, muscle tissue, and affects your ability to breathe deeply.
yeah, when i was younger i would spend entire hours swimming w a sucked in stomach. didn't end well i guess because now I can't take deep breaths without feeling like i'm drowning.
@@cactusc4ndy225 I’m so sorry to hear that, I also did the same and now I have built up scar tissue and constant abdominal pain. There is a recovery process but it takes years of physical therapy
8:50 It's a toy :D I've seen those at Cracker Barrel. It's a sleeping cat that has mechanic parts in it to simulate breathing. Just something small and cute to pet and watch. The fur is always super soft.
I used to do pageants (in Canada). I loved them. Super fun!! It was between the ages of about 12-17 though, so I totally knew what I was getting into and had a blast. Raised my self confidence more than ever.
I agree, pagents are child abuse. If it were up to me, they would be illegal and those who do force their kids to go through with them, would be arrested and forced to take parenting courses. Also, it's a sad world we live in where the kids are more responsible and mature than their parents.
That's the same exact kind of parent who gets unbelievably excited when their child shows the slightest hint of interest in something which isn't typical for their gender and then pushes them to keep going further and further until they've convinced the child that they aren't supposed to be who they were born as 😔😔
I don’t think kids should ever be on reality show or yt.. too many creeps watching.. plus kids can’t consent to it and don’t understand how it can affect their life
Also, there aren't currently any laws in place protecting kids on reality TV shows and RU-vid like there are for kids on sets of regular TV shows and movies. The Coogan law doesn't apply to them, so there is nothing stopping parents from overworking their kids and taking all of the money their kids earned. I think in the next few years we're going to start seeing a lot of kids speaking out about their horrible experiences being on reality TV and RU-vid, especially the kids of all the family channels on RU-vid that have had their entire lives put on the internet for millions to see. Lawmakers need to get with the times and amend the Coogan law to include kids on reality TV and RU-vid.
Would you rather parents be unable to show their children to others online? Additionally, if creeps didn't have the internet then their desired would still be there... they'd just end up coming to the pageants in real life, and I don't think you want that
@@variaxi935 I'm not against parents sharing pictures of their children in general, but Facebook technically owns all of the content posted on it. Who knows what that content can and will be used for in the future. Furthermore , there are real cases of people stealing images of other people's children and then claiming those images to be pictures of their own children. It's not necessarily about predators... there's more to it than just that. And frankly I don't think children should be taken away their consent to have pictures posted. Years in the future they may not want those pictures to exist publicly
One time I did a pageant for fun and I enjoyed getting dolled up and everything but the confidence hit all the girls took when we didn't win is rough. It was a small town so it wasn't even a grand pageant and none of us were "trained" to do it but even then so many of us went home crying. I can't imagine the toll it takes on the kids who do this regularly and have actual pressure from their loved ones to win.
Modern moms: "It doesn't matter what people think of you, don't let anyone keep you down! ❤" Also modern moms: "Now let's go get you judged by a bunch of Chris Hansen's missed opportunities, my little county fair piggy!"
I just wanted to say that I appreciate the effort ken puts in to entertain us. He's helping me through a hard time right now and I'm beyond grateful for that
“I was nervous and didn’t like it” “I’ve been practicing sucking in my stomach” “Ow mom, stop” “Suck in that stomach” poor girl. Yet the mom claims her “happiness comes first” ya right. What comes first is those trophies and the mothers ego.
That's the same exact kind of parent who gets unbelievably excited when their child shows the slightest hint of interest in something which isn't typical for their gender and then pushes them to keep going further and further until they've convinced the child that they aren't supposed to be who they were born as 😔😔
@@variaxi935 I'm all for parents letting their kids be who they feel they are, supporting them, and not making them identify as something that feels wrong to them. Having said that, there are definitely parents out there that do what you mentioned. I know a couple who has done this to both of their little boys. They post them all over Facebook to get attention for themselves. It's blatantly obvious that this is what is going on and it's really sad.
@@msjkramey There are some kids with legitimate gender dysphoria who are trans and there are others that are pushed into transitioning because the parents or very often the mother wants to have a special kid to brag about. It's fairly easy to tell which is which because the latter brings the same energy as the "my dog is vegan" crowd
This kid is already on the wrong track. She doesn’t like pageants and finds them super stressful. At home she seems to have fun on stage she looks so unhappy she just wants a relationship with her mom, and her mom is abusing that.
heres how i see it. its super weird, but if my child came to me and said "mom i really wanna do a pageant and wear a pretty dress and get a trophy" i would let them go have fun and do it, but i would not work them out to get skinny or put 80 pounds of makeup on them
And this is a given but to add to that, you can use it as a teaching moment and tell them even if they don’t win, or even if they DO win, everybody is beautiful in their own ways and a trophy doesn’t equate to their worth as a person.
THIS!!!!! Literally THIS!! Like I was telling my friend this, if my kid was like “I wanna be in a pageant” then if its for a good reason I’ll let them. But never what these parents do
I did dance competitions when I was younger, and while they were nowhere near as creepy as pageants it's still a lot of pressure for a kid. I can only imagine how much worse a pageant like this would be.
as someone that had to do those i can 200% say it is damaging. i freak out over the smallest scratch and feel like if i am ' flawed ' it will affect how people treat me.
This is one of the reasons why I no longer have contact with my mom. I wasn't in a pageant but I was told to suck in my stomach to look ladylike and to never talk unless spoken to.
child pageants are definitely not only in the US, when I lived in the UK I knew a 'pageant mom' (we knew each other from school but weren't close friends) who was always showing off pictures of her daughter at pageants with all the expensive dresses etc. I mostly felt bad for her other daughter who hadn't had the pageant thing forced on her, she must feel like the 'ugly sister' and gets so much less attention from her mother
the top titles are "grand supreme" and "ultimate grand supreme", best overall through all the divisions. If you win ANY decivision title, you can'y get those
Tip for working out Ken, dont do those compound exercises like curling into a shoulder press. Realistically you'll end up using different weights for different exercises so its not optimum, and leads to injury.
The only time I’ve seen something remotely like this that was genuinely wholesome has been when I used to go to rodeos with family and they’d have a break where the kids would come out and they’d pick a “cutest” cowgirl/cowboy or something but it was always just so fun and all the kids are adorable and they all get prizes even if they aren’t the “winner” (which winner usually goes to the youngest who has no idea what’s happening lol) but it’s all in good fun, from what I’ve seen at least.
There ARE INDEED beauty pageants in Russia and in the post USSR countries. However in here the judges rarely decide anything, because the winning positions are usually bought by parents.I heard stories about women making there children attend these pageants at least once a year and spending thousands of dollars buying the 1-st place every time. Ps: Are there any chorus for children that “train” their showbiz skills, in your country? Or is it just exclusive to Russia and the post USSR countries?
