Contestant

craziest frozen hair possible but for the best way hot springs suggest contestants to do is have a lot of hair so the contestants can have a better chance at winning the competition and they also recommend coming to the resort when it is really cold out like when it’s below 4*F (-20*C) then the hair will freeze at temperatures above that while at the contest is open for the entire month of February. After checking in the contestants are led to the hot springs which then boost a temperature of…

After reveling the reactions of the strangers (which is always to run from the look in the beginning) to the contestant, the host, Stacy London, asks the woman if she is “ready” to participate in “makeunder.” When the contestant agrees to the “makeunder,” she is stripped of her long extensions, wild makeup, and outrageous clothes to start completely from scratch. With help from Stacy, her team of stylists, and a few…

Colours of the costumes like pink, yellow and white are used a lot to represent happiness, delicacy and femininity. Contestants change costume excessively throughout the video illustrating how important image becomes when dictated by society’s idea of perfection. The locations used are in a home-like environment, in the pageant dressing room and onstage of a beauty pageant…

In “The Allegory of the Cave,” an important distinction is made between two types of people, people who are blissfully ignorant and people who are painfully enlightened. The people who are blissfully ignorant choose to see things as they think they are; they mistake appearance for reality. These are the people who remain shackled to the wall, are unable to move their legs or heads, and, “see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another” (Plato 587). These people remain in the darkness,…

As a woman, there is a constant pressure from society: be beautiful, respected, and intelligent. Programs such as Miss America—with the winner’s crowning and the focus on the contestants’ intellects over their bodies—was always advertised as the perfect method to achieve societal standards. After all, Miss America prides itself on how it furthers women’s education by offering over $45 million in scholarships, which they claim makes them “the largest provider of scholarship assistance for young…

In each cycle of the show, around 32 amateur models are selected from places around the U.S, only 14 of them become contestants in the show after the challenge and meeting with judges in the first episode. Every week of the competition, one of the contestants will be eliminated base on their overall performance (judged by Tyra and several other judges), participation in challenges (challenge score), themed photo shoot (fans can vote for…

a $5 billion industry”(Children and Beauty Pageants). Beauty pageants were introduced to the American society in the 1920’s but didn’t begin until the 1960’s. The contestants receive money, crowns, and scholarships and, on top of that they also learn self-confidence. Even though there are benefits to them others say that the contestants are too young to be dressing up and acting like adults. Child beauty page ants are…

the game. The riches get to watch while the poor dies. The only thing the riches have to do is bet on the game and pick which contestant they like and support the contestant by sending food and supplies. To get those supports the contestant has to be very competitive and aggressive because that's the only way to get the peoples’ attentions. Every steps of the contestants are monitored by the people and there are surveillance cameras everywhere. There is no hiding from the cameras if you try…

really takes a toll on the contestants. 16 average people split into two teams step onto a remote island for 39 days and endure challenges that pushes their bodies and mind to the limit. Contestants are wiling to lie, backstab, or betray their tribe members in attempt to win the grand prize of one million dollars! Competing on survivor has many psychological effects, such as stress, not being able to thing clearly, and emotional. Being stressed on survivor can drive contestants mad and act in…

Young contestants have been pulled into the terrible ways of beauty pageants. “The number of breast augmentation surgeries among teen girls age 18 and under triple from the previous year. It is not until December of 2004 that the ASPS takes an official stance denouncing…