Jesus Cifuentes Professor Ashkiani English 115 June 19‚ 2013 CHILD BEAUTY PAGEANTS Children are masters of fantastical ideas‚ and these pageants can be a plentiful playground for their fantasies to come to life. But these fantasies can come at a high price and self worth. Child beauty pageants are contests that feature children less than eighteen years of age. These competitions are categorized in talent‚ interview‚ casual wear etcetera; contestants wear makeup and elaborate complex hairstyles
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Dear Sir/ Madam‚ I am writing to you about the cruel and harmful world of child beauty pageants. Little girls as young as 6 weeks are being paraded around by their pushy parents and made to look like living dolls. Is this a good environment for a young child to grow up in? These young girls are expected and forced to act like young adults; they spend hours on end rehearsing walks and routines. They are not given the freedom to be a child‚ make mistakes or have imperfections. It is devastating to
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This image shows a woman competing in a beauty pageant with an eating disorder. In the scene the woman is seen in her under garments looking at her reflection in the mirror. This shows the struggle that women have about their body image and the pressure from society to look a certain way. Looks are actually what count in beauty pageants and it doesn’t only affect the contestants but the viewers. The picture also demonstrates the different emotions that many women can relate to when they look in the
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Children Competing in Beauty Pageants Many young children like to participate in pageants. I personally think that putting children in pageants is good for them. They make lifelong friends‚ gain high self-esteem‚ and learn that you cannot always win and children need each of these skills. Sure‚ they could gain these by playing an instrument or a sport but I believe pageantry is the best way to go. Whether a boy or a girl‚ pageants can teach kids the true cycle of life. They learn what goes up‚
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PLANNING Introduction Issue: Debate has erupted in Australia over these beauty contents as pageant organisers prepare to bring these events to our shores. Text type: Opinion Piece Source: The Age Date: May 4‚ 2011 Author’s name: Nina Funnel Contention: Argues that the bizarre world of pageantry is fake and fictitious. Headline: Sugar and Spice. But all things nice? Tone: Logical‚ strong‚ polished yet slightly colloquial tone Target Audience: Middle aged working mothers
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The Dark Side of Beauty Pageants With their glamour‚ expensive dresses‚ jewels and‚ big fake smiles‚ beauty pageant contestants are just hiding their true personalities under materialistic things. People may say that beauty pageants aren’t always about looks. The contestants are scored on beauty‚ personality‚ evening wear‚ athletic wear and over all perception of the contestant. Beauty contestant ages range from 2 years old to 60+ years old. The fact that contestants lie about their beliefs
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they actually are. In my opinion beauty pageants are harmful to children. Beauty pageants create a negative environment for children putting them under pressure and negative self evaluation. Pageants judge only the external aspects of a child rather than their inner beauty and beauty pageants are very time consuming (getting the perfect costume‚ practicing all day long‚ and having the child’s hair done.) The atmosphere of a beauty pageant can be considered negative. The contestant is always judging
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eyelashes‚ and a full face of makeup as she dances around the pageant stage in a skin tight gold dress with fake breasts sewn in. Mia is only one of the many pageant girls featured on TLC’S Toddlers and Tiaras. This TLC show displays several young girls’ journeys through various pageant preparation processes which includes training‚ spray tans‚ temper tantrums and a multitude tears all in hope to win the grand supreme title. Child beauty pageants encourages young girls to think poorly of their peers‚ place
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The Problems and Pleasures of Pageants Beauty pageants have been questioned on whether or not their truly innocent. In some cases‚ the smiles are more likely than not phony. On the other hand‚ the abundance of memories and skills gained from these extravaganzas can create a positive effect on the child. On the negative side‚ pageants are found to be full of drama from both the parents and from the stress of the requirements‚ including eating disorders. They also lead to bad sportsmanship and the
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Child beauty pageants boost self-esteem‚ allows girl’s to make meaningful friendships and is just a sport that teaches girls how to win and lose gracefully. Pageants in the past were about your waist line and how great of a wife you would be‚ recently pageants have been transforming. These contests are not just about which girl looks the best in a swimsuit‚ the judges now crown for who could answer a question on any subject and give a well-informed answer in almost an instant. For example‚ in 2014
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