"Toddlers and Tiaras" star to perform at Hudson kid pageant

The wild, sometimes disturbing world of child beauty pageants will hit close to home today when the American Star Discovery Pageant sets up shop at the Best Western Hudson House Inn in Hudson, Wis.

Child pageant winner stops by NEWS7 at Noon

When you think of children's beauty pageants you probably automatically think of images of JonBenet Ramsey, or the girls on TV's "Toddlers and Tiaras" - dressed in costumes and makeup that made them look like grown women.

Toddlers and tiaras: How much is too much?

HOUSTON—Should children who’ve barely learned to walk be competing in beauty pageants? With the fake hair, makeup and sometimes skimpy outfits there’s a heated debate about whether parents are taking it too far. Pageant winner Katlyn Hicks’s family calls her a living doll and say she’s royalty. “It’s legacy,” said Kelli Kirksey, her grandmother. “She was born into it.” There are five generations ...

Beauty pageant ban mooted by Darebin Council

BEAUTY pageants for children would be banned from Darebin Council's community halls under a new venue policy.

'Toddlers & Tiaras' mom's $30 million suit

A mom has sued several outlets, including TMZ and the Huffington Post, for $30 million, E! Online reports.