Miss USA Pageant Tips: The Beautiful, the Bizarre and Downright Dangrous

Maybe you've seen the freaky things pageant moms do to their kids to get them "runway ready." Toddlers and Tiaras shows little ones getting spray-on tans, flippers (fake teeth), plucked eyebrows, waxing, shaving, makeup, hair-sprayed dos. After reading the beauty tips from Miss USA pageant contests, I see where this crazy thinking comes from. Not all. Some is just common sense exercise and nutrition. Others? Weird. Here's the beautiful, bizarre and downright dangerous on pageant prep. The better beauty tips? Miss USA Pageant Tips: The Beautiful and the Bizarre - Yahoo News

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