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Date Posted: 21:33:55 07/15/02 Mon
Author: Anonymous
Subject: Re: Pageants remind some of the Traveler's group on a documentary.
In reply to: 's message, "Pageants remind some of the Traveler's group on a documentary." on 15:46:48 07/07/02 Sun

The only thing pageants have in common with Irish Travelers is rhinestones. Travelers may tease, but it's their own hair. They also don't have fake tans, and they wouldn't be caught in the same dress twice. And frankly, they have better fashion sense than to wear some of the gowns we've seen! And I've seen toddlers to ten-year-olds at pageants in too-short gowns with cut-out backs, so the travelers are conservative by comparison.

We know some of the travelers, or "gypsies" as locals call them. In fact, we've gotten great sportswear outfits from them. Their daughters parade around in fancy clothes because they like to, not because they are looking for mates.

We choose age-appropriate gowns for our daughter; she may not win a national, but frankly, if she has to have a fake tan, hair, teeth and eyelashes, wear a $2,000 dress and pay for pictures that are so retouched they look like someone else, it's not a win worth having.

Somewhere along the way, we have lost sight of what true beauty is.

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