Growing up as a child beauty pageant queen on TV wrecked my mental
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MADISON Berg was just five months old when she was entered in her first pageant. Now 20, the college student from Mississippi reveals the shocking toll the competitions had on her mental health. Wi…
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Tragic Details About These Former Nickelodeon Child Stars
Madison Berg's Instagram, Twitter & Facebook on IDCrawl
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I Entered My Baby in a Beauty Pageant and Lost My Mind
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Katy Perry and the End of Pop - The Atlantic
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Krista Allen - Wikipedia
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JoJo Siwa's XOMG Pop! Put Dancers Through Alleged Physical, Mental Torment
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Inside the Ups and Downs of Raising a Child Beauty Queen: 'I Created a Monster
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Meet the teen who overcame anxiety to become a beauty pageant winner