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I'm Alana, I'm 6, and I'm a beauty queen
She's a beauty queen?
They must be crazy if they think they're gonna beat me Honey Boo-boo child
You go, girl
Is this Toddlers & Tiaras?
I love Toddlers & Tiaras so much
A dollar make me holler, Honey Boo-Boo
[Snort]
[Laughter]
A lot of pageant moms and people know what this special juice is
Everybody has their different concoctions
It's so sad, I feel so bad
My special juice is gonna help me win
[Laughter]
What's in that special juice, gosh
They obviously spiked the juice
Work it Smoochie. That's it, baby.
There is something wrong with this
[Laughter]
My mom wouldn't even let me wear that now, let alone being 6 or however old she is
I feel sad cause I didn't get a big trophy and I didn't get a crown
They don't know a good thing when they see it
[Laughter] Oh my goodness!
That was a really sad ending
I don't know where to begin
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So what did you just watch?
That was Alana!
A girl on Toddlers & Tiaras
She really wasn't that pretty, so it was kinda disturbing
I'm just speechless right now. Why would people do this to their child?
I seriously wanna see what she's gonna be like when she's, like, 18
What part of the video shocked you the most or stood out the most to you?
That the mom gave her Go-go Juice
Go-go Juice makes her laughy and feel funny. I think she was drunk
The mother, when she was dancing and jiggling up and down, that was disgusting
She was wearing this little teeny thing, little booty shorts. She's 6! I don't even do that, I'm 15!
The things that they're wearing aren't very appropriate and little girls should not be wearing that at that age.
Do you watch the show Toddlers and Tiaras?
No, I don't.
I don't wanna waste my life watching spoiled little girls.
Oh my gosh. All the time.
It's one of those shows that I watch when there's nothing on.
It really pulls you in, you know. The whole time you're just thinking,
like, these people are so stupid, what are they doing, but it's so interesting to watch that
Do you that it's good to have a TV show about this?
Yeah, it shows parents how not to act.
It's promoting it, but at the same time it's showing how it's bad.
For the right people this can educate them
about what was going on and maybe hopefully stop them from putting their kids in pageants.
I wish I hadn't been in pageants, I wish my parents saw this. I became aware of trying to have boobs at 6.
Have you ever been in a beauty pageant?
I haven't.
Oh, hells no.
No, my parents wouldn't let me, anyways. They think I'd turn out like that.
I haven't been in a beauty pageant but I've done a scholarship pageant.
I was in one.
Were you really?
Yeah. It was a cutest baby pageant.
Do you think the child beauty pageants are right or wrong?
I think they're wrong.
Wrong.
Very wrong.
Wrong.
They're wrong, if the parents are making them.
It's wrong when they don't want to do it but it's right if they want to do it?
What's so wrong about it?
It teaches this little girl that make-up and hair and dresses are important and that's not true at all.
Little girls that are 5 and 6 years old don't need to be caking on face make-up.
They look like a 40 year old when they're supposed to look like a fricking 4 year old.
They have that image
of, like, the perfect girl and that's what they keep striving to be and that's sort of a bad habit.
They can become bulimic or anorexic from it and, uh, that's not good.
At the end of the day you're not going to get a job because you're beautiful.
You're gonna get it because you have skills.
They're just setting their kids up for, like, failure when they're older.
When and if you have children would you put them in beauty pageants?
Oh, absolutely not.
Definitely not.
No.
Even if they really wanted to?
Even if they wanted to? Smack them upside their heads. No.
My child would never want to do that at that young age let's just say that.
I'm not having children. No way, no how, not going to put that responsibility
on my shoulders of messing up a whole new generation.
What do you think that parents or these kids even would say
are things that are good about beauty pageants?
Maybe, it gives the kid confidence.
They open up people to being more optimistic toward life and they really let a girl know what her inner beauty is
Some would say that pageants build self confidence in public speaking skills at a young age. Would you agree with that?
Public speaking skills? When do they talk
If you saw the video, there was nobody in the audience really, so they're not talking to anybody
If you want them to learn
speaking skills
put them on stage at school
doing a monologue or something
Why do parents decide to put their kids in beauty pageants?
Honestly, I think it comes down to the money
The parents did pageants when they were younger?
They want their kid to stand out; they want their kid to be a star!
Make them feel good, like, "Oh yeah, my kid won 10 pageants, what did your kid do?"
Maybe, in a few cases, the kid wants to do it
"This is not me wanting to do it for me, it's for them and I'm helping them and supporting them," when the parents are actually secretly trying to live through them
And what do you think of these parents?
They're crazy
Psychotic
Kinda "pimping out" their children
They just seem like very lazy people who aren't willing to really give their child the education and nourishment that they deserve
Most of the kids, do you think that they want to do it or do you think that they're forced to do it?
I'd say half forced and half actually want to do it
I think most of them are forced into it
I think they're forced into it, and then they're forced to continue
A lot of the times when I watch this show, the kids say that they don't want to do it
They're like, "Oh, I don't like to practice," and then their mothers go, "Oh, she loves practicing."
Do you think that child beauty pageants should be banned?
Yes
Yeah
I do, but is that possible?
I don't think they should be banned
No because then I wouldn't have Toddlers & Tiaras!
Caution: This may kill your child
Or like, this may ruin your child's life
That should be a law, like, you have to have a caution thing on the signing sheet
Why do you think it should be that strong there should be laws against it?
It should be illegal to make your child feel like if they do not fit in this dress
They will not get the largest round of applause
What about parents, if they're watching and they're forcing their kids? What would you say to them?
Take it easy
Stop!
Listen to your kids. Like, if they don't want to do it, don't make them do it
And for most of you, get on a treadmill, oh my god!
And if there are kids out there watching that were forced to be in pageants, what would you say to them?
I guess, just make the best of it and keep shining
When you grow up, people are gonna hate you
Run away, hide
Just tell your mom you don't want to do it, it's okay
You do not need that crown, it is fake, cheap plastic
You, pretty little girl, take the make-up off, you're beautiful the way you are
If you're in a pageant, don't be
Unless you're on Toddlers & Tiaras
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