Gone are the days where dress-up meant trying on mom’s lipstick and last Halloween’s costume; child beauty pageants have led young girls into a world of fake teeth, tans and boobs. The pageants have ...

PARIS — Child beauty pageants might soon be banned in France, after a surprise vote in the French Senate that rattled the pageant industry and raised questions about how the French relate to girls’ ...

The recent issue of French Vogue has sparked outrage for its photos of a 10-year-old model lying in a sea animal print wearing a chest-revealing gold dress, stilettos, and heavy make-up. Cries of "how ...

But for pint-sized beauty queens, this is far from child's play. And if child pageant-themed reality shows like "Little Miss Perfect" and "Toddlers and Tiaras" are to be believed, the number of little ...

GENDER Links wants beauty pageants for girls under 16 to be banned for sexualising them “too early”. The French Senate has voted to ban beauty contests for young girls because of the ...

BERNIE, Mo. -- The Show-Me Smiles Fantasy Pageant in the small town of Bernie has caught the attention of the producers of "Toddlers & Tiaras," a popular reality television show that explores the ...

The show is based on Kirker Butler’s 2015 novel of the same name, and it hails from director Silver Tree, 20th Television and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. Butler will also write the series.

On this day, Dec. 25, in 1996, child pageant queen JonBenet Ramsey was slain in her parents’ home in Boulder, Colo. The 6-year-old’s body was found the next day in the basement, nearly eight hours ...

BBC: Parliament in France is moving to ban child beauty pageants for promoting hyper-sexualization of minors. Organizers of such pageants may face a jail term of up to two years and a fine of 30,000 ...