Banning Beauty Pageants

Decent Essays
Topic: Banning beauty pageants for little girls

Opening/Attention:
Would you like to show your son/daughter that the only thing that matters in life are good looks and pleasing other people?

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Emotion/Story:
“During a block party, Michael Light paused to ask police officers the way to the Little Miss Fairborn beauty pageant. Shortly thereafter, he was arrested for causing a bit of a ruckus riding his bike in an unsafe area, and after doing a quick background check, police discovered that Light was a convicted sex offender and not the kind of person you want showing up at your beauty pageant. Then again, most of the parents are the kind of people you don't want showing up either. Light argued with the cops about

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