My personal belief is that it is the sexualization of toddlers, and young women is wrong.

I would say that most of these girls are pressured or pushed into these pageants at the behest of their parents. while cheerleaders and other sports are usually an interest of the childs.

prancing a kid around who is not capable of understanding what she is doing, and being encouraged to dress slutty and dance in front of judges is not quite the same thing as a kid playing a sport (which cheer-leading is considered a sport).

I think maybe there should be an age limit on beauty pageants. like 13 or something, so that the young person at least has an idea of what is going on.

The main purpose of cheerleading (arguably) is not to sexualize the young girl. it is a recognized sport. also atleast in my experience (playing peewee football) the younger cheerleaders usually wore pants, like jogging pants that were the team colors. Pageantry is only about beauty. It would be a different story if they dressed in less revealing clothing, and didn't get forced by their parents to dance like little skanks. But it is clear what these kind of shows are like, (watch the gif again.) It shouldn't be allowed.

Just my opinion.