When people think of pageants they automatically assume the stereotype that pageants are contests for tall‚ thin‚ young‚ barbie girls‚ however‚ this is not true. The first Miss America pageant started on December 7‚ 1921‚ when a hotel owner in New Jersey wanted to extend the summer tourist season and 15-year-old Margaret Gorman was crowned the first Miss America. Since this day‚ pageants have developed and evolved from once creating the perfect homemaker to empowering women. Many bans and restrictions
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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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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 at
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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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are my accomplishments” “lots of my friends are pretty‚ but I would think I am one of the prettiest” putting herself above everyone else SACHA “I’m scared people will laugh at me” “Hasn’t got much confidence” Using the pageant as a “stepping stone” “exploiting little children” “ little drag queens” “she needs a bit more confidence‚ and by doing this it should help” “Does it matter if you win or not?” “it don’t really matter” “im not scared anymore because I am comfortable with other
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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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* Birthrate‚ infant mortality rate‚ health care and longevity Inequality between birth and death rates * In the past‚ the birth and death rates were equal‚ which kept the population at a balance. Several decades ago‚ people may have had many children‚ but mortality and other factors caused them to die before the age of 5. Currently‚ people are living longer‚ causing an increase in birth rates‚ but a decrease in death rates. Food production * Technology has allowed farmers to increase food
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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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