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Date Posted: 07:14:49 12/12/06 Tue
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Subject: The perfect princess daughter letter is not fair

There will always be the pushy parent or the unevitable stage mother, but that stereotype is not typical of most pageant moms. The notion that all pageants promote the use of wigs, false teeth, ect... is also an untruth. I raised four daughters and we tried several pageant systems. My girls are now grown, happy, successful and quite confident in themselves. One is an attorney, one is a pharmacist, and the other two are still in college working on degrees. They learned early on that it is not just about outer beauty, but rather how they carry themselves and allow their inner beauty to shine in everything they do. If they did not win a particular pageant, we still went out to eat afterwards as a family. Pageants allowed them to interact with other girls their age who also enjoyed dressing up and having fun. Most of these girls also had other outside interests and hobbies such as gymnastics, dance, basketball, ect... Girls who enter pageants usually are high achievers in everything they do. They gain confidence, self-esteem, and happiness in their activities. There is nothing wrong with a girl who can walk into a room filled with people and be comfortable with herself and make others in that room feel the same way. Entering pageants is a competition and children will find competition in most everything they do in life. Not all little league players are the captain of the team, or the fastest, or the best hitter or catcher. Still they play and learn things like commitment, team spirit and love for the sport itself. These things will serve them throughout their growing up years as well. I could go on and on , but your letter reads full of negativity and ignorance. As a parent your responsibility is to teach your child that they can do anything they are willing to try. They may not excel at it, but if they are having fun, where is the harm? There are bad coaches and bad pageant directors. Your job as a parent is to find the good ones and they DO exist. My daughter is not going to find a plastic surgeon to marry...she is going to BE the doctor!

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