Beauty pageants

Beauty Pageant Women are more than the surface, what lies beneath matters “my body is mine and your eyes would no define it” (author unknown). No other institution judges women more than beauty pageants. Women are judged on their bodies, their makeup, hair, how they speak, and their overall appearance everyday. Beauty pageants are a “public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate and colorful costumes” (dictionary.com). Some see pageants as a judgmental game, that…

entrants, usually women, are judged as to physical beauty and sometimes personality and talent, with the winners awarded prizes of titles.’ The definition of a beauty contest objectifies women. Pageants only shows the beauty of someone. Sometimes showing talent, which involves singing, dancing, or baton twirling. In pageants, women display ‘girly’ talents to make themselves seem more appealing than their competition . Beauty is not everything, beauty pageants and contests shows little girls that…

Child beauty pageants are a repulsive affair, and not a practice that should be continued. I believe they are severely damaging to the children involved. Pageants cause these kids to have a skewed perception of what beauty is, and can encourage parents who are struggling financially to use their offspring by entering them into these competitions. Chiefly, pageants can prove remarkably damaging to the participant’s self-esteem. Being exposed to the beauty standards set by these competitions at…

Lights, cameras flashing, outfit changes, hair spray, spray tans, long hours of practice.. Oh, and don 't forget the stage and music, props.. an adult photo shoot? Nope, children 's pageants... childrens. All of that seems that it 's kind of not age appropriate for a young girl. All those things sound more appropriate for an adult, yes? Theoretically, your child is standing on stage in front of hundreds of people, not to forget, media too, in skimpy clothes.. first thought is why? A 3-year old…

A beauty pageant is a form of public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate, colorful costumes. Many pageants consist of females usually up to the age of eighteen. The girls get dolled up backstage with loads of makeup, spray tans, hair extensions, veneers, and other essentials to enhance their body appearance. After covering up their natural appearance, they set off to the stage to compete where they show off their costumes to a crowd of people and multiple judges. The…

While beauty pageants often reign in American without much debate, the same subject is a hot topic for debate in France. Legislators in the French Parliament have issued a move to ban such pageants that are radically supported in places like the United States. The source for formulating the controversial ban stems from the views that pageants, and similar contests, force the youth surrounding them into a state of hyper-sexualization (Healy). Vast citizens are worried that the girls are being…

conversations. Now that I have moved to Virginia, we haven’t had enough time to discuss the issues which trouble both of us. I am writing now to again talk about an issue we strongly disagreed on the past –children’s beauty pageants. John, I do understand that your viewpoint on children’s beauty pageants differs from mine. You feel that those events are good, harmless fun for the kids, and provide them with confidence when walking in public. You say it develops the skill of dressing up,…

Pageants are a place where it is socially acceptable for society to judge women and girl’s of all ages on their external beauty. On the other hand today’s society tells young girl’s that they should not care what’s on the outside but what’s on the inside. How can people expect this to be true when society contradicts this by telling young girls they exact opposite by allowing young beauty pageants. Youth beauty pageants had first debuted in 1961 and since then it has become increasing popular,…

33% of girls ages 7-11 are not happy w their appearance, and the pressure of child beauty pageants don’t help with that. Child beauty pageants in America mostly started in the 1960’s with the Miss America Pageant. In these pageants, children would dress up and present themselves and sometimes their talents on stage and would be judged against other children competing. Over time this gained the interest of many and became much more popular. As popularity increased, so did competition, and kids…

in beauty pageants. Beauty pageants for girls under the age of 13 should be illegal, due to all the long lasting consequences they can have on them. In France, recently, the government has voted to ban beauty pageants for girls under 13. In addition, anyone who is associated with the pageant, including parents and organizers, can get a fine of up to $40,000 and 2 years in prison (Healy). The United States should also consider doing this and having the same punishments. These beauty pageants…