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.

The mother of an eight-year-old American child beauty star is hiring out her daughter as a private “pageant coach” ahead of a contentious child beauty contest in Ireland next month.

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.

At just six, Isabella Barrett is a millionaire, an international pageant sensation, and has just launched her own jewellery line.