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'''''Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen''''' is a 2001 [[HBO]] [[documentary film]] on [[child beauty pageant]]s directed by [[Shari Cookson]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Stange|first1=Mary Zeiss|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOkPjFQoBj8C&dq=Living+Dolls:+The+Making+of+a+Child+Beauty+Queen&pg=PA138|title=Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World|last2=Oyster|first2=Carol K.|last3=Sloan|first3=Jane E.|date=2011-02-23|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1-4129-7685-5|language=en}}</ref> The film is part of HBO's ''[[America Undercover]]''<ref name="gary">{{Cite book |last1=Edgerton |first1=Gary R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pmY1EAAAQBAJ&dq=%2522Living+Dolls%2522+%2522Shari+Cookson%2522&pg=PT376 |title=The Essential HBO Reader |last2=Jones |first2=Jeffrey P. |date=2013-07-24 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-4372-9 |language=en}}</ref> series.
'''''Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen''''' is a 2001 [[HBO]] [[documentary film]] on [[child beauty pageant]]s directed by [[Shari Cookson]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Stange|first1=Mary Zeiss|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOkPjFQoBj8C&dq=Living+Dolls:+The+Making+of+a+Child+Beauty+Queen&pg=PA138|title=Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World|last2=Oyster|first2=Carol K.|last3=Sloan|first3=Jane E.|date=2011-02-23|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1-4129-7685-5|language=en}}</ref> The film is part of HBO's ''[[America Undercover]]''<ref name="gary">{{Cite book |last1=Edgerton |first1=Gary R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pmY1EAAAQBAJ&dq=%2522Living+Dolls%2522+%2522Shari+Cookson%2522&pg=PT376 |title=The Essential HBO Reader |last2=Jones |first2=Jeffrey P. |date=2013-07-24 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-4372-9 |language=en}}</ref> series.


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.<ref name="out">{{Cite magazine |last=Brantley |first=Doug |date=May 2001 |title=Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2IEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%2522Living%2520Dolls%2522%2520%2522Shari%2520Cookson%2522&pg=PA34 |magazine=Out |language=en |publisher=Here Publishing |page=35 |access-date=2021-12-10}}</ref> The film further explore the sexualization element prominent despite pageant contestants' young age.<ref name="rosenberg"/><ref name="camp">{{Cite journal |last=Schuyler |first=Michael T. |date=2011 |title=When Jesus, Moses and Gay Pageant Coaches Go Camping: The Function of Camp in Documentary Films |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42573611 |journal=Studies in American Humor |issue=23 |pages=29–47 |jstor=42573611 |issn=0095-280X}}</ref>
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.<ref name="out">{{Cite magazine |last=Brantley |first=Doug |date=May 2001 |title=Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2IEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%2522Living%2520Dolls%2522%2520%2522Shari%2520Cookson%2522&pg=PA34 |magazine=Out |language=en |page=35 |access-date=2021-12-10}}</ref> The film further explore the sexualization element prominent despite pageant contestants' young age.<ref name="rosenberg"/><ref name="camp">{{Cite journal |last=Schuyler |first=Michael T. |date=2011 |title=When Jesus, Moses and Gay Pageant Coaches Go Camping: The Function of Camp in Documentary Films |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42573611 |journal=Studies in American Humor |issue=23 |pages=29–47 |doi=10.2307/42573611 |jstor=42573611 |issn=0095-280X}}</ref>


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.<ref name="fries">{{Cite magazine |last1=Fries |first1=Laura |date=2001-05-08 |title=Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen |url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/living-dolls-the-making-of-a-child-beauty-queen-1200468480/ |magazine=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=2021-12-10}}</ref> Browne ultimately reported spending more than $70,000 despite Brooner's young age.<ref name="rosenberg">{{Cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Howard |last2=Twitter |last3=options |first3=Show more sharing |last4=Facebook |last5=Twitter |last6=LinkedIn |last7=Email |last8=URLCopied! |first8=Copy Link |last9=Print |date=2001-05-11 |title=Beauty, Always in the Eye of the Beholder |language=en-US |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-may-11-ca-62019-story.html |access-date=2021-12-10}}</ref>
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.<ref name="fries">{{Cite magazine |last1=Fries |first1=Laura |date=2001-05-08 |title=Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen |url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/living-dolls-the-making-of-a-child-beauty-queen-1200468480/ |magazine=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=2021-12-10}}</ref> Browne ultimately reported spending more than $70,000 despite Brooner's young age.<ref name="rosenberg">{{Cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Howard |date=2001-05-11 |title=Beauty, Always in the Eye of the Beholder |language=en-US |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-may-11-ca-62019-story.html |access-date=2021-12-10}}</ref>


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This article is about the documentary. For the TV show, see Living Dolls.
Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen
Directed byShari Cookson
Written byShari Cookson
Produced byShari Cookson
Jean Guest
Linda Otto
StarringSwan Brooner
Robin Browne
Michael Butler
Shane King
Leslie Butler
Distributed byHBO
Release date
  • May 13, 2001 (2001-05-13)
LandVereinigte Staaten
SpracheEnglisch

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.

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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Edgerton, Gary R.; Jones, Jeffrey P. (2013-07-24). The Essential HBO Reader. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-4372-9.
  3. ^ Brantley, Doug (May 2001). "Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen". Out. p. 35. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  4. ^ a b Rosenberg, Howard (2001-05-11). "Beauty, Always in the Eye of the Beholder". Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  5. ^ 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. doi:10.2307/42573611. ISSN 0095-280X. JSTOR 42573611.
  6. ^ Fries, Laura (2001-05-08). "Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
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