This particular pageant was “conservative,” and more about “natural” girls than “glitz” girls. There was still a swimwear portion, and an evening gown portion.

PARIS — France’s Senate has voted to ban beauty pageants for children under 16, in an effort to protect girls from being sexualized too early. Anyone who enters a child into such a contest wo… ...

Two years after “Little Miss Sunshine” made a splash at the Oscars, the spotlight is shining once again on the often cute — and often controversial — world of child beauty pageants. But a ...