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Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen is a 2001 HBO documentary film on child beauty pageants directed by Shari Cookson.[1] The film is part of HBO's America Undercover[2] series.
| Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shari Cookson |
| Written by | Shari Cookson |
| Produced by | Shari Cookson Jean Guest Linda Otto |
| Starring | Swan Brooner Robin Browne Michael Butler Shane King Leslie Butler |
| Distributed by | HBO |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The documentary follows five-year-old beauty contestant Swan Brooner and her mother, Robin Browne throughout the year of 1999 as Brooner moves from a pageant in Cape Coral, Florida to the higher profile southern pageants.[3] The film further explore the sexualization element prominent despite pageant contestants' young age.[4][5]
The documentary later focuses on Alabama residents and beauty pageant coaches Michael Butler and his partner Shane King, along with Butler's seven-year-old daughter, Leslie, who has won 27 national titles in her pageant span. Browne, who worked three jobs and had already spent $60,000 on her daughter's pageant career, hired Butler and King to help Brooner reach the next level of pageant competition.[6] Browne ultimately reported spending more than $70,000 despite Brooner's young age.[4]
References
- Stange, Mary Zeiss; Oyster, Carol K.; Sloan, Jane E. (2011-02-23). Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. SAGE. ISBN 978-1-4129-7685-5.
- Edgerton, Gary R.; Jones, Jeffrey P. (2013-07-24). The Essential HBO Reader. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-4372-9.
- Brantley, Doug (May 2001). "Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen". Out. p. 35. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- Rosenberg, Howard (2001-05-11). "Beauty, Always in the Eye of the Beholder". Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- Schuyler, Michael T. (2011). "When Jesus, Moses and Gay Pageant Coaches Go Camping: The Function of Camp in Documentary Films". Studies in American Humor (23): 29–47. ISSN 0095-280X. JSTOR 42573611.
- Fries, Laura (2001-05-08). "Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
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