Helen Rockwell
Mr. Bertelsen
English Three
10 November 2016
Beastly Beauty Pageants Children’s beauty pageants- their popularity has been on a rise in recent years. Shows such as Toddler and Tiaras or Here Comes Honey Boo Boo have brought the topic into the public eye. Although these shows are on-air for entertainment reasons, many people are outraged and are asking for a ban on children’s beauty pageants. Pageants for children should be banned because they cost more than the prizes that come out of them, they can make a child’s self confidence go down, and because they support the sexualization of minors. It’s no secret that pageants are not cheap. With prize money being anywhere from $50 to $500 participants can easily lose thousands of …show more content…
Pageants ended up costing so much money that they had to borrow money from friends and family members just to pay for the necessities. Some days her only food would be gingerbread cookies because she couldn’t afford other food. Another example comes from Juana Myers who pays for her now famous daughter, MaKenzie, to do pageants. The average price of a pageant if she were to have a new dress would be about $5,450. Juana states that you never get the money back that you put into it. A child’s self confidence can be just as affected as the parent’s wallet. In beauty pageants there is only one ultimate winner, the Ultimate Grand Supreme. When children get dubbed a lower titles than others it’s the judges’ way of saying that one child is prettier than the other. This hurts a child’s self esteem; no one wants to be known as ugly. Based on data presented by the Women’s News, 6% of children in beauty pageants went through depression. Anna Wonderlich reported a large connection between children who participate and increased body …show more content…
Even though she was happy to compete she began feeling anxiety. She constantly was worried that she wouldn’t be good enough. Eventually her schedule became so packed that she was skipping many meals. Once swimsuit photos of her were posted onto the internet she began getting hate comments from cyber bullies calling her names and sending her hurtful pictures. Alyssa states, “Now, two years later, I am still feeling the effects of what happened to me as Miss USA.” Susie Q. is a former pageant queen. She was a heavier child when she was born causing her mother put her through a strict diet. By the time she was seven the limit of calories that she could eat day was 500. To show her mother that what she was doing was wrong Susie rebelled. She ate as much as she wanted. By the time she was sixteen and weighed 285 lbs. This, of course, caused problems with self
Mr. Bertelsen
English Three
10 November 2016
Beastly Beauty Pageants Children’s beauty pageants- their popularity has been on a rise in recent years. Shows such as Toddler and Tiaras or Here Comes Honey Boo Boo have brought the topic into the public eye. Although these shows are on-air for entertainment reasons, many people are outraged and are asking for a ban on children’s beauty pageants. Pageants for children should be banned because they cost more than the prizes that come out of them, they can make a child’s self confidence go down, and because they support the sexualization of minors. It’s no secret that pageants are not cheap. With prize money being anywhere from $50 to $500 participants can easily lose thousands of …show more content…
Pageants ended up costing so much money that they had to borrow money from friends and family members just to pay for the necessities. Some days her only food would be gingerbread cookies because she couldn’t afford other food. Another example comes from Juana Myers who pays for her now famous daughter, MaKenzie, to do pageants. The average price of a pageant if she were to have a new dress would be about $5,450. Juana states that you never get the money back that you put into it. A child’s self confidence can be just as affected as the parent’s wallet. In beauty pageants there is only one ultimate winner, the Ultimate Grand Supreme. When children get dubbed a lower titles than others it’s the judges’ way of saying that one child is prettier than the other. This hurts a child’s self esteem; no one wants to be known as ugly. Based on data presented by the Women’s News, 6% of children in beauty pageants went through depression. Anna Wonderlich reported a large connection between children who participate and increased body …show more content…
Even though she was happy to compete she began feeling anxiety. She constantly was worried that she wouldn’t be good enough. Eventually her schedule became so packed that she was skipping many meals. Once swimsuit photos of her were posted onto the internet she began getting hate comments from cyber bullies calling her names and sending her hurtful pictures. Alyssa states, “Now, two years later, I am still feeling the effects of what happened to me as Miss USA.” Susie Q. is a former pageant queen. She was a heavier child when she was born causing her mother put her through a strict diet. By the time she was seven the limit of calories that she could eat day was 500. To show her mother that what she was doing was wrong Susie rebelled. She ate as much as she wanted. By the time she was sixteen and weighed 285 lbs. This, of course, caused problems with self