Erin Fredrichs

projects: chasing beauty

Seven-year-old Alexandra Jones winces as her mother, Tammy Larkin, applies eyeliner on her in preparation for the Sunburst Beauty Pageant at the University Mall in Athens, Ohio. About 50 children ranging in ages from infant to 13 from southeastern Ohio towns participated in the pageant in hopes of winning a chance to compete in at the statewide pageant.
Seven-year-old Alexandra Jones winces as her mother, Tammy Larkin, applies eyeliner on her in preparation for the Sunburst Beauty Pageant at the University Mall in Athens, Ohio. About 50 children ranging in ages from infant to 13 from southeastern Ohio towns participated in the pageant in hopes of winning a chance to compete in at the statewide pageant.