Little girl who just lost and whose mother responded by screaming at the judges: "Now I don't like pageants, because I want to go to the jungle." While miming binoculars with her hands.

Same girl's mother, a little later: "I want Diamond to win the Queen title. Once she wins that Queen title, then if she wants she can slow down and concentrate on her work at school."

There's only one kid on this show who seems to actually be having fun.

Um. One of these pageant girls has a facebook fan page promoting her book, "From Cradle to Crown." [link]

a rare freecycle win. she called, came early, and the file cabinet is gone gone gone. YAY!

oh man on that pageant kid's facebook she has those pictures that have been photoshopped to make her look like a doll. Creepy

Why do little kid pageants have a swimsuit competition? I always assumed that the point of swimsuit competitions in regular pageants was to judge the women's figures. Four-year-olds don't have figures.

oh Hil, stop watching the creepy shows. yikes.

so , these pagent people would think the sexgames for kids in Brave New World were ok? I am sure there are some sane people involved in kid pagents. And I can see some scholarship money being worth soe of it but since I don't have my eyebrows waxed...

The biggest prize at any of these competitions is $5,000. Some of these people are spending $2,000-$3,000 per dress, and the kids wear at least four different outfits per pageant. The people spending the least money are paying a few hundred dollars per dress by buying them used from the people who pay a few thousand.

Ganked from Roger Ebert's twitter feed, the world's most beautiful bookstore: [link]

Ganked from Roger Ebert's twitter feed, the world's most beautiful bookstore: [link]

Ooooh.

Why are they spray-tanning a child whose natural skin tone is darker than the shade that most of the kids are tanning to?