There is a lot of pathos used in the article “Toddlers in Tiaras” by Skip Hollandsworth. One of the emotions I felt throughout the reading the article was anger, and pity towards these poor girls and I’m sure I was not the only one who felt these emotions. The article starts out with a little girl staring at herself in a mirror while she was getting transformed and ready to be in a pageant. Eden is only six years old and her mom is letting someone cake her face with all this unnecessary makeup. Reading the first paragraph made me feel upset and shocked how can a mother let their little girl go through all this. DeMatteo is in college now she used to be in beauty pageants when she was little she admits that she hides the fact that she was in