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18 J.L. & Pol'y 739 (2009-2010)
Protecting Pageant Princesses: A Call for Statutory Regulation of Child Beauty Pageants

handle is hein.journals/jlawp18 and id is 745 raw text is: PROTECTING PAGEANT PRINCESSES: A CALL FOR STATUTORY REGULATION OF CHILD BEAUTY PAGEANTS Lindsay Lieberman* INTRODUCTION For the past three years, four-year-old beauty queen Eden Wood has competed in child pageants.1 Her parents have spent more than $70,000 on her pageant career,' which has produced an impressive record of victories.3 Eden has won between $25,000 and $30,000 in prizes, but has yet to receive any money because of the high costs of reinvestment in the pageant circuit.4 Eden expresses a deep passion for pageant l b ciruit Edn eprsse a eeppasio fo paean lfe,' but * Brooklyn Law School Class of 2011; B.A., Rutgers College, 2007. The author wishes to thank her parents, Marjorie and Bernie, her sister, Marissa, and her Grandmother, Bert, for their unconditional support and encouragement. She would also like to thank Amanda Kateman and the members of the Journal of Law and Policy. Andrea Canning & Jessica Hoffman, Former Child Beauty Queen Speaks Out, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, Aug. 13, 2009, http://abcnews.go. com/GMA/beauty-queen-takes-gma-scenes-pageants/story?id = 8315785. 2 Id. Eden's parents have paid for the necessities of child pageant life: professional photos, spray tanning, coaching, and $3,000 on dresses. Id. ' Andrea Canning & Deborah Apton, Pageants Behind the Scenes: Toddlers, Tiaras, Tempers and Tantrums, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, Aug. 11, 2009, http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8295552&page=l. When ABC visited Eden last month in her small Arkansas town, it was obvious she'd found her calling. The Woods' home is full of hundreds of trophies and crowns. Id. 4 Inside Toddlers & Tiaras, Good Morning America, http://abcnews.go. comIGMA/popup?id=8131172 (last visited Mar. 12, 2010). The pageant circuit is composed of a complex network of pageant systems. Elizabeth Gleick, Playing at Pageants, TIME, June 24, 2001, available at 739