Gloucester children's beauty pageant 'fun not sinister'
TEEN beauty queen India Tyndall is defending beauty pageants after they became subject to scrutiny.
The 19-year-old, who holds several pageant titles, is holding her own beauty pageant on March 30 next year at Gloucester Guildhall.
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India Tyndall, 19, is organising a beauty event.
But she is worried that a recent article in The Mirror, which complained of sexualising children, might put people off coming along.
She said the article, as well as other recent stories in the media, suggested pageants leave young children believing beauty is the only important thing in life.
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However, Linden girl India has disputed that premise and said the children have a lot of fun.
She added that although her pageant includes a 'mini' category, she has strict rules preventing the children having too much make-up on.
Rule six of her pageant states: "Mini contestants must be kept natural and not glitz, we want the children to look like children."
India said: "The newspaper article talks of children being dressed in bikinis but that is nothing worse than you would see at a swimming pool.
"We will not allow them to have a lot of make up on but I know the people who ran the beauty pageant mentioned in The Mirror and they are good people and many of their contestants will be entering ours in Gloucester.
"We have restrictions on how much make-up children can wear but the idea is not to sexualise the children and hopefully they will have a lot of fun.
"My fear is that an article like that will give people the wrong idea. It is a very supportive community around the children and there are no issues with their well-being whatsoever."
India's pageant, Miss Diamond Beauty UK, has four categories: the minis for children aged four to nine years, junior for tens to 15s, teens for 16s to 19s and miss for women 20 years and over.
India arranged the pageant in Gloucester with the idea that anyone could enter, not just those who could afford the usually expensive fees. She added that her event, which costs £75, is one of the cheapest pageants around.
Comments
by raidermanuk
Monday, September 17 2012, 11:31PM
“indiia59
"Can we lay this to rest now, we've all had a say"
No, just let it run for the late-comers!”
by indiia59
Monday, September 17 2012, 9:06PM
“Can we lay this to rest now, we've all had a say.”
by FreeRadical1
Monday, September 17 2012, 4:58PM
“If someone chooses to organise a beauty pageant for children and then advertise it on here, it is perfectly reasonable that users of this website will challenge the rectitude of such pageants. Young children should only wear makeup if they are performing on stage, not in a beauty pageant. I have seen documentaries about these pageants (British as well as American), and some of the young girls are absolutely obsessed with their looks and the need to constantly touch up their makeup, get false tans, have their hair bleached, wear inapproprate clothing and appear 'beautiful' all of the time. It's so sad that children can't be allowed to be children at least till puberty.”
by Bob_Flaps
Monday, September 17 2012, 4:26PM
“This is not about 'racism' and 'bullying'. This is about people asking relevant and pertinent questions about the actions and motives of someone which has prompted her friends/followers to cry 'racism' and 'bullying' because they don't actually have any answers to the questions.”
by Takeaway22
Monday, September 17 2012, 12:06PM
“Where is the disgraceful behaviour? Readers have been giving their own personal opinions regarding their thoughts on pageants. It is unfortunate however that a reader can post such outlandish accusations against others on misdemeanours that doesn't exist.
I just hope the young lady can re-read her comments and reflect on her errors.
Eggybred - I assume by I am included in one of the ones taunting India? No, I was just asking questions. Simples. As for "analysing someone else's comment paragraph by paragraph", this is a method to clarify that we are talking about the same thing. The art of communication is a wonderful thing :) - Try it sometime without the need to use unacceptable language.”
by Eggybred
Monday, September 17 2012, 11:58AM
“Yeah I agree with glosyap - some people here are obviously taunting India and her supporters then getting all self-righteous when they get a response! And I love the fact that people are telling her to grow up then ****-stirring just a little more to get a response, it really validates just what muppets they are!
(oh by the way, analysing someone else's comment paragraph by paragraph just shows how **** YOU are, not how dumb it was in the first place!)”
by Alf58
Monday, September 17 2012, 11:36AM
“Natasha01 - I am really sorry that you have experienced such traumatic events in your life - I think you will find that many, many women have, whether they have ever reported it or not (and to be honest, I am not about to recount my own personal experiences here in public for you or for anyone else!). However, if you read my post again, I think you will find that I was not accusing you of anything at all, merely making an observation about parading little girls in public and the probable consequences of doing so. I am sorry if your command of English is such that you cannot get the sense of what I actually said when you read it.”
by natasha01
Monday, September 17 2012, 11:27AM
“ok first of all i have 2 children who will be 7 and 8 next month so for you to put a phrase to me saying about female *****philes which is in another way saying that i "could" be one of these monsters is disgusting and you should take that back i have left my country 9 years ago to start my family in a good country where we dont have people like that living next to us.
secondly i live on a small island in the mediteranian where everybody from the areas know everyone.
thirdly i was raped when i was 14 and if you knew me back then you would know that i dont drink,take drugs or even go out i have never even been in a club so for me to fall into the hands of a *****phile i know what its like and the scars you carry with you but for you :ALF" to assume that i am one of these is disgusting.”
by GlosYap
Monday, September 17 2012, 11:24AM
“Just reading through the comments here as wondering why a story on a beauty pagent would warrant 40 plus comments?
Sorry to say that the behaviour of many of my fellow TiG commenters here, towards a young woman, has been truly disgraceful and i can only hope that some of those individuals reread over their previous comments and feel the appropriate emotion...”
by natasha01
Monday, September 17 2012, 11:18AM
“ok first of all i have 2 children who will be 7 and 8 next month so for you to put a phrase to me saying about female *****philes which is in another way saying that i "could" be one of these monsters is disgusting and you should take that back i have left my country 9 years ago to start my family in a good country where we dont have people like that living next to us.
secondly i live on a small island in the mediteranian where everybody from the areas know everyone.
thirdly i was raped when i was 14 and if you knew me back then you would know that i dont drink,take drugs or even go out i have never even been in a club so for me to fall into the hands of a *****phile i know what its like and the scars you carry with you but for you :ALF" to assume that i am one of these is disgusting.”