A&E Child Beauty Pageant Special Update
Maggie
pageants--the one featuring the teenager with cystic fibrosis who lost, in
part, because of her "professional" type modeling (she's the one who jerked and
flailed her limbs as she walked down the runway). Anyway--the story had an
addendum that said the girl--Jenny--died last month of her disease at the age
of 14. I was surprised she was that young, which makes me think the filming
for the show was done fairly recently--she must have gone downhill pretty
quickly after the taping. Very sad.
Maggie
"I don't pay them for sex. I pay them to leave."--Clark Gable on why he used
prostitutes
Martha
>
> Over the weekend I caught the end of the A&E special on child beauty
> pageants--the one featuring the teenager with cystic fibrosis who lost, in
> part, because of her "professional" type modeling (she's the one who jerked and
> flailed her limbs as she walked down the runway). Anyway--the story had an
> addendum that said the girl--Jenny--died last month of her disease at the age
> of 14. I was surprised she was that young, which makes me think the filming
> for the show was done fairly recently--she must have gone downhill pretty
> quickly after the taping. Very sad.
>
I saw it, too. I was aware of her age when I saw this show for the
first time, and *I* was shocked that she apparently died so soon after
the show was taped. I hope to god she won a beauty contest before she
died.
Martha
SBudd
newspaper articles which explain the cause of her death.
Col Klink
> first time, and *I* was shocked that she apparently died so soon after
> the show was taped. I hope to god she won a beauty contest before she
> died.
>
> Martha
A winner is not someone who does something better than everyone else. A
winner is a person who overcomes their circumstances every day and
becomes the absolute best person they are capable of being. For my
money, this young lady was every inch a winner, regardless of her record
against other young ladies...
Col Klink
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Roxanne
<=^.^=@pacbell.net(nicki) > wrote in message
> so do you have the link address.??.i tried yahoo and nothing
> came up
>
> thanks
gr...@charm.net (SBudd) said :
>
> >Jenny Foster has a web site (of course) -- there are links to
> >newspaper articles which explain the cause of her death.
Here's the web site on Jenny Foster.
Sharonpo
>A winner is not someone who does something better than everyone else. A
>winner is a person who overcomes their circumstances every day and
>becomes the absolute best person they are capable of being. For my
>money, this young lady was every inch a winner, regardless of her record
>against other young ladies...
>
I saw that show. Jenny was a fighter and, per inch, more of a winner than many
people I know. I thought her mom was pretty scrappy and had a realistic
attitude about her's and Jenny's world. I hope she's holding on.
DorianA123
>addendum that said the girl--Jenny--died last month of her disease at the age
>of 14. I was surprised she was that young, which makes me think the filming
>for the show was done fairly recently--she must have gone downhill pretty
>quickly after the taping. Very sad.
>
>
That was the mother I found most disturbing....what an unhealthy influence on
that kid.
Dorian
Martha
Really? I thought Jenny's mother was the best of the lot! At least her
child was old enough to *know* that she wanted to compete--it wasn't
some fulfillment of mom's dreams--and I loved the fact that she refused
to pay some of the exhorbitant fees the pageant charged! I think that
she was a great mom, trying her best to give her dying child what she
truly wanted for the brief remainder of her life.
Martha
Sharonpo
>Really? I thought Jenny's mother was the best of the lot! At least her
>child was old enough to *know* that she wanted to compete--it wasn't
>some fulfillment of mom's dreams--and I loved the fact that she refused
>to pay some of the exhorbitant fees the pageant charged! I think that
>she was a great mom, trying her best to give her dying child what she
>truly wanted for the brief remainder of her life.
>
>Martha
>
Bored outta your skull, are ya? Are you gonna respond to all the other 2 week
old posts?
DorianA123
>DorianA123 wrote:
>>
>> > Anyway--the story had an
>> >addendum that said the girl--Jenny--died last month of her disease at the
>age
>> >of 14. I was surprised she was that young, which makes me think the
>filming
>> >for the show was done fairly recently--she must have gone downhill pretty
>> >quickly after the taping. Very sad.
>> >
>> >Maggie
>> >
>>
>> That was the mother I found most disturbing....what an unhealthy influence
>on
>> that kid.
>> Dorian
>
>child was old enough to *know* that she wanted to compete--it wasn't
>some fulfillment of mom's dreams--and I loved the fact that she refused
>to pay some of the exhorbitant fees the pageant charged! I think that
>she was a great mom, trying her best to give her dying child what she
>truly wanted for the brief remainder of her life.
>
>Martha
>
mothers. Worse yet, she was a poor loser who used pretty salty language in
front of her kid on a regular basis. I gather that she'd had Jenny in pageants
from a young age - this wasn't something that the kid started at 14.
Another thing that bothered me was the statement that the parents relied on
some of Jenny's earnings to support the family.
And then at the end, when we found out that the kid had a serious illness I was
even more disturbed. Schlepping to pageants, the stress and irregular hours,
and all the rest can't possibly have been healthy for a kid fighting an
illness.
Just my 2 ¢
Dorian
DorianA123
>>Martha ma...@erols.com
>>Really? I thought Jenny's mother was the best of the lot! At least her
>>child was old enough to *know* that she wanted to compete--it wasn't
>>some fulfillment of mom's dreams--and I loved the fact that she refused
>>to pay some of the exhorbitant fees the pageant charged! I think that
>>she was a great mom, trying her best to give her dying child what she
>>truly wanted for the brief remainder of her life.
>>
>>Martha
>>
>
>
>old posts?
>
>
to posts?
Some of us have busy lives and catch up when we can.
Dorian
Martha
Apparently there *are* rules, Dorian, and Sharon knows them all. FWIW,
I responded to your post on the day it first appeared on my server.
