Persuasive Essay On Toddlers And Tiaras
Have you ever watched Toddlers and Tiaras on TLC and wondered about how much it cost or why toddlers or young girls are dawled up with too much makeup? Mothers force their child into competing while spending a fortune on costumes and makeup. Beauty pageants pressure these little girls to act and even look like adults.
Realistically beauty pageants cost over thousands of dollars. According to Cheryl Critchley with Herald Sun, many beauty pageants charge $500 dollars to enter, but that does not include traveling, costumes, or makeup. Pageant coaching can be anything around $150 and $300 an hour and even more payment on the weekends. Martina M Cartwright, a registered dietitian who started researching pageants state’s that “the common cost for beauty pageants is about $3,000-$5,000 for a single competition.” Members in Toddlers and Tiaras spend over hundreds of dollars for costumes, cosmetics, and beauty …show more content…
According to ABC news, 3 million young girls around six months to sixteen years enter beauty pageants. Cheryl Critchley explains that other mothers try to challenge each other to see whose child is best with glitz and glamor. Imran Jalal, the author of “Strut, be Smart” informs us that parents often buy fake trophies overseas to boost their kids self esteem. Mothers who force their child into competing can be emotionally or physically abused. They are often overweight and usually go over the top to coach dance routines and win trophies towering over the kids reports Vernon R, Wiehe, author of “Beauty pageants are not appropriate for young children”. Justin O’Neill then describes that most mothers feed their daughters with 10 pixie sticks to help gain energy. Many parents also deny nap time or breaks from pageants because the parents often are scared that naps or breaks will ruin makeup and hair but most importantly pageant
Realistically beauty pageants cost over thousands of dollars. According to Cheryl Critchley with Herald Sun, many beauty pageants charge $500 dollars to enter, but that does not include traveling, costumes, or makeup. Pageant coaching can be anything around $150 and $300 an hour and even more payment on the weekends. Martina M Cartwright, a registered dietitian who started researching pageants state’s that “the common cost for beauty pageants is about $3,000-$5,000 for a single competition.” Members in Toddlers and Tiaras spend over hundreds of dollars for costumes, cosmetics, and beauty …show more content…
According to ABC news, 3 million young girls around six months to sixteen years enter beauty pageants. Cheryl Critchley explains that other mothers try to challenge each other to see whose child is best with glitz and glamor. Imran Jalal, the author of “Strut, be Smart” informs us that parents often buy fake trophies overseas to boost their kids self esteem. Mothers who force their child into competing can be emotionally or physically abused. They are often overweight and usually go over the top to coach dance routines and win trophies towering over the kids reports Vernon R, Wiehe, author of “Beauty pageants are not appropriate for young children”. Justin O’Neill then describes that most mothers feed their daughters with 10 pixie sticks to help gain energy. Many parents also deny nap time or breaks from pageants because the parents often are scared that naps or breaks will ruin makeup and hair but most importantly pageant