Beauty pageants

Tyra Banks started modeling during her high school years, which led her to become internationally known. With her mother being by her side and being her manager, she wanted her daughter to create a tremendous image by promoting her in the best way possible. Tyra Banks eventually became the first African American to be established on GQ Magazine, Victoria Secret and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. With Tyra being able to accomplish these goals, it allowed her to start creating her personal…

When Gigi Hadid was only a kid in Los Angeles, she was exposed to modeling at an early age. Her sister, Bella is also a model. At only two years old, she was discovered by a Guess agent. She then started modeling for Baby Guess. But before she became famous, she did get a normal education. She set her sights on getting an education first before finally pursuing a career in modeling. During her Malibu High days, she became a varsity volleyball player as well as a competitive horseback rider.…

Throughout life I have competed in several pageants, and I could relate the learning process of pageantry to the writing process in English 1102. In pageants, I am judged and critiqued based off how I portray myself to the judges throughout different areas of competition. The different areas of competition range from interview, to casual and evening…

still enforced on both men and women. Smolak and Murnen (2001) mentioned the notion of a superwoman model for women, the type of ideal figure can be independent, intelligent, and beautiful – beauty and brain. This immediately reminded me of Miss America and Miss Universe. I remember watching these pageants as a child, and thinking to myself “How does she do it?”…

Many women grow up believing that they do not possess the skills to start their own businesses. Some of them may have dreams of beginning a profitable brand, but do not know how to begin. As a result, many women choose to work for someone else instead of following their passion. However, Doe Deere is proof that females can be successful entrepreneurs. Deere had visions of starting a booming cosmetic business many years ago and achieved her goal came up with Lime Crime cosmetic line back in 2004.…

Little Miss Sunshine starts off with the Ms. America beauty pageant. A young child name Olive Hoover, is watching the pageant on the television, fascinated with the events taking place. This film starts to address the idea of if there is only winners and losers, and how to be a winner. The point gets strongly put across as the father believes that you have to think you will win, and that is how you become a winner. The film becomes an eye opener for the viewers because it shows the amount of…

Society nowadays have different definitions of what beauty actually is. Sometimes an individuals might see a person and think that person is striking, but someone else might have a different perspective of the person’s appearance. To me, attractiveness is not only about something that the eyes admire, but mostly about the personality of a person. I think true beauty lies beyond a face full of make-up, or the expensive piece of clothing that someone spend a great amount of money to wear just for…

Twice Emmy nominated actress, Crystal Hunt has been a shining beacon and rising star since childhood. Starting as a toddler with beauty pageants her parents quickly realized her potential and started her in singing and acting lessons. A beautiful and talented young woman, she arrived on the Soap Opera scene in 2005 at age 17, when she landed a role on Guiding Light. Later in her career she would also appear on One Life To Live as well. With a wide-ranging repertoire, Crystal Hunt's list of…

true beauty? I believe that our images of beauty obscure its true character. We’ve been eclipsed by the amazement of cosmetic surgery and the standards of beauty presently. Source B, “Hope in a Jar: The Making of America’s Beauty Culture”, talks on the social history of North American beauty culture. Source C, “Concepts of Beauty: A Feminist Philosopher Thinks About Paradigms and Consequences”, is an address made by a professor of philosophy on beauty. Source D, “The Democratization of Beauty”,…

this expectation. Those that strive for this perfection aren’t oblivious to the fact that it is emotionally draining, yet it’s still something ones seem to strive for and continually critique each other on. It is often said that “pain is beauty”, and that “beauty is skin deep” but it’s the eager expectation of perfection that can kill someone from the inside out and ruin the innocent heart of a beautiful girl. In Beyoncé’s song, “Pretty Hurts”, published in 2013, and Marge Piercy’s poem, “Barbie…