Childrens Beauty Pagents ?? What do you think?

I just watched a show on MTV about childrens beauty pagents , from ages 3 upwards! i live in england and we have nuffin like that , we just kow about jonenet ramsey thats it , i was just wondering what americans think of these pagents as to me it looks like fun but the ammount of make up they use on the child is a little scary ! xx