High heels‚ high hair and high hopes. Child beauty pageants‚ a desirable but deceitful event in todays society. An occasion where young girls dress up in high heels‚ fancy gowns and tiaras. Many believe these pageants do no harm. However‚ many claim that they should be banned as there are various aspects that can ruin a child’s innocence. Pageants brain wash young girls into believing that beauty comes only from the outside. Furthermore‚ the physical and physiological repercussions of these parades
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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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Beauty pageants have been around in America for decades; however‚ they have not gained notoriety until the show "Toddlers and Tiaras" aired on national television. The airing of "Toddlers and Tiaras" has brought child pageants to the attention of many Americans. Not many people were aware of what took place in beauty pageants‚ but ever since the show debuted in 2009 there has been an intense controversy about children as young as newborns being entered into pageants. Some people say that pageants
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November 2011 Child Beauty Pageants Can Be Ugly There are many pros and cons to entering beauty pageants. Most people feel that there is no reason to even enter a child into a beauty pageant at all. Some people believe that the mother of the child is trying to re-live her childhood through her child‚ and obtain glory in some other way. Then on the other hand‚ there are the many pageant moms who have fun and have the funds available to be able to take the pageant world by storm and enter
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took the murder of his six-year-old beauty queen daughter for John Ramsey to see the harm in child beauty pageants. • I am here today because I do not want you to make the same mistake as John Ramsey did. • I am here today to protect the individuality and freedoms of our children. • I am here today to help you develop and cherish good‚ healthy relationships with your children. • Children who are involved with beauty pageants are much more likely to resent their
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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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In countries all around the world‚ beauty pageants are held as a long-standing tradition. Often‚ young women participate in these pageants. While pageants are said to present a sense of self-esteem and value for the participants‚ these competitions often cause damaging emotional issues for an already trying adolescent life. One young participant anonymously said‚ "I used to think I was pretty‚ but once I got on stage and didn’t hear my name called the world came to an end and from then on‚ I’ve
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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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a name that may vaguely pop out of the back of your mind. She has been internationally recognized for her beauty‚ song-writing‚ and fashion modeling‚ and she is not even seven years old. So who is this Eden Wood? Born February eighteenth‚ 2005‚ Eden Wood is well known throughout the pageant world as the unstoppable toddler in creatively bedazzled dresses (Lexton). She started on the pageant stage at the age of one‚ and “retired” from the industry at the age of six (Canning). Over her run she has
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Child Beauty Pageants A child ’s world is fresh and new and beautiful‚ full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision‚ that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring‚ is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood (Carson). Children are the fastest-growing segment of the beauty pageant market‚ with annual children ’s competitions attracting an estimated 3 million children‚ mostly girls‚ ages six months to 16 years‚ who compete for crowns
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