discussing beauty pageants. There is an ongoing controversy about the benefits or harm that beauty pageants can cause to their contestants. There are two-sides to every controversy‚ but in the matter of pageants the benefits of entering one easily outweighs the negatives. The debate about beauty pageants is as varied as the kind of beauty pageants which are in existence today. Pageants go anywhere from the traditional late teens‚ early twenties‚ type pageant; to children’s pageants; to pageants for
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that appearances do not define a person. However‚ beauty pageants interfere with this mindset. A Beauty pageant is “a contest in which people judge a group of women or girls and decide which one is the most beautiful”("Dictionary."). There are 2.5 million girls that compete in the hundred thousand beauty pageants held each year. Child pageants were first started in 1921 when the Atlantic City hotel owner came up with the idea that would help tourism. The Little Miss America pageants began in New Jersey
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are pleased to inform you that the 3rd year BS Tourism Management Events Class 2013 of De La Salle University-Dasmariñas is proposing to organize the third “Ms. Tourism Student Philippines Beauty Pageant” with its theme “Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development.” It is a beauty pageant that response to the vision of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) last 2012 to value tourism by giving importance to the environment. This will be held on September 27‚ 2013
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Truth Beauty in American Society In the today’s society‚ Americans‚ especially women‚ are eager to be slimmer because thin defines the American standard of beauty. For example‚ advertisements‚ called Lipo-6‚ are used to promote the use of diet pills that burn body fat. Naomi Wolf ’s "Beauty Myth" explains about how women are obsessed about their appearance and are dying to look better. “[C]ontemporary standards of feminine beauty have devolved to a point that can only be described as anorexic
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that competing in pageantry can have on women in today’s society have become recently a major looked into problem within the past 25 years. By looking at the effects of pageantry on young children‚ young adults‚ and adult women of America‚ it is obvious the difference of pageantry between young children and adult women. This is important because the effects that pageantry has on young children is highly negative‚ while the effect of beauty contests in adult women is highly positive. Martina Cartwright
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Arielle: her first pageant had been Miss Louisiana Teen at the age of 13. She remembers being turned off by the experience‚ and did not compete again for almost ten years‚ during which time she had moved from Louisiana to Los Angeles. When she went back to pageants at 23‚ she says‚ it
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Being a member of NHS means you should serve as a remarkable role model for others. To be an effective role model you need to be able to adapt yourself to certain situations you are faced with. You have to exhibit traits like the ability to commit‚ lead‚ and relate to the needs of others. I model as positive role model for others because I possess all of these traits. I am dependable‚ trustworthy‚ ambitious‚ and understanding; continuously striving to do the right thing and putting 100% of my effort
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Queens of Beauty Every person wants to know their worth. They want to be known and want someone else to verify the one thing she should already know. You are gorgeous. You are beautiful. The first impressions are based on appearance and pose. Some people find enjoyment in competing on who looks the best‚ who has the best talent‚ and who is a team player. Beauty pageants or contests are widely accepted all over the world with women‚ men‚ and children who eat‚ breathe‚ and sleep excelling in all
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Child beauty pageants may seem like harmless fun‚ but the actual effects it has on adolescents is not worth the public adoration. Some people believe that pageants do not have long lasting effects on them‚ and that‚ for children‚ pageants just give them the opportunity to play dress up. Even though children may not be affected immediately‚ the values that pageants instill are buried in their subconscious. By judging children at such young ages based solely off outward appearance‚ they grow up with
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In "Serve or Fail‚" Dave Eggers argues that college should consider instituting a service requirement for graduation. Eggers gives us some purpose of college education to link with volunteering that help students getting beneficial effects. He gave some good points in terms of helping others out. He explains that college is too short to sit back and become the best foosball player and waste your time with no commitments to any after school obligations‚ etc. I think that everyone should be able to
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