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.

One of America's most controversial child beauty pageants is promising the parents of would-be Irish contestants that they do not have to put fake eyelashes and tan on their children.

Chiefs of one of America’s most contentious child beauty pageants have confirmed they will stage their first-ever Irish show under heavy security in September.

One of America’s most contentious child beauty pageants could be staged in Ireland every year such is the demand from parents, organisers claim.

More than 300 Irish parents have written to the US organisers of a child beauty pageant, asking them to come to Ireland.