The weird world of child pageants

If Little Miss Sunshine has taught us anything, it's that little girl beauty pageants have an inherent ookiness. What amazes me is all the attendant weirdness that gets normalized for participants. For instance, this site offers retouching for pageant photos. And as creepy as I found the pictures (doll eyes in particular) I just had to keep clicking on the "view more samples" link until I'd seen every last, strange digital makeover.