02 September,2011 03:26 PM IST | | ANI
A US mother has sparked public outrage by implanting fake breasts and a padded bottom under her four-year-old daughter's dress that she wore during her appearance in a beauty contest.
Maddy Jackson was seen sporting the enhanced breasts and pushed bottom when she took to the stage of 'Toddlers and Tiaras', the US reality show revealing the surreal world of beauty pageants.
Jackson in her Barbie pink Lycra catsuit, tried to emulate the appearance of curvy Dolly Parton.
Her mother Lindsay, who herself entered her first pageant contest when she was just nine months old, defended the enhancements on NBC's 'Today' show.
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"To some people, it's over the top, to us it's just what happens... It's just normal. When she wears the fake boobs and the fake butt, it's just like extra bonus," the Daily Mail quoted her as telling the show.
The show has left many people shocked with most of them believing that the step could influence youngsters to adopt a similar behaviour.
Campaigners have even set up a Facebook group, 'Take 'Toddlers And Tiaras' off the Air!' in a bid to show their dissent.
