Beauty contest

Beauty pageants have been a part of history. They are events in which the participants, usually females, of all ages are being judged based on their talent, physical beauty, and an interview portion. In which the contestants all dolled up in outfits, makeup, and excessive amounts of hair products. Some people regard beauty competitions as eye catching, harmless entertainment, but often the rigors of this pageantry inhibit the normal development of children, socially, and psychologically.…

I so loved, and the possibility of winning thousands of dollars in scholarships towards schools of my choice. The Miss Alaska’s Outstanding Teen Pageant had four portions: fitness, talent, platform, and beauty. Fitness was a more age appropriate adaptation of the ever-popular “swimsuit contest,” in which each girl proved…

Child Beauty Pageants: Moral or Immoral? In today’s society, beauty is deemed mostly as physical appearance especially for women. Movies, billboards, and magazines all exhibit attractive people, beauty must be everything. In the competitive world of Beauty Pageants, rivalry for the most beautiful girl is most relevant. Pageants are becoming extremely popular, particularly child beauty pageants due to the diversity that pageants offer. There is a spectrum of pageants in which contestants can…

Beauty Is Pain Winning best song and video with a social message at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards; Beyoncé, Sia and Ammo wrote the song called “Pretty Hurts”. Exposing the truth about how our society creates pressure among women to achieve the idea of a “perfect body.” The song was written in 2013 and released in June next year. They focus on the extremely high standards young women face to fulfill the stereotype society has created for them, regardless of how their self-esteem is being…

to Be Miss America”, to open people’s eyes to how something as small as a beauty pageant makes a huge difference on a teenage girl’s self-esteem and childhood. Alvarez makes a strong argument using pathos and ethos to sate her claim. She claims that everyday teenagers are trying to mold themselves into what they see in pageants in order to feel beautiful and fit in. Constantly trying to fit into the American ideal of beauty creates low self-esteem in teenagers and makes them feel left out.…

Abstract This essay, Glitz Beauty Pageants and the Ugly Truth, examines the role glitz pageants play on young adolescent girls. There are two major types of pageants which include natural and glitz. Natural pageants are morally appropriate and acceptable for young girls because they promote a much healthier lifestyle as compared to glitz beauty pageants. On the other hand, the impact that glitz beauty pageants have on young girls is highly negative. This particular type of pageant puts girls at…

Peirce and Barthes, semiotics argues that verbal language is just one of many of meaning. Others systems such as gesture, clothing or architecture can be studied like verbal languages. (Branston and Stafford 2006, p.12) Pretty Hurts video recreates a beauty pageant, where we can see female characters changing their appearance to win the competition. This video tries to transmit how much pain women have to suffer in order to be considered “beautiful” ( the signified) for the society´s eyes.…

of the representation of children in beauty pageants; they are all, for the most part, of Anglo-Saxon or European descent: “light skin, straight long hair, thin lips and a narrow nose” (Price 7). Child beauty pageantry is an essentially all-white, multi-billion-dollar industry. Pageant careers come with a hefty cost, with one mother spending $70,000 a year on weekly spray tanning sessions, catwalk coaching, and gaudy dresses. Hence, participation in child beauty pageants are racialized to white,…

The glitz and glamour look is an expectation from little girls entering the pageant world. Thousands of girls are forced into joining pageants by obsessive-winning parents who are not informed properly about the scandalous world of beauty pageants. Parents need to understand the consequences of joining child pageants and how they teach children to become ignorant and conceited. Extracurricular activities look amazing when applying for colleges but, they can become excessively time consuming.…

Passion One significant goal that many individuals have in life is finding their passion. As a clown may inspire a child, he may want to be a juggler for children party. While many parents will shudder about the thoughts of having their children be the fear factor for many individuals, passion focuses on this very concept. Simon Sinek based his view on passion differently than how others will view it. In this video, he found passion not as an action, but “a form of activity that you can do for…