Hey! How are you? My name is Kailyn and I'd like you to know that I am anchored in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana and my heritage begins in this town of New Orleans. I will share my experiences, poems, ruminations, thoughts, and truth
as a former pageant kid the amount of emotional abuse i went through because of my mother always pushing me to be beautiful and then blaming me and hating me when i didnt win was fucked up. being a pageant kid gave me an eating disorder and has seriously fucked with my self esteem. don’t put your kids through this. don’t let your 5 year old be objectified by others and yourself.
Also the pedophiles in beauty pageants is rather… disgusting
Story time motherfuckers:
Pageants aren’t good for older kids either. One of my friends from dance was a pageant queen and she loved it and tried to get me to do it. I was actually accepted into the National American Miss pageant (supposedly, first steps to the Miss USA and the Miss Universe pageants according to my pageant friend). Gaby (my pageant friend) let me try on one of her dresses and talk to one of the pageant leaders before I gave them an answer. The bullshit I was expected to do (I was 14 at the time) was un-fucking-believable. The “day of” pageant diet was eggs white and a small unseasoned chicken breast with water and crackers and water the rest of the day to keep your tummy slim, you are required to get a spray tan and keep it touched up every two weeks and no, the pageant doesn’t pay for that, you do. They said my hair was too short and I’d have to get hair extension or buy a wig but extensions would be preferred (again paid by me). I shouldn’t smile with my mouth open, why? Because I had braces. THIS BITCH LOOKED ME IN THE EYES AND SAID THAT MY FOREHEAD WAS A LITTLE TOO HIGH AND MY NOSE WAS TOO WIDE AND THEYD HAVE TO SPEND “EXTRA TIME” IN MAKEUP SLIMMING IT DOWN THEN JOKED (IN A VERY NOT JOKING WAY) THAT I SHOULD GET A NOSE JOB. I WAS FUCKING 14!!! This woman also kept telling me i needed to “trim up” to be fit enough for the pageant (i was severely underweight at this time. More on that in a moment). The minute I was shown pictures for the bikini competition, I broke down crying, ran into the changing room and got dressed. I told Gaby and the pageant leader I couldn’t do it. Gaby was completely fine with it but the pageant leader? Said I was being a huge brat and should try it. I lit into her saying that I have very low self esteem and that I also have a gastric condition that caused me to fall down to 89 pounds not long ago and I was still trying to put weight back on (I weighed barely 100 at this time and I should have weighed around 125). Well the pageant leader supposedly talked shit about me to the other pageant girls. Gaby came back to me at dance and announced she had quit pageant life because she noticed the emotional and even physical abuse they had all gone through.
It’s not just child pageants. It’s beauty pageants in general. They are fucking disgusting and shallow and should be ended completely.
i just realized marvel sandwiched avengers endgame between captain marvel and spiderman ffh aS IF IT’S GONNA MAKE US FORGIVE AND FORGET THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN ENDGAME
Gttdtd= Going to the desert to die
Ditdanbhfa= disappearing into the desert and never being heard from again
Gtgttdwiwnbhfa= gotta go, to the desert where I will never be heard from again
Ditdnoclfm= disappearing into the desert, no one come looking for me