Martha
Sharonpo
>DorianA123 wrote:
>> Oh dear...did I miss a rule in the FAQ that says there's a time limit to
>reply
>> to posts?
>> Some of us have busy lives and catch up when we can.
>> Dorian
>
>Apparently there *are* rules, Dorian, and Sharon knows them all. FWIW,
>I responded to your post on the day it first appeared on my server.
>
>Martha
>
Dorian, the sling wasn't aimed at you. I have you kill-filed because your
interests vary with mine. That's not meant in any negative way; there's just
too much traffic here.
Martha, I apologise for the unearned slam.
Martha
>
> >
> >>Martha ma...@erols.com
> >
> >>Really? I thought Jenny's mother was the best of the lot! At least her
> >>child was old enough to *know* that she wanted to compete--it wasn't
> >>some fulfillment of mom's dreams--and I loved the fact that she refused
> >>to pay some of the exhorbitant fees the pageant charged! I think that
> >>she was a great mom, trying her best to give her dying child what she
> >>truly wanted for the brief remainder of her life.
> >>
> >>Martha
> >>
Dear Dorian,
I've been thinking about your reaction to Jenny's mom (sorry, your post
has disappeared from my server), and how different it is from my own. I
think what I liked about the mother might be exactly what you didn't
like about her. She was definitely lower-class and making no bones
about it; she did swear, and none of the others did that I noticed; she
is the only one who griped about the fees. She was the only mother I
noticed who was not made-up herself--she didn't seem to care at all what
she looked like. And for some reason, her "We're going to have to tape
up your boobs" remark--as she did, indeed, use duct tape (is there
anything duct tape isn't good for?) to restrain Jenny's, er,
endowments--totally cracked me up. I liked her comfort with the
physicality of her daughter's predicament; she did the chest PT for
Jenny like a pro. And that translated, I thought, into Jenny's
accepting attitude toward her terrible, deadly disease. I believe that
lowbrow mother probably did as much as anyone could have for her
daughter to live as normally as possible.
And you *know* how I feel about beauty pageants!
Martha
Sharonpo
>She was definitely lower-class and making no bones
>about it; she did swear, and none of the others did that I noticed; she
>is the only one who griped about the fees.
She was pissed off that her daughter was dying. I don't think "class" had
anything to do with it.
DorianA123
>> >Bored outta your skull, are ya? Are you gonna respond to all the other 2
>week
>> >old posts?
>> >
>> >
>reply
>> to posts?
>> Some of us have busy lives and catch up when we can.
>> Dorian
>
>Apparently there *are* rules, Dorian, and >Sharon knows them all.
Oh..I see ;-)
> FWIW,
>I responded to your post on the day it first appeared on my server.
>
>Martha
That's because I was late posting it. You probably responded right after I sent
it...so it was me that was posting late, not you.
Dorian
DorianA123
>>
>> >
>> >>Martha ma...@erols.com
>> >
>> >>Really? I thought Jenny's mother was the best of the lot! At least her
>> >>child was old enough to *know* that she wanted to compete--it wasn't
>> >>some fulfillment of mom's dreams--and I loved the fact that she refused
>> >>to pay some of the exhorbitant fees the pageant charged! I think that
>> >>she was a great mom, trying her best to give her dying child what she
>> >>truly wanted for the brief remainder of her life.
>> >>
>> >>Martha
>> >>
>
>Dear Dorian,
>
>I've been thinking about your reaction to Jenny's mom (sorry, your post
>has disappeared from my server), and how different it is from my own. I
>think what I liked about the mother might be exactly what you didn't
>about it; she did swear, and none of the others did that I noticed; she
>noticed who was not made-up herself--she didn't seem to care at all what
>she looked like. And for some reason, her "We're going to have to tape
>up your boobs" remark--as she did, indeed, use duct tape (is there
>anything duct tape isn't good for?) to restrain Jenny's, er,
>endowments--totally cracked me up.
Actually, that part cracked me up too!
And upon reflection, the one thing I'll give her mom credit for is what you
noticed too.....she wasn't a wanna-be/fading beauty queen herself who was
living vicariously through her daughter's accomplishments.
The mom I thought was just poisonous was the dark-haired woman with the chubby
(and not terribly attractive) 3 or 4 year old. The mom had been in those
pageants herself, and it was obvious she had the same plans for the kid,
despite the kid's lack of interest. She withheld her affection from that child
any time the kid didn't cooperate, it was awful to watch. So unhealthy.
> I liked her comfort with the
>physicality of her daughter's predicament; she did the chest PT for
>Jenny like a pro. And that translated, I thought, into Jenny's
>accepting attitude toward her terrible, deadly disease. I believe that
>lowbrow mother probably did as much as anyone could have for her
>daughter to live as normally as possible.
Yep - at least she seemed to love the kid even if she lost. She reserved her
anger for the pageant director.
>
>And you *know* how I feel about beauty pageants!
>
>Martha
>
I have to admit....I'm not able to be impartial where kiddie pageants are
concerned. I didn't like them from the start....I grew to dislike them more
after the Ramsey murder. Last summer I was unlucky enough to actually see one
live. It was held in a hotel where I was staying and I couldn't resist checking
it out....plus I got to see the behind-the-scenes antics of the mothers as the
weekend progressed.
I did alot of tooth-grinding & tongue-biting that weekend and I wanted to see
every one of these parents tossed into a cell for child abuse. The whole
experience was surreal and the relationships between these kids and their
parents was sick sick sick. Oh...and most of the men there looked like
pedophiles to me too. <G>
So granted, I know myself well enough to know that I just can't be objective
where these things are concerned. Someone would have a hard time convincing me
that they were a good parent once they told me they spent their summers
traipsing their daughters from one tacky pageant to the next.
Dorian