访谈录 2010-10-29&10-31 选美大赛中的女孩与父亲（

We've all seen those, sometimes over-the-top pageant¹ moms, mothers who encourage their young daughters to compete in beauty competitions. But what about pageant dads? The world of glitzy makeup² and glamorous³ wardrobes is getting unexpected makeover, Pint-size beauty queens are getting help now from their fathers too. And two of them are back with us this morning answering your questions. David Perez is here with his 4-year old daughter Eva and Lon Enos is here with his 11-year daughter Halia. They were both featured in People magazine. And Joey Bartolomeo wrote the story. Good morning to all of you once again. Our viewers have been writing in and they got a lot of good questions for you. And let's get right to it. Starting off with Magi Jackson in Michigan and she asks if the girls decide they've had enough and they want to stop, will you let them? David.
Oh, definitely. This is her choice to do this? Yeah, she enjoys, I mean, she, this is a big part of her life right now. I mean she is 4 years old. But, yeah, she will grow up one day and say you know what, this is it, for me. What would it be?
And what about you, Lon? It's the same. As long as she is happy doing it, that's some she wants to do, then we will keep doing it. But if she wants to stop today then we stop, you know, just…It's her call.
It's her call. It's her deal. You know, so we just let her pick and choose.
I just want to understand what exactly are they competing in, when they are competing at the events -beauty pageants⁴? Basically, there are certain divisions, age divisions. And they are competing for basically grand title like Grand Supreme⁵ or Ultimate Supreme which is the highest title you can win. That is everything from their dress to bathing suit competition?
Yes, they’re from beauty to, you know, it's just depend on what categories. There are all different categories, western wears, outfit⁶ of choice, beauty, talent.
Talent, part of it as well. So it varies, you know.
It's very much like what we would see in the mean, Miss America, Miss USA type pageant. OK, next question is coming to us from Candy Macclenny, Florida who writes “From watching Toddlers and Tiaras, I've seen a lot of the pageant contestants⁷ have meltdowns. Sometimes I am disappointed by the mother's response. Do you think as fathers you handle these inevitable⁸ moments differently? What do you do to keep that from happening?” Those melt downs. David, you want to jump that?

1 pageant   

n.壮观的游行；露天历史剧

参考例句：

• Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
• The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。

2 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

3 glamorous   

adj.富有魅力的；美丽动人的；令人向往的

参考例句：

• The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊，但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
• It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差，并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。

4 pageants   

n.盛装的游行( pageant的名词复数 )；穿古代服装的游行；再现历史场景的娱乐活动；盛会

参考例句：

• It is young people who favor holding Beauty pageants. 赞成举办选美的是年轻人。 来自互联网
• Others say that there's a fine line between the pageants and sexual exploitation. 其他人说，选美和性剥削之间只有非常细微的界线。 来自互联网

5 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

6 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

7 contestants   

n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。