What Happened To The Stars Of Kid Beauty Pageants

Have you ever watched a kids pageant show? It’s as weird as it sounds. Literal toddlers are dressed up to the nines, with massive elaborate hairdos and super over the top makeup looks, and are made to compete in a beauty pageant. Why? For what? Who are the parents who think it’s a good idea? Who are the judges and how do they sleep at night breaking all those kids’ hearts? And most interestingly, what happens to the kids who compete in these? Do they grow up fine or are they scarred for life? Let’s take a look at some famous beauty pageant kids and what their life looks like years after.

1. Alana Thompson a.k.a. Honey Boo-Boo

Who hasn’t heard of Honey Boo Boo? I mean that little girl literally went viral. There were so many videos of her and she kind of became a meme. She was this little girl with so much personality, but her whole family was weird. These days, she’s not doing any beauty pageant, but that fame led to a whole bunch of reality TV show spinoffs for her entire family and she’s still doing them now.

2. MaKenzie Myers

MaKenzie took part in the children’s beauty pageant show called Toddlers and Tiaras, you might’ve heard of it. She has had small roles on a few other shows since. It was quite entertaining. But then she has actually completely quit her beauty pageant career and just enjoyed the rest of her childhood without the added stress. She still keeps up with social media and she did a reunion photoshoot with other kids who were on the beauty pageant, which made it look like she might enjoy a modelling career at some point.

3. Eden Wood

Eden was super popular as a pageant kid and since then she’s become an actress and a tv personality thanks to reality TV. She also got the role of Darla in The Little Rascals Save the Day and did a great job on that. She also does some modelling, she walked the runways during fashion week, and she even came back to be a judge on Toddlers and Tiaras.