Children who care too much about their self appearance are more likely to become depressed as adolescents and adults. Child beauty contest try to present to the public that the girls are having fun dressing up as princesses and putting on tiaras, but fails to acknowledge the fact that some participants are younger than five-years old and are being dressed and treated inappropriately. Beauty pageants are bad for society because they objectify women as eye candy, promote unhealthy attitudes towards women and encourage men to think of women simply as display objects rather than as real people.
