Magda Hinojosa and Jill Carle argue the normal view of pageantry by explaining that beauty contests can serve as a way for women to gain power in the world; this is the central claim of “From Miss World to World Leader: Beauty Queens, Paths to Power, and Political Representations.” The minor claim by the authors is that pageants provide women with the experience and ability to learn characteristic that can help the women achieve political power. Beauty queens are eligible for political power because they have the experience of representation, by representing a county, region, state, or country during their reign. Another minor claim made by Hinojosa and Carle is that beauty pageant competitors learn skills of public speaking, poise under pressure,
