8-year-old hired out as ‘pageant coach’

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.

Starlet Eden Wood has been billed as the star attraction of a controversial US-themed pageant, which is taking place at a secret venue in Dublin on Sept 21.

The Arkansas youngster, who is a household name in the US with more than 300 titles to her name since the age of one, actually retired from pageant competitions two years ago.