Beauty Pageants

This evening, we watched a TV show about beauty pageants for children in the USA. It was a strange competition for us, who are used to dog shows. At dog shows, we are judged by who we are, while these children had make up and seemed to have fake smiles. Some parentes coached the children from the sidelines. It was a competition in fake beauty, not in conformity to a breed standard. Silly, I think.