Beauty lies within, there is no product that can cover a darkened heart.

 Oh no know I see little five years old in make up and I know perves have themselves a good time watching them.

 I think that most of this is just for the enjoyment of the parents.i don't think any true valuable lessons are taught to these children,by encouraging then to be judged by how cute they are.some of these kids don't want to do it because the parents are so persistent for them to be perfect and practice there routines ,thus robbing them from enjoying there child hood.

 These parents that cake make-up on their 5 yr olds face, apply false eyelashes, spay them down with a fake tan, tease their hair and then add extensions so that they rival Dolly Parton, pad their little bras, teach them to come out in bathing suits and priss around a stage, shaking their little bodies for the whole world to see, teach them some of the world's worst songs to be sang in a child's nasally pitch...and yes, they are only doing it to build their self-confidence (?) They also need to think of who they are exposing their child to for public view and there's a lot of crazies out there that like to look at little girls bodies...need I say Jon Benet.

 Competitions have their good and bad sides. There have been instances where there have been some ruthless things in competitions, especially pageants involving children.

 Yes beauty pageants increases confidence but that also can lead to ostentatious, arrogant, and
rude people.

 Beauty competitions are exploitive, and I also disagree that they lead confidence which leads to success. It all depends on what you mean by success. BTW, did you hear about Miss Teen America 2007? When asked why she thought 50% of all Americans couldn't locate the US on a map, she said it was because not enough people know how to use MapQuest. It's going to take more than confidence to make her a success.