OT: Natural Beauty Pageants

I have ultimately decided to let her do it only because she has been BEGGING since she could understand what they are.Last night when i walked through the door the first thing she said was "mommy we have to go to the fashion show!!"So I will let her do this one, and if she likes it, i will allow her to do more on MY terms.I too used to HATE them, but after seeing how much fun my niece has, and seeing her wish all of her friends luck and begging her mom to call them afterwards if they have won to say congratulations, my opinion has since changed.The way my SIL handles them and explains that beauty is not the all importance in the world (she wears NO makeup ever, always dressed down unless a special occasion) is great, she has helped me see that they are not all evil, you just have to know which ones to look for.