Little Miss Perfect/Toddlers and Tiaras

[PeppyGPhiB]

Did anyone watch tonight? I don't want to stereotype, but that little boy even dressed like Dorothy for Halloween?!

[MaggieXi]

I want to know what happened to Tootie. I thought I saw her in the background of last week's episode (the one with Braxton & Alaska).

[BetteDavisEyes]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Did anyone watch tonight? I don't want to stereotype, but that little boy even dressed like Dorothy for Halloween?!

I just watched my first episode and it was this one. The little boy was definitely dressed as Dorothy for Halloween complete with ruby slippers & a wig. His mom said that it was part of his personality and his dream was to be a Broadway dancer one day. He has two dolls that he has complete wardrobes for & he takes them to all his pageants. Wow! I'll stop right there before I get nasty & snarky towards a kid & his mom.

As for the girls, this just reiterated my beliefs that once my daughter is born, I will NEVER do this to her. I so recall that KD perp & her pageant obsession & now I'm going to search b/c I gotta see these pictures. Lol! I wouldn't be surprised if we see her on this show one day.

[SWTXBelle]

In my family, we say we show dogs and horses,not children.

[HannahXO]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

In my family, we say we show dogs and horses,not children.

This!!! And I wouldn't DREAM of doing half of that stuff to my horse Ugh, I am watching right now, and there is a mom who made her daughter stop doing gymnastics because the muscles looked ugly in a beauty dress...uh, what?!?!

Although with regards to the boy from last week, not all kids are gender normative. I mean, the mom could be insane, but this seemed more like the boy was just feminine and mom was OK with letting him express it. Which, IMO, is fine, as long as the boy as happy and not being bullied or anything. There is an interesting blog, Raisingmyrainbow.com, that is about a mom raising her "slightly effeminate, possibly gay son." It is really adorable, well written, and insightful.

[BetteDavisEyes]

Question. One of the moms kept talking about her daughters "flippers" and how she didn't use them during the pageant. Can someone explain to me what on earth "flippers" are in the pageant world?

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

Question. One of the moms kept talking about her daughters "flippers" and how she didn't use them during the pageant. Can someone explain to me what on earth "flippers" are in the pageant world?

The fake teeth they put over the girl's real teeth to cover up the fact that they're missing some (the judges take points off for missing teeth.)

Example: http://www.unitysmiledesign.com/photo_gallery/index.php

[BetteDavisEyes]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

The fake teeth they put over the girl's real teeth to cover up the fact that they're missing some (the judges take points off for missing teeth.)

Seriously? Fake teeth on a child are ugly?

I'm sorry if my reactions are extreme but this is the first time I've seen anything related to kid pageants beyond the stuff I heard during the JonBenet Ramsey stuff years ago.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Alaska and Braxton's mom needs a flipper. She was missing so many teeth it was making me want to vomit. I can't believe how these people ignore things like basic dental care but will pay to have their kids spray tanned, manicured, made up and stuffed into those expensive glitz wear abominations.

[gaangel5]

What was with the redneck beauty queen that said she dreams of dancing in Vegas? What are kidding me, she's 7????? Her dance was more like a stripper. She won't be dancing at the hotels, it will be in other places on the strip. LOL

[elusive47]

Originally Posted by Jen

I think last night's dad rivaled Big Gay Pageant Dad.

BGPD - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN-m5RhU5Nw

I will let you have one guess as to who is divorced now.

Why does he sound like Big Gay Al from South Park?

[DaffyKD]

Originally Posted by Jen

I agree with all of your post BetteDavisEyes!


I can't wait until Eden's in her 20s writing a tell all book about her Hollywood stage parent creeptastic life.

Will Eden make it to her 20's. The pressure she has been put under by creepymom leads me to believe that heavy drug use or suicide is in her future. It is scary that her mother is supposedly a teacher-- would hate to have her teach my kids. Can you just see her, "Suzi, you smile is not big enough to compete with my little Eden." "Johnny, you can't be in the school's talent show as you are no where near as talented as my little Eden." "So and So, no sorority will accept you when you go to college. You are not as pretty as my little Eden, you weigh 5 pounds too much, you don't know how to put on glitz, etc." Pity the poor special needs child who gets stuck in her classroom.

DaffyKD

[elusive47]

Originally Posted by Jen

Her mother can't spell worth a damn if Eden's facebook page is any indication. She probably cranks out little illiterate students with fake hair.

I don't know how Eden's mom is a teacher when she uses phrases like "fixing to". I know there is no such thing as a perfect teacher, but at least could she speak standard American English?

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

Eden: Hubby had to walk out of the room when Eden started screaming her song. Which, by the way, sucked on so many levels. Her "agent" wrote that? All the kid did was yell incoherently. They actually dragged that little girl to malls to sing her wretched "song". I wonder how many people left the mall early that day because of her "performance".

I agree, I had to mute my TV when that song was on. Instead of being a "recording artist", maybe mama ought to buy her child some singing lessons.

As for the three year old with the pushy mother, did anyone else get the feeling that the little girl didn't want to do pageants, and had no concept of where she was half the time?

[elusive47]

Question: Last Night's episode was billed as Eden's retirement from pageants. But in this episode she is still only 5 years old. Whereas in the Summer season premiere episode where she competes against MaKenzie, she has turned 6. If she continued to do pageants after her 6th birthday, how is yesterday's episode indicative of retirement?

[Optimus Prime]

Originally Posted by Jen

Yes! The hairdresser was Fransoly, the mother of Dianely. She was horrible to Dianely. I hate that woman.

I didn't even catch that. I haven't watched every episode so I probably missed it.