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Kmart Australia Pulls Kiddie Bride Costume After Complaints It Promotes Child Brides

Paul Bois
Kmart Australia Pulls Kiddie Bride Costume After Complaints It Promotes Child Brides
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In 2019, children can dress up as the Devil, Dracula, or a Jersey Shore castmember … But a little girl can’t dress up as a future bride?

According to News.com.au, a Kmart in Australia pulled a kiddie bride costume from its shelves after a Melbourne woman named Shannon B. launched a Change.org petition, claiming the costume trivializes child brides and sex trafficking victims.

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