Cork pageant mother Stephanie Murphy has confirmed that a substitute venue had finally been sourced for Ireland’s first child beauty pageant today.

The Dublin hotel which was due to stage a US-themed child’s beauty pageant this weekend, has cancelled the booking saying the organisers “did not identify the true nature of the event”.

The organiser of the first Irish staging of a contentious, US-themed child beauty pageant this weekend says she is baffled by the critics and stressed: “I really can’t understand what all the fuss is about.”

The worried organiser of a contentious US-themed child beauty pageant has booked two extra venues in Dublin — just in case management at the hotel where it is due to be staged pull the plug on the event.

Irish mothers planning to enter their children into an American-style beauty pageant have hit back at critics, saying their daughters are looking forward “to being a princess for a day”.

Late Late Show chiefs have been urged to “think very carefully” about giving airtime to organisers and young stars of a contentious US-themed child pageant in an upcoming show.

An Irish mother has told how she’s broken the bank by splashing out €10,000 to send her daughter into an upcoming child beauty pageant.

Organisers of a contentious US-style child beauty pageant have suffered a major blow in their bid to stage their first-ever Irish show, after a hotelier said he was no longer willing to host the event.