A model prepares backstage at The Blonds fashion show during Fall 2016 MADE Fashion Week at Milk Studios on February 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
A model wears a creation for Yves Saint Laurent's Fall-Winter 2016-2017 ready to wear fashion collection presented Monday, March 7, 2016 in Paris. (Photo by Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
epaselect epa05234254 A model presents a creation from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Emerging Design Collection at the “BIFT ELLASSAY” Scholarship Awarding Ceremony during the Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week at the Beijing Hotel, in Beijing, China, 29 March 2016. (Photo by Wu Hong/EPA)
A model presents a creation by Ukrainian designer Olena Golets during the Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev, Ukraine, 03 February 2018. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE)
A model displays a creation during the Sophia Webster presentation at London Fashion Week, in London, Britain February 19, 2018. (Photo by Paul Hackett/Reuters)
Child beauty pageants are a billion-dollar industry in the U.S. While some critics see the pageants as an exploitation of innocents, others—particularly pageant parents—view the competitions as a way for a young talent to enter the entertainment industry.
Eight-year-old handicapped Chinese girl Qian Hongyan crawls with two home-made props and part of a basketball at Zhuangxia Village on January 5, 2005 in Luliang County of Qujing City, Yunnan Province, China.