scholarships to winners and now to all the women who compete as well. Transitioning from simple contest of beauty‚ it has become become one of the largest providers of scholarships for young women in America. Testing contestants on current events‚ public speaking‚ talents and fitness‚ women must be well verse in all of these categories to compete in the pageant. Competing in beauty pageants‚ women are encouraged to better themselves by obtaining these qualities and sharpening them. Each year the
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English 1301/TT/9:30-11 April 19‚ 2013 Beauty Pageants Ruin Childhood! Think back to your childhood‚ what was most important to you? A toy? A Barbie doll? Your bike? Nowadays many girls hardly ever have time to play or even take a nap‚ because they are too focused on their pageant life and fixing their appearance to perfection. Beauty pageants first began in the 1960′s‚ and the purpose was to use them as marketing tools and raise money for business. Now‚ pageants seem to serve as tools for exploiting
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1 April 16‚ 2013 Child Pageants are Exploitive Like anything‚ there are pros and cons to Child Pageants. Personally‚ I think they are wrong. The kids have to wear makeup at an early age‚ they take from their childhood‚ the pageants are solely judged on looks‚ and the costs are outrageous. The rebuttal is that pageants are supposed to promote self-confidence and be fun. Makeup utilization was intended for adults. When these young girls are getting ready for the pageant‚ they focus and stress
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Barbie doll right? No‚ nowadays this is what we call a beauty pageant contestant. Young girls will use a Barbie doll as a source of inspiration and this is perceived as completely normal in the eyes of society. Among other things‚ girls are judged on individuality‚ poise‚ perfection and confidence. But are these really things a 5 or 6 year old should be thriving to achieve? Young girls should not be allowed to participate in beauty pageants because they are taught the wrong values from an early age
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compete in pageants measure their self-worth by their looks‚ they are in for a downfall if they don’t stay as pretty when they grow up‚ says Brown. University of Arizona‚ said at PsychologyToday.com that it’s not uncommon for teens who used to be in pageants to develop eating disorders and have body image problems. The average cost of a pageant dress is $1‚000‚ and some cost as much as $5‚000‚ according to a "Good Morning America" report. Young girls who compete in pageants often look
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Beauty Pageants: Creating a woman of success or failure Typically when beauty pageants come to mind we think of beautiful women in beautiful gowns who win scholarship money for school‚ participate in community service‚ achieve the goals that are related to their platform and role models that we hope the young women of our society aspire to be. In reality‚ behind the scenes there is much more than what appears to the eye. Many can argue that they play a major part in women’s self esteem issues and
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Abolishing Child Beauty Contests Beauty has always been an object of desirability and admiration in humans. Women‚ especially‚ have always been prone towards self beautifying endeavors. Very often‚ and not surprisingly so‚ women are highly allured by items‚ accessories and ornaments that can enhance their aesthetic appeal The desire to not only look good but also better than others is present in most women‚ however the degree in each may vary. This basic human instinct is at the heart of most beauty contests
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of a folding chair skimming the thin pages of Cosmo. Her mother’s oversized designer sunglasses were framed by bleach blonde tendrils all of which had been carefully placed‚ as today marked an important occasion. It was the day of the Tiny Miss Beauty Pageant and all the way from South Carolina was reigning regional champion Rebecca Mint and her mother. The duo had been up for five hours in their flickering fluorescent hotel room doing Rebecca’s heat-treated hair and show makeup. A compact resemblance
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Do beauty pageants serve a purpose in society? Does anyone really care who the prettiest person is in America or State? Beauty pageants don’t help anyone‚ the only people that benefit from them are the people running in them. Pageants are for those who think that they can make a difference in the world‚ when really all they do is make other women or men feel inferior. Should beauty pageants be taken away out of society? Beauty Pageants don’t serve a valid purpose in society. They use the Beauty Pageants
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children to compete in beauty pageants? Do you want your child to be like Honey Boo Boo? Yes? No? Then understand my three opposing resons for the participation of young children in beauty pageants. Reason number one‚ some parents don’t prepare their kids for pageants well enough‚so little girls don’t really know what to expect when they lose. Reason number two‚ Child pageants are also time consuming‚ and may take up time for a kid to play and whatnot. Last reason‚ number three‚ pageants can be really expensive
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