welcome to the horrifying world of kiddie pageant photo retouching
there's no better way than this to say to your kid "you're not good enough the way you are" except actually saying "you're not good enough the way you are." here's just some of the "enhancements" this first victim's image was subjected to (more victims after the jump):
- mouth replaced
- hair replaced
- lashes added
- eye liner added
- eye shadow, lipstick, and blush added
- facial powder added
- brows shaped
- skin blended
- dark circles removed
- "doll eyes" added
The first one looks just like Kelly Rippa
Posted by: el chile grande | July 30, 2006 at 03:48 PM
Is it just me or did they make the hispanic kid (zebra) look less hispanic?
and the blue leopardy kid look like more like Rosie O'Donald?
Posted by: Catherine | July 30, 2006 at 10:59 PM
you didn't mention the beautiful orthodontistry that photoshop provides
Posted by: | August 02, 2006 at 12:46 PM
this site is silly, retouching a photo dosent mean your child isnt good enough, it just enhances their beauty!! get over yourself
Posted by: chris | January 13, 2007 at 08:08 AM
What the? ENHANCES their beauty???!! They fricking REPLACED her eyes, mouth and teeth!! That is messed up!!! Removing a freckle is one thing - making your kid look like a chuckie doll is another. They all look like freakish possessed dolls from a Hitchcock movie.
Posted by: rylini | March 01, 2007 at 08:56 PM
holy CRAP thats scary
Posted by: justina | April 19, 2007 at 02:47 PM
Photos like these are done for pageants. These pictures are minor compared to what I have seen in the pageant world. Unfortunatly everybody uses them and if you want your child to do good...you have to use them too.
Posted by: Jennifer | May 09, 2007 at 07:58 AM
I'm sorry, but if an adult wants to do whatever to be in a pageant, that's FINE! But to a little girl, to a baby, replacing parts of their face in a picture because they're not good enough is completely messed up and wrong and if that's what it takes to "win", I don't think they should be in that time of game. Let your kids play toys and climb trees and stop living vicariously through them. Children are not a hobby!
Posted by: leigh | August 15, 2007 at 10:15 AM
anyone good at photoshop? my idea was to take a picture of my ass and photoshop it until it's "enhanced" enough to enter as a pageant child's headshot.
Posted by: | September 24, 2007 at 11:10 PM