Hamdi

Hello ladies and gentlemen welcome to my presentation, Today I will argue about the child beauty pageants. There are 2 approaches about these pageants some say that it shouldn’t be banned while others say that it should. I am with the second idea which says it should be banned. Firstly lets have a look at the main reasons of the ones who don’t want it to be banned and see if the reasons are really logical. 1: Pageants increase self-confidence
This is not the case,
A study has shown that, "(Although) many pageant parents attributed their daughters' higher self-esteem to pageantry, the high self-esteem was mostly true for girls who won the pageants. Not for the girls who lost the peagents.
There are far better options for girls to develop confidence.
Their second claim is that
2: Pageants are just like any other sport.
This is not true.
Girls that play sport or do a craft can get a tutor, work hard at fine tuning their skills, or try out a new activity altogether. Beauty pageants are all about , 'beauty'. Beauty pageants do not encourage girls to value competence or skills; they teach that happiness is dependent upon how people judge them outwardly.
Their third main reason is that
3: Little girls love to dress up
Pageant dressing-up is not at all equal to the regular childhood role-play games that I see children absorbed in. Pageants are concerned with comparison to others dress, hair, nails and make-up. Pageants push children into an adult world far too early. Girls learn that value lies not in the qualities of a character they may play, but in how that character looks.

And now lets have a look at my and many other people’s point of view which is with the idea of banning it.
1. The girls are too young to say no
"There are examples of young girls screaming in terror as their mothers approach them with spray cans," Australian lawmaker Anna Burke tells the Sydney Daily Telegraph. Clearly, pageants risk "the exploitation or potential exploitation of very young children who really do not have the capacity to express their own views."
2. Pageants sexualize young girls
French lawmakers want an all-out ban on child pageants, says Henry Samuel in Britain's Telegraph, accusing the media and reality TV of "promoting stereotypes that transform young girls into 'sexual morsels.'" Just look at the growing number of "schoolgirls as young as 8 [who] wear padded bras, high heels, or makeup, and strike suggestive poses." Really, what is this telling our children about how they present themselves to society?
3. They cause cognitive and emotional problems
A 2007 report by the American Psychological Association found that the hypersexualization of young girls is strongly associated with eating disorders, low self-esteem, and depression, says Melissa Henson at CNN. It can also even lead to fewer girls pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Daisey Mae, an eight-year-old girl, has just this week been observed in a teaser clip telling cameras that, "Facial beauty is the most important thing, in life and in pageants."
She is also seen saying: 'If you think your kid is ugly or something, you might not want to do pageants because you're not going to win or anything."
I actually feel sorry for Daisy, as she would not have come up with these ideas all on her own. She is a victim of the lies she has been doused in by the adults that have exposed her to this culture.
4. Too much hair spray can stunt growth
One of the most widely used products in child pageants is hair spray, which contains phthalates, or plasticizers, that can act as hormone disruptors, says Travis Stork of CBS's The Doctors. For an adult beauty contestant, this is no problem. But for a growing girl, the effects could prove detrimental. Excessive exposure to phthalates has been linked to stunted growth and even lung cancer.
5. High heels aren't made for small feet
If you're Suri Cruise, wearing high heels as a toddler is just a part of life. But when little pageant contestants wear heels, Stork says, it unnecessarily pushes their weight forward, causing lower back pain and hindering proper development of the feet. In some cases, these girls are forced to continue wearing heels outside of pageants because their feet have grown in a way that makes wearing other kinds of shoes very uncomfortable.
6. High costs
Parents spend thousands of dollars on pageants. Some want their children to gain extra poise; others hope that their children will become the next supermodel or a movie star. You can even hire yourself a pageant coach, that little “neccesity” could cost you up to $1000 a day. Not to mention wardrobe consultants, physical fitness trainers, speech coaches, voice coaches, etiquette lessons, salon services, talent coaches, resume writing, tanning, evening gown, rehearsal attire, bathing suits, opening-number outfit, interview suit, talent costume, accessories, and many, many more things. It is entirely possible to spend upwards of $100,000 dollars to get a little girl ready for one national contest . And now I have a short video about a mom who injects her her eight year old daughter with Botox ”get rid of her wrinkles.

All in all These pageants are not good for this small girls , It can make many disastrous damages to our daughters childhood. Lets nip this thing in the bud and say no more pageants, Lets not exploit our children to live out our own failed dreams and let’s not forget that babies are not barbies.