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They grow up so fast…

If you make a series of horrifying photos of little girls dressed like Vegas cocktail waitresses, I will apparently always click through. First it was Susan Anderson’s High Glitz, a series of child beauty pageant contestants.

Child Beauty Pag

And then the last issue of the NY Times Magazine had a series of photos by Kenneth O Halloran of contestants at the World Irish Dancing Championships.

Irish Dance Champ

All I can think of when I see those spray tans is Homer’s makeup gun.