"I think it's creepy" - Fionola Meredith and Anthony Miller debate child beauty pageants

Aug 18, 2014, 09:37 AM

Do you want to see Belfast hosting a child beauty pageant? The boss of a contentious US child pageant company has abandoned plans to stage separate contests in Dublin and Cork next month BUT Belfast's event is due still go ahead. Texas-based Universal Royalty had intended to stage three Toddlers & Tiaras-style events across Ireland in September, but it looks like Belfast will be the only competition in Ireland. The Pageant is for "babies, toddlers and teens" but is this right or is it up to parents what they enter their kids in? Stephen spoke to journalist Fionola Meredith and model agent Anthony Miller, and started by asking Fionola what she thought.