JonBenet Ramsey was used by her parents to fulfill their ego through child beauty pageants, though she disliked the pressure of competing and had behavioral issues like bedwetting. Her mother took her to the doctor frequently, indicating serious problems, despite JonBenet appearing as a perfect performer on stage.

1. JonBenet Ramsey was, by all evidence, an extension of her parents' ego. She told family friends she didn't like the pressure of the pageants (although some pageant mothers challenge that assessment.) She was already such a consummate performer, made up to a womanly perfection, that few outsiders knew she was a chronic bedwetter who reportedly had serious behavior problems. Her mother took her to the pediatrician thirty times in three years. http://nightlight.typepad.com/nightlight/2006/08/doll_parts_for_.html

2. Child Beauty Pageants