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Protests greet Australia’s child beauty pageant
Controversial contest is organised by US-based pageant company that produces reality TV show ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’
The controversial child beauty competition, kicked off today in Melbourne despite complaints and demonstrations by pageant opponents (Getty Images)
Organised by the US-based pageant company that produces reality TV show ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’, Australian contestants will have the opportunity to pose with the reality show star, six year-old Eden Wood (Getty Images)
A girl looks up at the trophy she won after competing in a child beauty pageant at Northcote Town Hall on July 30, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia (Getty Images)
A girl holds her two trophies that she won after competing in a child beauty pageant at Northcote Town Hall on July 30, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. The controversial child beauty competition, kicked off today in Melbourne despite complaints and demonstrations by pageant opponents (Getty Images)
A girl leaves holding a trophy after competing in a child beauty pageant at Northcote Town Hall on July 30, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia (Getty Images)
A young child arrives to attend a child beauty pageant at Northcote Town Hall on July 29, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. The controversial child beauty competition, kicked off today in Melbourne despite complaints and demonstrations by pageant opponents. Organised by the US-based pageant company that produces reality TV show ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’, Australian contestants will have the opportunity to pose with the reality show star, six year-old Eden Wood. (Getty Images)
A girl leaves after competing in a child beauty pageant at Northcote Town Hall on July 30, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. The controversial child beauty competition, kicked off today in Melbourne despite complaints and demonstrations by pageant opponents. Organised by the US-based pageant company that produces reality TV show ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’, Australian contestants will have the opportunity to pose with the reality show star, six year-old Eden Wood. (Getty Images)
A placard is held aloft as protesters take part in an anti-pageant protest by Pull the Pin ahead of a child beauty pageant at Northcote Town Hall on July 30, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. The controversial child beauty competition, kicked off today in Melbourne despite complaints and demonstrations by pageant opponents. Organised by the US-based pageant company that produces reality TV show ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’, Australian contestants will have the opportunity to pose with the reality show star, six year-old Eden Wood. (Getty Images)
