One 55-minute junior miss tape sells for $99.95. Generally, the younger the girls, the more expensive the video. Supplied by producers in Russia, the Czech Republic and France, the videos are categorized as "teen" "junior teen" and "junior miss." He makes most of his money from guides to international nudist resorts, he said. Zadanoff said he sells one or two pageant videos a week and that they represent a handful of his 100 video titles. "While the video content may be fine, the focus on the child element to sell it was not appropriate." "We saw the Web site and said, "Whoa!' " Peterson said. After inquiries from the Times, the nudist group asked Zadanoff Thursday to remove a link from his Web site to its site.Īmerican nudist resorts don't hold beauty pageants for nude children, association marketing official Debra Peterson said. The American Association for Nude Recreation disavows the video sales.
It was sponsored by the nudist organization Zadanoff led from 1990-92.
Last month, Foley criticized a camp for naked children aged 11 to 17 held at Pasco's Lake Como nudist resort. "They serve young children on a platter for America's most depraved."įoley said a local nudist faxed him information about Zadanoff's Web site. "These videos are nothing more than a fix for pedophiles," Foley said in a written statement e-mailed to the St. Senate seat held by Bob Graham and has specialized in child protection issues in the U.S. The West Palm Beach Republican is running for the U.S. Mark Foley, who campaigned last month against a nude summer camp in Pasco County, considers the videos fodder for a less savory element. Beauty pageants degrade the image and the place of women in society, objectifying candidates to cater the male fantasy and gaze.U.S. In an email to Insider, a spokeswoman for Osez Le Féminisme said: "We have been vocally protesting against this backward and sexist contest for years. According to a press release issued by the organization on Tuesday, contestants in the pageant should be considered workers under French employment law because they undertake work as show participants and thus are entitled to protection against prejudice under the law.Īccording to The Times of London, the pageant winner is paid a salary and housed in an apartment in Paris, but most other contestants "receive only expenses, travel and gifts." Miss France is under fire for claims its selection criteria is discriminatory and breaks French labor laws, France24 reports.įeminist organization Osez le Féminisme (Dare to be Feminist) announced it joined forces with three unsuccessful applicants on Monday to seek legal action against Endemol Production, the company running the 101-year-old pageant. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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