Many of those who oppose child beauty pageants suggest that the activities prematurely sexualize young girls and encourage too much insecurity about their appearance at such an early age. Those not ...

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 ...

PARIS – France’s Senate has voted to ban beauty pageants for children younger than 16 in an effort to protect girls from being sexualized too early. Anyone who enters a child into such a contest would ...

Since arriving in Northern Kentucky to live in late 2020, I have noticed a trend of little girls beauty pageants and, honestly, it is wrong in my opinion. These girls tend to develop anorexia and self ...

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 ...

Our story about the Miss Glitz Sparkle 2012 contest, featuring a 20-month-old in a tiny swimming costume, provoked anger from child welfare charities yesterday. Kidscape claims such events sexualise ...

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 ...

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’ ...