Gah! Pardon me as my westernized mind tries to wrap around this.

Okay. I’m good. Anyway… this is great. I don’t know what else to say. The way you turned society’s perception of beauty on it’s head… awesome. And those first two lines are perfect.

Awesome job!

Not sure if it was your exact intention to write a critical view of the child pageant world, but you nailed it nonetheless.

Sublimely twisted!

definately twisted and quirky, if only John Merrick’s parents had been so understanding.

I just have one nitpick…It’s Pollock not Pollack…

This is all intriguing, but that last line takes it to the next level. Great vivid word choices, too.