A child beauty pageant is a beauty contest featuring contestants younger than 13 years of age. Divisions include talent‚ interview‚ sportswear‚ casual wear‚ swim wear‚ western wear‚ out-fit of choice‚ decade wear‚ and evening wear‚ typically wearing makeup as well as elaborate hairstyles. The debate about child beauty pageants in Australia is getting particularly ugly. Ever since the US group ‘Universal Royalty Beauty Pageant’ announced plans to hold its first Australian competition in Melbourne
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Aleena Garrison Honors English 10 Period 4 18 March 2016 Beauty Pageants Negatively Affect Children The official definition of a Beauty Contest‚ or pageant‚ is an assemblage of girls or women at which judges select the most beautiful. Although some people argue that they can be much more than a judging of feminine beauty‚ it is glaringly obvious that no good can come of them. Recent research shows that there is no use for child beauty pageants and they are harming our future generations (Statisticsbrain
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Views of Child Beauty Pageants. “I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want‚ an adorable pancreas?” This is a quote by Jean Kerr. To fully understand and finalize ones argument against a controversial topic like Child Beauty Pageants‚ they must first be provided with all the current and historical background surrounding it‚ and also others personal views‚ which is the objective of this paper. Engaging in child beauty pageants puts many children
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year of the American beauty pageant. This was a groundbreaking year‚ as women from all over the United States were given the opportunity to show their talent‚ outer beauty and inner intelligence. Little did our country know‚ that 40 years later‚ children as young as 10 months old would be competing in beauty pageants. 1960 marked the first child beauty pageant in America and started a major American trend. Since the tragic death of JonBenet Ramsey in 1996‚ child beauty pageants have been a hot topic
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benefits of child beauty pageants‚ they need to be supported and guaranteed legal continuation. Point often overlooked‚ child beauty pageants encourage positive qualities in their participants. The boost in confidence gained and the discipline required by participants‚ make the competitions a positive hobby for young children to indulge in. Not to mention that the understanding and motivation gained through participation‚ provides benefits for growth and lifelong success. Moreover‚ pageants provide boundless
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Research Essay: Beauty Pageants and Self Esteem in Kids Beauty pageants: A confidence boost for kids or setting kids up for disaster? Children competing in beauty pageants have a higher chance of eating disorders‚ mental health problems‚ and self esteem issues in the future. More then 2.5 million beauty pageants are held a year with over 3 million girls competing‚ 100 million being kids in the age range 4 weeks old to 18 years old. Nearly 6% of these girls will or are suffering from depression
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Child beauty pageants should be banned Child beauty pageants should be banned because they cause children‚ especially little girls‚ to use artificial means to boost their self esteem. People were not born with makeup‚ spray tans‚ big hair‚ and false teeth. Beauty pageants set false rules on beauty. They make children believe they have to wear make-up‚ jewelry‚ wigs‚ fake nails‚ and other acessories to be beautiful. Every child is beautiful in their own way. Their beauty is natural and they shouldn’t
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learned about the world of child beauty pageants when a 5 ½ year old beauty queen named JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered the day after Christmas in 1996. The child was murdered in her Boulder Colorado home and found in the basement with her hands tied‚ her mouth duct taped‚ and her throat garroted. Her death was ruled strangulation but there was also blunt force trauma to her head as well as vaginal injury (Auge‚ Karen‚ par. 13-15). Her death brought these pageants into our minds‚ conversations
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Children Pageants Should Be Banned “This can lead to eating disorders and poor self-esteem” (Overington‚ 13). Children in beauty pageants get judged on their outward appearance and get received or rejected. Children shouldn’t be allowed to compete in beauty pageants. Not only are pageants expensive‚ they make the children grow up too fast and the participants have poor self-esteem at the end of the day. Children beauty pageants are expensive. Participation in a single competition can top $3‚000 (Laura
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think people join beauty pageants? What is the purpose? They cause stress and by the end of it‚ heartbreak. Everybody that competes in them just looks like a plastic barbie doll. At the end of the day‚ contestants start feeling like one also. Most of the time they step on people’s self esteem and make them feel worthless‚ even the ones for children‚ possibly for the rest of their life. Beauty pageants should no longer persist in America due to its outcome on most beauty pageant contestants and their
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