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And because the Miss Universe Organization owns the images, the Miss Universe Organization released them. Pageant officials - including Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe Organization along with NBC Universal - discussed the matter and decided it would be fine for Mendoza to share the photos near the end of her reign. She came to us and said, ‘I understand I’m Miss Universe and I have this title, but as Dayana Mendoza, I’d like to share these photos.’ ” “If she had taken these photos and sent them to a magazine, that would be a different issue. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.“She just loved the way they turned out and she really wanted to be able to share them,” Shugart said. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information.
All you got to do is watch TV, open a magazine, or look at the side of a news kiosk - grownup female nudity is everywhere.Ĭopyright © 2013 NPR. If it becomes law, it could mean a three-year prison term and $40,000 fine for anyone organizing or entering a child under the age of 16 in a pageant.īut even without American-style Mini Miss Pageants, French girls are bombarded with the message that female worth is all about beauty and sexiness. So the little girl who takes part believes that her worth is based only on how she looks.īEARDSLEY: Jouanno's amendment is part of a broader bill on women's rights, which will now proceed to the National Assembly, the French Parliament's Lower House, for another vote. SENATOR CHANTAL JUANNO: (Through Translator) The problem with these pageants is they're only based on appearance and the ideas of feminine seduction. If it's up to Senator Chantal Jouanno, who sponsored the amendment in the Senate, they could disappear altogether. Mini Miss Pageants, as they're called in France - with heavily made-up, dressed-up young girls - are fairly new here. And, in doing so, contradict the normal and harmonious development of a child. Psychiatrist Jean Paul Pennera, speaking in the French television documentary "Mini Miss Phenomenon," explains why the pageants are harmful.īEARDSLEY: They give a very sexualized image of kids who aren't even in puberty, he says. The phenomenon is largely viewed as a sordid offshoot of American culture. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that lawmakers see this move as a way to protect the young from being sexualized.ĮLEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: Several documentaries about child beauty pageants in America have shocked the French in recent years. The measure is part of a larger bill on women's rights.
The French Senate voted to ban beauty pageants for children under 16.
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