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Article: PRETTY BABIES: CHILD BEAUTY CONTESTS DRAW ATTENTION.(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- January 22, 1997
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Byline: ELIZABETH SIMPSON, STAFF WRITER
FOUR-YEAR-OLD Kelsey Walke dressed in shimmering pink, her hair cascading in curls - didn't know quite what to say as she stood on stage of the Little Miss Virginia Beach beauty pageant.
``Ummmm,'' she said in response to the question of what she likes to do to relax.
``Ummmm, I don't know,'' she said, before rubbing her fist in her eye to keep from crying.
Little Kelsey's pageant performance - though unpolished - still charmed the judges, who gave her a second-runner-up trophy in the contest at the Virginia Beach Pavilion earlier this month.
By the end of the contest, Kelsey not only ...