For the local pageant, I had to come up with a $100 donation and I ended up using clothes, a swimsuit and dress I already had in my closet. For Miss Kansas USA, I had to come up with $900 to cover ...

GOWN AND OUT: Former pageant champ Michele Strong headlines Oxygen’s “Obsessed with the Dress.” ( )We’re so used to women behaving badly on reality TV, especially when it involves money ...

And the winner is..... Those very words will be announced this coming Sunday at the 2010 Miss Teen Of Pennsylvania pageant held at Bloomsburg University. While I never considered myself to be much ...

And it was in these glitz pageants that Ruby excelled. "She took to it very, very well. She loves the cameras, the stage, the beautiful dresses and routines - and meeting new people, she's made a ...

And in the case of so-called "high-glitz" pageants it's an appearance that requires girls to dress up and perform like pint-size adults, complete with fake hair, spray tans, full makeup, ornate ...

When Baby Swans Grow Older. But playing dress-up on the pageant stage costs parents financially, and some experts argue that it can be harmful to girls, teaching them that their self-worth is ...

“Every girl, regardless of her budget and regardless of her size, needs to be treated like they look amazing.” That’s the motto at the newly expanded pageant, prom and accessories shop, Fit ...

The experts say child beauty pageants sexualise children and make them grow up before their time. That’s rubbish. All little girls like to dress up and experiment with make-up.

Produced by local fashion and lifestyle marketing company Tailored by Taylor, The Lady of Charleston fashion-based pageant brings together the women of Charleston to celebrate confidence ...