Observations at fieldsite

1. What’s going on in the field site? A group of girl’s ages 5-7 years old are on break in between the swimsuit and formal wear preparing themselves for the next competition.
2. How do the members of the subculture interact with each other? The little girls are in different rooms getting ready for the next part of the pageant, mothers are either doing their daughters makeup and running through the routine with the girls.
3. Make a list of terminology used at the field site with which you might be unfamiliar. Crossover, meat market, falsies, extensions, and bear.
4. What details, behaviors, and surroundings did you have questions about? How much time the girls had to get ready, if their parents were allowed to direct them through their shows, what did the judges look at the most, was jealously a big part of the pageants, and did the girls really enjoy what they were doing.
5. Find at least one person at your field site you can speak to and ask them a question about something you observed that you didn't understand. I observed that there were books on a table showing all of the girl’s pictures and what they have won, so I asked one of the mothers and she said that I was so that the girls and the mothers could take a look at their competition.