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    1. What is the present population in the Philippines? Philippines is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. It ranks in the top 20 most populated countries in the world. 2013 Total Population of the Philippines 2013 2012 According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)‚ which is a US Government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers‚ the total estimated population of the Philippines in year 2012 is about 103

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    17 April 2012 The Negative Side to Beauty Pageants in Children’s Lives Two hours before the pageant‚ in a crowded hotel room‚ a mother and her two daughters are rushing to accomplish all of the last minute tasks. The stressed mother is doing her best to keep the youngest child calm and in her seat while she gets her extensions put in and her hair plastered into the style of the day. The little girl is screaming because her head hurts from her hair being yanked on and she is sick of sitting in

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    Beauty Pageants: Creating a woman of success or failure Typically when beauty pageants come to mind we think of beautiful women in beautiful gowns who win scholarship money for school‚ participate in community service‚ achieve the goals that are related to their platform and role models that we hope the young women of our society aspire to be. In reality‚ behind the scenes there is much more than what appears to the eye. Many can argue that they play a major part in women’s self esteem issues and

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    scholarships to winners and now to all the women who compete as well. Transitioning from simple contest of beauty‚ it has become become one of the largest providers of scholarships for young women in America. Testing contestants on current events‚ public speaking‚ talents and fitness‚ women must be well verse in all of these categories to compete in the pageant. Competing in beauty pageants‚ women are encouraged to better themselves by obtaining these qualities and sharpening them. Each year the

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    English 1301/TT/9:30-11 April 19‚ 2013 Beauty Pageants Ruin Childhood! Think back to your childhood‚ what was most important to you? A toy? A Barbie doll? Your bike? Nowadays many girls hardly ever have time to play or even take a nap‚ because they are too focused on their pageant life and fixing their appearance to perfection. Beauty pageants first began in the 1960′s‚ and the purpose was to use them as marketing tools and raise money for business. Now‚ pageants seem to serve as tools for exploiting

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    Argumentative Essay Draft 1 Child beauty pageants lead to children’ serious mental and health issues According to a recent study conducted by (AACA) American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry‚ exploitation in child beauty pageants can ruin a girl’s self-esteem forever and can be dangerous for their physiological turmoil. Despite children’s parents’ desire to focus their children’s attention on outward appearance‚ beauty and fashion‚ child beauty pageants are risk factors for severe psychological

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    compete in pageants measure their self-worth by their looks‚ they are in for a downfall if they don’t stay as pretty when they grow up‚ says Brown. University of Arizona‚ said at PsychologyToday.com that it’s not uncommon for teens who used to be in pageants to develop eating disorders and have body image problems. The average cost of a pageant dress is $1‚000‚ and some cost as much as $5‚000‚ according to a "Good Morning America" report. Young girls who compete in pageants often look

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    Do beauty pageants serve a purpose in society? Does anyone really care who the prettiest person is in America or State? Beauty pageants don’t help anyone‚ the only people that benefit from them are the people running in them. Pageants are for those who think that they can make a difference in the world‚ when really all they do is make other women or men feel inferior. Should beauty pageants be taken away out of society? Beauty Pageants don’t serve a valid purpose in society. They use the Beauty Pageants

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    The value in child beauty pageants is extremely difficult to find‚ partly because it doesn’t exist. The industry is responsible for confidence issues in millions of participants that can’t seem to win the ‘Grand Supreme Title’ or the “Prettiest Smile Award.’ As quoted by Andrews‚ “experts see a clear association between these types of events and the development of body image problems‚ eating disorders‚ and depression” (1). The young participants are resulting to harmful act to relieve the pain the

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    of a folding chair skimming the thin pages of Cosmo. Her mother’s oversized designer sunglasses were framed by bleach blonde tendrils all of which had been carefully placed‚ as today marked an important occasion. It was the day of the Tiny Miss Beauty Pageant and all the way from South Carolina was reigning regional champion Rebecca Mint and her mother. The duo had been up for five hours in their flickering fluorescent hotel room doing Rebecca’s heat-treated hair and show makeup. A compact resemblance

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