Desperate Housewives star Vanessa Williams -- who began her life in the spotlight on the stages of beauty pageants -- says she would never let her children compete in a Toddlers & Tiaras style contest.

The former Miss America expressed her disgust in the TLC show in an interview with Anderson Cooper when she appeared on upcoming episode of his talk show, Anderson.

The over-achieving pageant moms on TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras are experts at dressing their little girls up in the most outrageous outfits possible, and now the primping parents have been given a dose of their own medicine, and RadarOnline.com has photos of the garish results. 

Anderson Cooper invited four of the popular mother-daughter duos on to Friday’s episode of his talk show so that the parents could feel how it felt to walk in the very high heels of their pint-sized divas.

Can’t get enough of Honey Boo Boo Child?

The newest little beauty queen from Toddlers & Tiaras, Alana “Honey Boo Boo Child” Thompson, shows off her wild antics at home after downing her favorite “Go Go Juice”-- and RadarOnline.com has the crazy video.