Toddlers and tiaras : American beauty pageants in Australia Atherton, Cassandra 2012, Toddlers and tiaras : American beauty pageants in Australia, Centre for citizenship and globalisation research paper series, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 29-35. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads atherton-toddlersandtiaras-2012.pdf Published version application/pdf 132.12KB 1263 Title Toddlers and tiaras : American beauty pageants in Australia Author(s) Atherton, Cassandra orcid.org/0000-0001-6866-8566 Journal name Centre for citizenship and globalisation research paper series Volume number 3 Issue number 3 Start page 29 End page 35 Total pages 7 Publisher Deakin University, Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2012-12-01 ISSN 1838-2118 1838-2126 Keyword(s) beauty pageants female perfection Toddlers and Tiaras Summary Little Miss Perfect, otherwise known as the Supreme or High Point title pageant winner stands in line with five ‘full glitz’ runners-up. These Perfect Misses all have fake tans, false eyelashes, hairpieces, flippers (a dental plate of fake teeth), acrylic nails and a full face of stage make-up. Before the pageant they have had their legs, eyebrows and armpits waxed, many have had facials and pedicures and a few mothers have even injected their daughters with Botox. Finally, these little girls have been coached on the perfect way for a female to walk and talk and have had classes to hone their ‘talent’, which is most often dancing or singing. Displayed within a portfolio of photoshopped photographs, these Stepford children are touted as the epitome of female perfection. Language eng Field of Research 200205 Culture, Gender, Sexuality Socio Economic Objective 950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture HERDC Research category C3 Non-refereed articles in a professional journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2012, Deakin University, Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30050028 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 27 Dec 2012, 19:47:12 EST Fri, 04 Jan 2013, 08:58:44 EST Tue, 08 Jan 2013, 10:09:36 EST Tue, 08 Jan 2013, 10:10:43 EST Wed, 16 Jan 2013, 11:09:43 EST Wed, 16 Jan 2013, 11:16:49 EST Mon, 04 Feb 2013, 08:24:53 EST Mon, 02 Sep 2013, 09:24:12 EST Tue, 23 Sep 2014, 10:14:23 EST Tue, 23 Sep 2014, 12:28:57 EST Fri, 03 Jul 2015, 12:13:11 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 20:18:40 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:38:31 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:21:49 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1772 Abstract Views, 1281 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 27 Dec 2012, 19:47:00 EST by Cassandra Atherton