Am I American Yet? When someone is asked what they think of America, the person usually comes to a conclusion that the country has beautiful woman, famous people and luxury. In the United States, there are competitions in which girl children compete in beauty pageants in order to win a certain label or trophy granting her Grand Supreme. These children train countless hours in order to put make up, a costume or dresses and skin tanning in order to increase one’s chances of winning a competition of such. In the article “Toddlers in Tiaras” Skip Hollandsworth wrote an article regarding the fact that child beauty pageants manifest American culture aspects by incorporating positive and negative ideas of fame, self-image, and hypersexualization. Every aspiring being
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One prime example would be a show called “Toddlers In Tiaras”. It is a TLC network reality show in which childhood beauty pageant contestants are being observed through the eyes of a camera in order for viewers to see happens behind the life a child pageant competitor. Eden Wood a chubby-cheeked 6-year-old became famous after being displayed on the show. She became a “star [that drew] 1.4 million viewers per week (Hollandsworth 494).” What this means the fact that a child became famous because people were curious over a life style that is not too common now days. By attracting one point five million viewers, the ideal of fame through American culture is attained easily. Not only did Eden Wood become TV famous, she became well known through various social media sites. “[She] has more than 15,000 fans on Facebook page, and there are neatly 700 YouTube videos of her posing, prancing, or performing one of her talent routines through [sturtting, dancing, singing, and smiling]” (494 Holandsworth). Eden Wood’s information and personal life can be viewed from a click of a button. By those numbers itself, Eden’s Wood’s life is exposed to
One prime example would be a show called “Toddlers In Tiaras”. It is a TLC network reality show in which childhood beauty pageant contestants are being observed through the eyes of a camera in order for viewers to see happens behind the life a child pageant competitor. Eden Wood a chubby-cheeked 6-year-old became famous after being displayed on the show. She became a “star [that drew] 1.4 million viewers per week (Hollandsworth 494).” What this means the fact that a child became famous because people were curious over a life style that is not too common now days. By attracting one point five million viewers, the ideal of fame through American culture is attained easily. Not only did Eden Wood become TV famous, she became well known through various social media sites. “[She] has more than 15,000 fans on Facebook page, and there are neatly 700 YouTube videos of her posing, prancing, or performing one of her talent routines through [sturtting, dancing, singing, and smiling]” (494 Holandsworth). Eden Wood’s information and personal life can be viewed from a click of a button. By those numbers itself, Eden’s Wood’s life is exposed to