Beauty pageants

hypersexualization of young girls in America has reached an all time high, which is highly disturbing and dangerous. Most of the problem originates from the media. Pageants fused with reality T.V, such as “Toddlers & Tiaras”, are broadcasted on national television for anyone to see. (Including but not limited to other aspiring beauty queens and child predators.) Girls aging anywhere from 1-16 years old strut around a stage, winking at judges, and flaunting false teeth, eyelashes, and spray-tans.…

The 1920s, also known as the “Roaring Twenties,” was a time like no other. New technology, abandonment of tradition, and daring feats all occurred during this time of dramatic change. The twenties was not a time of refinement or civility, but instead the signs of corruption were over-looked and life was lived to the fullest. New fads and ways of entertainment were discovered creating an easy going lifestyle. The radio, first developed in the 19th century, helped pave the way for new fads…

would always be something that would push women down and unable to see their own true beauty. In addition, not only social media but children books play a considerable role towards little girls thoughts about beauty. Children books such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White show how being a beautiful young girl can lead to a better and successful lifestyle according to Beauty Matters: Hair Matters; Beauty, Power, & Black Women 's Consciousness by Ingrid Banks; The Face of Our Past;…

one of the largest TV events throughout history, the Miss America Pageant. As citizens, we may perceive this airing to be a show of elegance, great pride, and our decision to choose the woman who represents our nation to the fullest. Along with this recognition, there is also an enormous sum of scholarship money that is raised by the Miss America Pageant Organization every single year! By the looks of how extravagant this pageant really is, it’s no wonder we are tricked into believing that…

of input into the beauty pageant and they are the ones forcing their daughters to do things for them. A couple of clips of the show Toddlers & Tiaras showed that a little girl was terrified of waxing her eyebrows and was crying after they pulled the wax cloth off. Almost all of the little girls in this show said that they didn’t want to do the pageant because they do not like the pressure from their parents and the things they have to do, they only like winning. The beauty pageants can affect…

One of the most powerful scenes that convey this idea is at the end of the pageant where Olive performs her act (“the performance scene”). Dayton and Faris use a wide range of visual language features to convey this important idea in the performance scene. At the first shot of interest, Olive begins her dance. In these initial shots, Dayton and Faris reveal that Olive does not fit into the conventional idea of a beauty queen, a loser in the eyes of our capitalist society. Olive, however, is…

The film Little Miss Sunshine follows a family on their road trip from New Mexico to California. The shows the lives of a dysfunctional lower middle-class family. The protagonist Olive gets accepted to compete in a beauty pageant in California. Her family consisting of her Mother Sheryl, Father Richard, Silent Brother Dwayne, Suicidal Uncle Frank and drug addict Grandfather all take the trip with her in a beat down Volkswagen bus. The film goes into depth about different problems ordinary people…

women have been trying to achieve their personal idea of beauty. In the book, “Pageants, Parlors, and Pretty Women”, author Blaine Roberts, shows the racial division between white women and black women and the role perceptions of beauty also played. Women of different colors, sizes, attitudes, mindsets, and dreams all concurred that beauty was an important aspect for the Civil Rights movement. Roberts’ thesis, black and white perceptions of beauty, both played a crucial role during the Civil…

I am famous for being the first miss america to ever be crowned, in 1921. My greatest achievements are winning Miss Washington, D.C, Inter-City Beauty Amateur, The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America, and the coveted grand prize of the Golden Mermaid trophy. Because the Inter-City Beauty Amateur and The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America wins didn't roll off the tongue, the council renamed those wins to Miss America for me. So, I was the first Miss America, but they didn't start to call…

Given that my MWA 2 was on the topic of child beauty pageants and their corruptive traits, I have decided to transform my commentary to that of an article that would be published in a parenting magazine. I did so because I wanted my audience to be primarily mothers and fathers, and anyone with a child that would read material that gave parental advice. Which also ties in with my purpose. Because my commentary had a argument that claimed child beauty pageants to be toxic to the youth, my purpose…