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*That backdrop of this pageant is pretty janky.

*I like how grandma says "I know she hasn't been on stage in 8 months, but I still expect her to bring home the highest title." Of course you can expect that when YOU aren't the one doing it.

*If your child can't function on stage without you miming the routine from the audience, she's too young for a pageant. That bugs me. I can see if your kid is like 10, and can do it all herself, cool let her do it. But what's the point of having a 2 year old on stage who is lost? lol.

*I think it's funny that with the under 2 year olds, it seems that the winner is most likely to be the kid who doesn't cry/try to run away/etc. I've heard that it's the same way with babies and modeling, a lot of times it's not the cutest baby at the casting call, but the one who can sit there long enough without crying.

*I get that the pageant requires you to make a costume or something. Cool. But why can't it be age appropriate? Like, your kid can be (for example) a beach princess or something without her stomach being out like she's 16.

*This really goes for any activity a kid is in, but what exactly are you teaching your kid when you have OUTBURSTS and using the word loser over and over like a 5 year old? That's not losing gracefully (which was the #1 point of everything I participated in as a kid.)

*Also, it's my understanding that Ultimate Grand Supreme is the highest title of most of the pageants, right? Why do the parents FREAK OUT when their kids don't win it? That's like when you go to a gymnastics meet and you FREAK OUT when your kid isn't the gold medalist or high point. If you've been doing this for awhile, you should kind of know that you can't win 'em all.