THE mother of US child beauty pageant contestant Eden Wood who's heading down under, says she and her daughter have received death threats from Australia.

Mickie Wood, who also manages six-year-old Eden, told the Nine Network's A Current Affair today the threats had been left on the child's Facebook page.



One message told her to prepare to die, while another said "to go and shoot yourself now."



"We've got them all saved, our agent has them," Ms Wood said.



"They (the threats) have been coming for about six weeks or a month now, since there's been so much media on the botox and the pageant and the protest group over there (Australia), our agent screens them for us."



Ms Wood was referring to US mother Kerry Campbell, who recently revealed that her eight-year-old daughter Britney had been given botox injections ahead of competitions.



She later claimed the story was a hoax.



Eden is bringing her "Las Vegas Showgirl Routine" to Melbourne from July 29 and 30, for what is believed to be the first US-style child beauty pageant in Australia.



But according to ACA, the event will be held at a secret location and Eden will have a bodyguard.



The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists have backed calls for child beauty pageants to be banned, saying they promote an adult's perception of beauty.