Some child glitz pageants represent an environment in which a few parents project an unhealthy desire for physical perfection, recognition and financial reward onto their daughters.

"Real modeling scouts do not go looking at glitz pageants for children," says Monica Daniels, director of a glitz-free competition called America’s Beautiful Faces, based in Georgia.

“Toddlers and Tiaras” follows the personal lives of families that enter their young children into the vicious world of glitz beauty pageants. These caretakers often become obsessed with the ...

Parents who defend pageants point out that little girls love to play dress-up and pretend they’re grown-ups. But pageants are not child’s play; they’re big business. These dress-up games are not ...

JonBenét Ramsey, a child beauty pageant winner based in Colorado, was murdered Christmas Day 1996 at the age of 6. Her cause of death was strangulation.

Why do some child glitz pageant parents behave the way they do? New research suggests that "Princess by Proxy" a form of "Achievement by Proxy" may be to blame. Extreme pageant parents may lose ...