TIL that child beauty pageants are illegal in France to prevent the hyper-sexualization of young children. Punishment can be up to two years in prison.

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the_prion on July 23rd, 2019 at 17:03 UTC »

“Child beauty pageants are an American tradition, but not a proud one.” ~Dennis Reynolds

mrshatnertoyou on July 23rd, 2019 at 16:00 UTC »

The French government is not messing around when it comes to the ban. Any person who organizes a child beauty pageant in France will now be fined 30,000 Euros (around 35,000 dollars) and face up to two years in jail.

Wouldn't want to go to jail and have to explain to my cellmate what I'm in here for.

kg989 on July 23rd, 2019 at 15:22 UTC »

Child beauty pageants are weird and the people who involve themselves with them are weirder.