Parents' Guide to

Kim of Queens

By Melissa Camacho, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 10+

Brassy pageant coach mixes beauty with self-esteem.

TV Lifetime Television Reality TV 2014
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Based on 2 parent reviews

Amber P.
Amber P. Adult
April 3, 2018
age 10+

Great but....

Love it all BUT I can't stand that Ravens mom is so up her daughters butt!!! Its annoying. Also MARAS MOM needs off the show completely. No mom should EVER treat her child like that. I mean look at her , over weight and lacking in kindness, beauty and personality. Maybe her daughter should teach her instead !!!!!

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February 1, 2014
age 7+

upgrade it please

Although I think Kim has good intentions for someone that was a Miss and walked on the Miss America stage what has happened to her language and professionalism or grace. I know it is the south but isn't she trying to raise professional and young LADIES of grace and poise.
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What's the Story?

KIM OF QUEENS is a reality series starring Kim Gravel, a former Miss Georgia who has established herself as an outspoken, no-nonsense pageant coach with a reputation for polishing the roughest of girls into classy young ladies. Along with sister Allisyn and their mom, Jo, they run Pageant Place, a business designed to prepare young girls for pageants while giving them life coaching skills. There's never a dull moment, especially when the girls' moms engage in competitive behavior. But Gravel's goal is to help the young women develop their exteriors so that they can develop their beauty on the inside.

Is It Any Good?

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Kim of Queens highlights the kinds of things that go into making tween girls pageant ready, which ranges from having the right hair, make up, and talent, to being confident and articulate. But most of the focus is on the larger-than-life Gravel, who believes that her strong sense of self-confidence developed by doing pageants as a young woman, and whose coaching style is designed to help her young clients develop life skills as well as external beauty.

Not everyone will agree with the coach's beliefs about the relationship between looks and inner beauty. But some folks may find the the coach's efforts to help girls go from awkward to elegant interesting and fun. They might enjoy the entertainingly contrived disagreements between cast members, too. But if you are looking for a pageant series full of over-the-top cattiness and lots of glitzy craziness, you won't find it here.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about beauty pageants. Some folks think that they are a useful teaching tool for girls, boys, and young women. Others think that they place too much value on people's external looks and fancy outfits. What do you think?

  • Do the TV shows that feature pageants show what they are really like? Is it fair for folks to base their opinions of them on what they see on these shows?

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