to young girls and women that youth‚ beauty and love go together to make a complete and happy existence in life. From reality television shows such as Toddlers and Tiaras‚ to youth clothing stores such as Justice‚ and Dove beauty ads geared toward women of all ages the portrayal of having to be pretty is everywhere you look. Toddlers and Tiaras is a reality television show of the behind the scenes events of child beauty pageants. The children on the show are spray tanned‚ wear makeup‚ and wear
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N/A Professor N/A English 101 9 December 2013 Not So Glamorous Pageants Do young girls really need to be told they are beautiful by older men and women? Do those older men and women even know the true definition of beauty? Beauty pageants have been around for many years now. The two major types of beauty pageants are natural and glitz. These two beauty pageants hold many differences. In natural beauty pageants girls do not where much make up‚ they have more of a clean look to them. Where as in
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spent way too many hours practicing a routine or exercising their smile to score high in the intense competition of child beauty pageants. These pampered princesses are brainwashed by their mothers to have one goal in mind: “get the money or get the tiara” (Grosaru 1). Most of these beauties finally dwindle down and end up having self-identity or self-esteem problems. Is this the state these young girls should be in to attribute to a successful future of their generation? Despite the negative side of
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Beauty pageants have been around in America for decades; however‚ they have not gained notoriety until the show "Toddlers and Tiaras" aired on national television. The airing of "Toddlers and Tiaras" has brought child pageants to the attention of many Americans. Not many people were aware of what took place in beauty pageants‚ but ever since the show debuted in 2009 there has been an intense controversy about children as young as newborns being entered into pageants. Some people say that pageants
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the Media Sexualize Little Girls? Many different articles and essays use statistics to back up their claims but you is to say if they are accurate or not? In “Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect” by Stephanie Hanes and “Toddlers in Tiaras” by Skip Hollandsworth they use many different statistics to back up their claims that the media is sexualizing little girls and that it is a problem for themselves and society. Even though they shock you with their disturbing statistics you
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I think this approach is extremely prevalent in today’s media‚ especially when things like “Toddlers and Tiaras” and “Jackass” are available to watch by youngsters. Shows like “Toddlers and Tiaras” teaches young girl that they need to pile on the makeup and dress a certain way in order to be the best of the best. Movies like “Jackass” teach young kids that it’s okay to play crazy pranks on people
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Beauty Pageants and Our Children Alost 3 million children‚ most of them girls‚ from the ages of 6 months and 17 years compete in beauty pageants annually in America. Competition can be local and national and they compete in categories such as swimwear‚ talent‚ costume of your choice‚ and eveningwear. This is an industry where mothers give her daughter energy drinks for a boost before pageants‚ 3-year-olds don fake fingernails‚ and parents regularly spend five thousand dollars on a child’s pageant
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Bill Braxton Braxton October 29‚ 2013 Argumentative essay rough draft ENC 1101-001 Mr. Hinson Word count-1‚017 Thesis: Beauty pageants should be outlawed for girls under sixteen because they over expose young women‚ teach them that being self absorbed is okay‚ and there are other hobbies the girls could pick up that would teach better qualities and allow kids to be kids. I. Can make children self absorbed
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and on the West Coast‚ I never really encountered this phenomenon in my daily life. Recently‚ two different reality shows have popped up on TLC that exposes the viewer to the works of pageants. The shows are titled "Little Miss Perfect" and "Toddlers and Tiaras". As I’m the mother of a pre-teen daughter‚ I watched both of these shows with a horrified curiosity. I have certainly garnered some opinions. One of the arguments against children’s beauty pageantshas to do with pedophilia and that this
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