Child Beauty Pageant, United States

The murder JonBenet Ramsey in late 1996 turned the public spotlight onto child beauty pageants. Many began to question the ethics parents who would present their child in such a way. Dan Rather was noted for criticizing CBS for airing Ramsey’s tapes, calling them “kiddie porn.”
In 2001, HBO aired its Emmy-winning Living Dolls: The Making a Child Beauty Queen, which garnered much atention.