Rhy Wilensky Introvert Analysis

Oprah Winfrey talks to pageant competitor Mari Wilensky and her mother Cathy Wilensky about the positive effects that beauty contests have had in Mari’s life. The main central claim is that Mari was diagnosed with an eating disorder in her middle school years when she stopped competing in pageants, and once she began competing again, she overcame her disorder and body image issues. The minor claims is that Mari uses pageants as her outlet to express herself, and to also gain confidence, as she was an introvert all throughout her life and pageants were her way of meeting new people and overcoming stage fright. Another minor claim was that the scholarships she earned all throughout her pageant career paid her way through medical school. Cathy