Beauty Pageants

Finding the right pair of ear rings to match the prettiest dress and the right talent may not sound like a sport to some people but to these groups of people say that’s it is the hardest sport of all. Beauty pageants is the 2nd biggest “sport” in the world with over 2 million girls of all ages trying to get that crown and that title of Miss USA. Beauty pageants should not put children younger than 10 years of age in the competitions because they are showing kids the wrong things to make a big deal about.  
Child beauty pageants began in the 1960's. The pageants consist of modeling sportswear, evening attire, and talent. The children are judged based on looks, capability, poise, perfection and confidence. As what anyone would call "the complete package". According to pageant researchers in Minnesota “School aged children were researched based on the influence competition has on their education and self-confidence. Children between the ages of six and twelve were considered as school aged and were researched in this work.” These are children that are relatively new to school education due to their young age, they are required by law to receive education, and are still impressionable by their parents. The children are divided into age groups so the competition would be objective for the participants. Stage mothers were taken into consideration involving the child's management, assessing that the mother introduced the child into the pageantry world. There are no laws concerning beauty pageants in New York and 6 other states here in the United States so therefore it is presumed that there are no laws concerning beauty pageants. Beauty pageant history, regulations, guidelines, and controlling authorities are researched, along with their effectiveness and recommendations. According to the Attorney General of the Department of Justice in California, "there is no law that prescribes how a pageant must be managed, the rules are set by each contest promoter." Pageants are... [continues]

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