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Originally Posted by ree-Xi

Alexis
Now she is a gorgeous girl (and very poised) but she needs to stop telling everyone how pretty she is. They all do. It's their damn mothers telling them that they are prettier than everyone else, because conceit isn't pretty. Right now, she seems very sweet. I don't remember her throwing any fits. She was a little kid without being a brat like most of the kids we see on the show.

Right. You tell a kid over and over how pretty she is. Then she hits that awkward 6th grader stage and is suddenly less cute. The average kid takes that awkwardness hard. Imagine how hard it is on someone who spent the first 10 years of life racking up trophies based on her looks.

I think the BIGGEST problem I have with this is parents telling their kids that they're going to be the next Hannah Montana or iCarly and that pageants are a stepping stone to that. They are SO NOT. The average child actor on TV was never in a pageant.