" Charlotte and the Pikes stared after Sabrina as Mrs. Bouvier whisked her away.
“Do you know what that was?” Claudia whispered to me. “A pageant-head, that’s what. A poor kid who gets roped into any beauty contest or pageant that comes along. Her whole life is one big smile.”
“She’s not that pretty,” I pointed out.
“And maybe not very talented,” added Claudia. “But she knows pageants, or her mother does, and she knows what the judges like. "
― Ann M. Martin , Little Miss Stoneybrook... and Dawn (The Baby-Sitters Club, #15)