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Just a reminder of why we're in a war right now (Original Post) wolfie001 3 hrs ago OP
All those sketchy 'modeling agencies' and 'contests' were pimp fests. pfitz59 3 hrs ago #1
In my opinion, the very worst "beauty pageants" are the ones with little girls. MIButterfly 2 hrs ago #2
donnie's kiddy show. pansypoo53219 2 hrs ago #3
JonBenet Ramsay llmart 1 hr ago #4
The reason I stopped on that show that day was because I thought the little girl was Jon Benet Ramsay MIButterfly 1 hr ago #5
Is anyone surprised that this completely amoral evil person would do such a thing? ChicagoTeamster 1 hr ago #6
Link to Guardian article ? krkaufman 22 min ago #7
I went back to Reddit and found a link: wolfie001 18 min ago #8
Thanks. krkaufman 11 min ago #10
LINK krkaufman 12 min ago #9

pfitz59

(12,614 posts)
1. All those sketchy 'modeling agencies' and 'contests' were pimp fests.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 08:43 PM
3 hrs ago

An open secret at the time.

MIButterfly

(2,569 posts)
2. In my opinion, the very worst "beauty pageants" are the ones with little girls.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 09:22 PM
2 hrs ago

While channel surfing one day, I watched about five minutes of "Toddlers and Tiaras" and it was disgusting. I bet every pedophile in the country was glued to their TVs watching that shit. Everything about it was repulsive, the way they tarted up the little girls; the attitudes and greediness of the parents, etc. I saw a five-or-six-year-old girl, in heavy makeup, with big hillbilly hair, sashaying across the stage, swinging her non-existent hips and singing "My baby whispers in my ear sweet nothings." WTAF? I couldn't change the channel fast enough.

llmart

(17,538 posts)
4. JonBenet Ramsay
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:29 PM
1 hr ago

Perfect example. When I moved from the midwest to the South I learned that beauty pageants for little girls were a very common thing. I worked with a woman who told me that when she had a baby girl all she ever wished for her was to win a beauty pageant.

MIButterfly

(2,569 posts)
5. The reason I stopped on that show that day was because I thought the little girl was Jon Benet Ramsay
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:35 PM
1 hr ago

and that it was updated news report about her. I didn't notice what channel and what program it was until I looked a couple of minutes later.

ChicagoTeamster

(800 posts)
6. Is anyone surprised that this completely amoral evil person would do such a thing?
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:37 PM
1 hr ago

And the American Evangelical Christian community picked this person (and I use the term lightly) as their savior. The religion that started as an attempt at a religious justification for continuing the institution of slavery and denying black people civil rights.

krkaufman

(13,961 posts)
7. Link to Guardian article ?
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:26 PM
22 min ago

Is there a link to a Guardian news article covering this or just rumors?

wolfie001

(7,538 posts)
8. I went back to Reddit and found a link:
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:30 PM
18 min ago
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/14/teen-models-powerful-men-when-donald-trump-hosted-look-of-the-year
I remember reading this article about 3 years ago. His cult doesn't care yet they lobbed attack after attack on Joe Biden. Bunch of a-holes.
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