Child Beauty Pageants: Are They Moral? Lisa Allen Com/172 March 12‚ 2011 Ron Tatum Child Beauty Pageants: Are They Moral? They say that beauty comes from within but if this is true why do parents parade their young children around and make their five-year-olds dress‚ look‚ and act like they are 18 years old. Child beauty pageants are very upsetting. “It aggravates the average viewer because how can a parent put their child through that emotional
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as beautiful and perfect as the princess is. Child beauty pageants allow these young girls to wear elaborate dresses along with makeup that makes their face look unrealistic for a child. Some parents of children who compete in beauty pageants say that the competition help the child’s self-esteem; however‚ these dysfunctional and harmful pageants give young‚ vulnerable girls a false impression on what true beauty really is. Child beauty pageants are exploitative‚ pressuring children to adopt semi-sexualized
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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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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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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 is a dietician and a clinician who counsels young children who participate in performance or entertainment. She is credible for writing her articles "Princess by Proxy: What Child Beauty Pageants Teach Girls About Self-Worth and What
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The Ugly Truth of Child Beauty Pageants Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen‚ it is an honour to be here. I would like to address a very and controversial issue present in our 21st century society‚ child beauty pageants. Every year‚ there are more than two million women and girls competing in child beauty pageants in the United States alone. Approximately 250‚00 of those girls are young children . The beauty pageant industry is worth over $5 billion‚ and each year is grossing more and more‚ due
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their fake tan. This is the classic reaction of most glitz and even some small child pageants. Firstly‚ the fact these young women
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Do Beauty Pageants Serve a Purpose in Today’s Sociey? Saundra Dugger Com 220 Mr. Atkins May 22‚2010 Do beauty contests really serve a purpose in today’s society? There are many different kinds of beauty contests these days. They are for both men and women and range from infants to adults in age. Beauty contests do not serve a purpose in today’s society. The only thing that it is doing is putting in young girls’ minds and a woman’s that they have to be beautiful. We need to teach the younger generations
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Disadvantages of Child Beauty Pageants In today’s world‚ there are quite a few things that bother us Americans. One controversial topic at-hand would be child beauty pageants. The article‚ “Playing at Sexy” written by Peggy Orenstein‚ goes into detail of the negative effects of showcasing one’s child in a pageant. Hilary Levey takes a different approach to child beauty pageants. She finds them to be just as helpful as children who take after school lessons in her scholarly article‚ “Pageant Princesses and
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Anyone can access it at any given time. As stated in “5 Reasons Child Pageants are Bad for Kids”‚ “John Ramsey and his family skyrocketed to national prominence in 1996‚ when Ramsey’s 6-year-old daughter JonBenet‚ a frequent child pageant contestant‚ was found murdered.” (Mark Fix‚ P.1). That is tragic‚ horrifying‚ and a downright terrible thing to happen to any parent. As I stated before‚ children need to be children. John Ramsey‚ the parent of the deceased JonBenet‚ stated the following “It’s
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