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Glamour Babes

All dolled up: Cami Pelletier, 8, left, Amber Bearon, 5, and Mikaela Barboza, 4, strut their stuff at friend Kayla Bisko's birthday party at the Tysons Corner franchise. (By Toni L. Sandys -- The Washington Post)

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At a table in a corner, a redheaded 8-year-old named Lexy Battista is getting a makeover.

"She made honor roll," says her mom, Megan.

Lexy comes here a lot. She had her eighth birthday here -- 25 girls getting "The Super Star" makeover with hair extensions, at a cost of more than $500. They arrived in a stretch limo: $600.

"It had a disco ball, huh, Lex?" says her mother. "This year you want a Hummer."

Lexy chooses blue nail polish for her fingers. One of the club counselors paints her nails and dusts glitter over Lexy's hands.

"You want me to buy you an outfit, Lexy?" her mom says.

"Yeah," says Lexy, choosing blue eye shadow.

Lexy's mom describes her as "gifted" and a "brainiac."

Lexy says when she grows up, she wants to be a model.

"My oldest models," says her mom.

Lexy goes off to pick out a T-shirt that says "Glam Rock" and pants with a glitter belt.

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