Two years old and just about to enter the scene at the Big Trophy Pageant in Vidalia, Georgia. Her mother (the hand on her arm) wanted her name protected. While child beauty pageants have existed for over fifty years, pageants in the United States have seen a recent explosion in popularity, in spite of the fact that for many of the contests, basic entrance fees cost between $200 and $800 dollars, not including optional add-ons. TV shows like "Toddlers and Tiaras" and the like have brought child-beauty competitions into the national spotlight in the US and is now inspiring the start of child beauty pageantry in Europe. The pageants encourage the girls to live up to ideals that many would regard as belonging to the adult world. This has led to much debate about whether these competitions sexualize children and whether they interfere with the mental health and self-image of the young girls involved. The parents on the other hand argue that the pageants help building up personality and self-confidence of their girls.