In journalist Skip Hollandsworth’s article “Toddlers in Tiaras,” he discusses the dramatizing effects of how participating in beauty pageants is sexualizing young girls. His purpose is to inform readers about these pageants and what they demand, stating, “All around the conference room…little girls do the pageant version of suiting up” (490). Hollandsworth creates a vivid tone to express the consequences and controversy these pageants demonstrate. He shapes the article in a sturdy, persuasive way by using encounters from former and current beauty pageant contestants.
His prime example is 6-year-old Eden Wood of Taylor, Arkansas. He begins with her normal routine of a beauty pageant and all that goes into preparing for it. This includes getting …show more content…
JonBenet was a 6-year-old girl famous for her pageants, but sadly was murdered in her home on Christmas Day. Hollandsworth rationalizes that it is possible she was murdered because of all the exposure from being in these contests. JonBenet is his example for the negative effects beauty pageants can have on young girls. Yet, he claims even after her murder, pageants became increasingly popular and continue still to grow. Adult pageants have begun to decline. His point is to inflict feelings of how too much exposure can be dangerous. Hollandsworth was not the only one with the idea her murder was related to her competing in pageants - “CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather compared the video footage of JonBenet to “kiddie porn” …show more content…
Her murder was under very suspicious circumstances, so it seemed the only logical explanation was due to her involvement with beauty contests. One of JonBenet’s competitors, Brooke Breedwell, added that after the murder, she was scared for her own life: “I remember thinking that when she got killed, I was going to get killed…I would hide under my covers, terrified, at night” (492). Hollandsworth includes all these emotions for the sole purpose to advise that it is real life happenings, not made up movie
His prime example is 6-year-old Eden Wood of Taylor, Arkansas. He begins with her normal routine of a beauty pageant and all that goes into preparing for it. This includes getting …show more content…
JonBenet was a 6-year-old girl famous for her pageants, but sadly was murdered in her home on Christmas Day. Hollandsworth rationalizes that it is possible she was murdered because of all the exposure from being in these contests. JonBenet is his example for the negative effects beauty pageants can have on young girls. Yet, he claims even after her murder, pageants became increasingly popular and continue still to grow. Adult pageants have begun to decline. His point is to inflict feelings of how too much exposure can be dangerous. Hollandsworth was not the only one with the idea her murder was related to her competing in pageants - “CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather compared the video footage of JonBenet to “kiddie porn” …show more content…
Her murder was under very suspicious circumstances, so it seemed the only logical explanation was due to her involvement with beauty contests. One of JonBenet’s competitors, Brooke Breedwell, added that after the murder, she was scared for her own life: “I remember thinking that when she got killed, I was going to get killed…I would hide under my covers, terrified, at night” (492). Hollandsworth includes all these emotions for the sole purpose to advise that it is real life happenings, not made up movie