Heavy makeup, false teeth, and adult costumes are just some of the things that glitzy beauty pageants encourage. It is estimated that 250,000 children participate in beauty pageants each year. This number is increasing due to shows like Toddlers and Tiaras and Honey Boo Boo. While it can be fun to watch, the life of a pageant girl can be detrimental and have negative effects on one's childhood. Many of these girls are entered into competitions because of their mothers. Once involved in the life of the competition, children rarely have a say in what they want. Glitz children's beauty pageants should be banned. Children with provocative appearances open the door to sexual predators. In these competitions, young girls are judged on their appearance. They are spray tanned, wear lots of makeup, fake eyelashes and teeth, hair extensions, plucked eyebrows, padded bras, high heels and inappropriate outfits. In an episode of Toddlers and Tiaras, a three-year-old girl is dressed like Julia Roberts' prostitute character from Pretty Woman, parading around the stage winking, blowing kisses and st...