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Children are the fastest growing segment of the beauty pageant market with annual children's competitions attracting an estimated three million children mostly girls from the ages of six months to 16 years who compete for crowns and cash Schultz Murphy Usually a child beauty pageant contest will consist in a round of beauty where the child will be evaluated in their personality confidence appearance and runway the second round consist of a outfit of choice and then a talent round in which the contestants will present a gift such as singing dancing acting etcetera The second and third round may vary in other words it could consist of other themes it depends of the beauty pageant organizer These pageants give to the girls an opportunity to bring out the best in them and at the same time outgrowing their self confidence Moreover child beauty pageants have changed over the years with children going further to look more attractive taking away the innocence and depriving the girls to enjoy being young and to be free at a young age There are far more harmful elements of a pageant than helpful which leads to fake appearances to negative attitude and the sexualization of young girls As a child it has become custom to explore in our mom's world using their high heels and modeling with them then putting some makeup and dressing up with their clothes
