Should Children’s Beauty Pageants Be Banned?
Child beauty pageants should be eliminated, Canadians should be against child beauty pageants it sexualizes children by making them look like adults, gives innapropriate attention to children, and the parents are just using their children for money. The first “Little Miss America” pageant started in the 1960s at the Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey. Originally the pageant was meant for 13 to 17 year olds, but it became so popular, that by 1964 there were over 35,000 participants. Today, about 5,000 child beauty pageants are held every year in America and three million child contestants are participating. The problem is this type of competition at a young age really affects a child’s well
Child beauty pageants should be eliminated, Canadians should be against child beauty pageants it sexualizes children by making them look like adults, gives innapropriate attention to children, and the parents are just using their children for money. The first “Little Miss America” pageant started in the 1960s at the Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey. Originally the pageant was meant for 13 to 17 year olds, but it became so popular, that by 1964 there were over 35,000 participants. Today, about 5,000 child beauty pageants are held every year in America and three million child contestants are participating. The problem is this type of competition at a young age really affects a child’s well