The Ed.
Well-Known Member
Another day, another crazy story from the world of child beauty pageants. You may remember the American lady who put her young daughter in a sunbed? Well, now there's the mother who's defending her two-year old daughter's monthly spray tan habit.
Savanna Jackson was entered into her first beauty pageant at ten months old. That's before she can walk, speak, use the toilet on her own and probably feed herself without getting it in her hair. Her mother has since spent £3000 a month on pageants and all the beauty treatments and products they require, including a monthly spray tan.
Mother, Lauren Jackson explains, "I just want her to have the best possible opportunity to win. Besides, Savanna loves it. Now, it's a must for every pageant."
Says who?
"To me pageants are about having fun, building up her self-esteem and giving my girl the best possible opportunity in life." Well yes, I suppose she's right...if we lived in a parallel universe where everything meant the exact opposite.
Clearly, the real danger of these pageants is the dose of crazy that it doles out to pushy parents. Admittedly, there's no physical health risks involved in spray tanning, even if it is done on a teeny-tiny person but what about the risks to her teen-tiny mind? These beauty pageants are telling girls at a very young age that they're not beautiful without the tan, the make up, the hair, the heels and the dress. It's not rocket science - this is not a good thing. It doesn't matter that they can't read magazines promoting unhealthy body and beauty images; they've got crazy parents doing it for them.
Excuse the rant. I'll get back to reporting from an less bias viewpoint. Or try to.
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
Image courtesy of SWNS
Savanna Jackson was entered into her first beauty pageant at ten months old. That's before she can walk, speak, use the toilet on her own and probably feed herself without getting it in her hair. Her mother has since spent £3000 a month on pageants and all the beauty treatments and products they require, including a monthly spray tan.
Mother, Lauren Jackson explains, "I just want her to have the best possible opportunity to win. Besides, Savanna loves it. Now, it's a must for every pageant."
Says who?
"To me pageants are about having fun, building up her self-esteem and giving my girl the best possible opportunity in life." Well yes, I suppose she's right...if we lived in a parallel universe where everything meant the exact opposite.
Clearly, the real danger of these pageants is the dose of crazy that it doles out to pushy parents. Admittedly, there's no physical health risks involved in spray tanning, even if it is done on a teeny-tiny person but what about the risks to her teen-tiny mind? These beauty pageants are telling girls at a very young age that they're not beautiful without the tan, the make up, the hair, the heels and the dress. It's not rocket science - this is not a good thing. It doesn't matter that they can't read magazines promoting unhealthy body and beauty images; they've got crazy parents doing it for them.
Excuse the rant. I'll get back to reporting from an less bias viewpoint. Or try to.
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
Image courtesy of SWNS