Salon has a feature about child beauty pageants that gives me the creeps, or gives me the willies, or dang, just makes me want to hold down the vomit:
The little faces spackled with makeup, the hair poufed and shellacked, the fake tans, fake teeth (called “flippers,” they mask baby teeth), fake nails and, often, fake smiles — all of it seems so jarring on toddlers and tweens.
There’s a collection of photos to view from photographer Susan Anderson. What drives parents to push their kids through this routine?
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