By Debbie Emery

Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

Desperate Housewives star Vanessa Williams -- who began her life in the spotlight on the stages of beauty pageants -- says she would never let her children compete in a Toddlers & Tiaras style contest.

The former Miss America expressed her disgust in the TLC show in an interview with Anderson Cooper when she appeared on upcoming episode of his talk show, Anderson.

When asked if she thought the spray-tanned, glammed-up children on the show were pushed into the stressful industry too soon, Williams replied: “I think they don't know what they are doing.