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Beauty pageant mania
For children, adults or cash!
Associated Press
ATHENS — Miss Toddler
Queen, Miss Personality Queen,
Miss Baby Queen, Miss Fashion
"Queen, Miss Baby Portfolio Queen,
Miss National Pre-Teen.
These are a few of the titles girls
of all ages can win in beauty pag
eants held year round. Children,
some only a few months old,
“model” expensive party dresses and
sportswear for a panel of judges who
then must decide who is the “most
beautiful” or who has the “best per
sonality.”
How do these pageants work and
what do they mean to parents and
the people who run them? And how
much do they mean to the children
entered in them?
Beauty pageants are held each
weekend across the state. These pag
eant systems are usually profit-mak
ing organizations soliciting contes
tants to compete for recognition or
prizes from a promoter.
Pageant categories include party
dress, sportswear, talent, most beau
tiful, best personality, photogenic
and portfolio. The children are
rated on a scale of 1 to 10 on their
modeling ability, poise, projection,
E ersonahty, interviews and facial
eauty. The baby groups, according
to one pageant director, are judged
mostly for personality and eye con
tact.
But, of course, none of this hap
pens for free.
At the local level the entry or
—
"Brooke doesn’t reully
know what's going on. It's
■Mke a birthday party to
her. We went to a pag
eant. . . where she did
nothing but run back and
forth across the stage. ” —
Theresa Bambeck.
sponsorship fee can range anywhere
from $50 to $150 depending on how
many categories a participant enters,
the amount of awards presented and
the prestige of the title. The fee is
paid to the pageant promoter by the
participant. But entry fees are only
the beginning.
The clothes the children model
throughout one day’s events can cost
from $100 to $400. In addition, the
portfolio or photogenic category re
quires professional quality photo
graphs that can cost hundreds of
dollars. Many pageant contestants
also take modeling and dance les
sons from pageant coaches.
Aside from wardrobe and coach
ing costs, there are travel, cosmetic,
food and lodging expenses.
There are ways to cut cosp», how
ever. Mabank’s Clara Ries, mother
of 14-year-old Cindy and coach for
about 40 other pageant regulars, de
signs and makes all her daughter’s
clothes, as well as the clothes lorhpi
students.
“Pageants do cost money,” Mai
Kies said. “But making Cind/il
clothes helps. Cindy pays for even t
thing from prize money. Thi
usually covers it.”
Theresa Bambeck’s two childrtnl
Leslie, 7. and Brooke, 2, competed
pageants locally, statewide and nt|
tionally. Leslie, who enters a pageaij
every month or six weeks, naswul
international titles and more tk|
300 trophies and 100 crowns. Botl
children recently signed with at|
agency in Dallas.
She savs her 2-year-old, winnem
iboul 50 trophies, has a lot offc
:ompeting.
“Brooke doesn't really knoi|
what’s going on," Bambeck said.*Ki|
like a birthday party to her. Wewrel
to a pageant a couple of monthsad
where she did notning but run bail
and forth across the stage.”
As for the advantages of beairf
pageants, both Bambeck and Rie|
say their children have devdopn
outgoing personalities.
“It helps pull out the personality
Bambeck said.
Ries said, “It teaches children to
set their goals and it teaches themto
do what you have to do to readi
those goals."
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Cover Charge: $2 Girls
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Free Beer from 8-9 p.m.
• Free Condomania T-Shirts for touring the new models.
• Free Margaritas from 2:00 p.m. til 5:00 p.m.
• Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament. $100 First Place
Prize. (Register at office before 5 p.m. Friday.)
• Tanning Contest. $50 go to the best tanned bod.
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