Miss Universe

“She is beauty and she is grace, she is the queen of 50 states, she is elegance and taste, she is Miss United States (Lawrence).” This song, from the soundtrack of the movie Miss Congeniality, describes amazing women who have been crowned Miss United States. While outside of this movie, in the real world, we do not have Miss United States; we do have other titles similar. Beauty pageants encourage their participants to be the best versions of themselves they can be through building the…

Many women who married around the 60s, most of their husbands would expect their wives to have a stereotypical model body: Twiggy, Donyale Luna, Patti Boyd and Linda Morand were some of the top 1960s models according to Supermodels of the 1960s by Lauren Valenti. These were some of the most famous models in the 60s in which men would expect their wives to maintain their bodies as these models. From a curvy waist to a flat stomach and a well size butt to please men of an ideal “perfect” body. Not…

rewards. In one year, the Miss America Organization provides more than forty-five million dollars of scholarship aid to more than twelve thousand women. With the help of this non-profit organization and their financial aid, a large percentage of the pageant participants have their degree or are in the act of earning their undergraduate or graduate degrees. Miss America’s Outstanding Teen can win thirty-thousand dollars in scholarships. In its thirty-five year history, this pageant has awarder…

Am I American Yet? When someone is asked what they think of America, the person usually comes to a conclusion that the country has beautiful woman, famous people and luxury. In the United States, there are competitions in which girl children compete in beauty pageants in order to win a certain label or trophy granting her Grand Supreme. These children train countless hours in order to put make up, a costume or dresses and skin tanning in order to increase one’s chances of winning a competition…

How are the different perspectives of parents and children explored in the two poems? In ‘Girl’ and in ‘Little Boy Crying’, Jamaica Kincaid and Mervyn Morris both poems use the perspective of the parents in the poem to convey the message that they are giving. Both the mother and the father are giving advice to their children under different conditions. Kincaid’s mother gives her practical and helpful advice that will help her daughter keep her own house, while Morris talks about the emotions…

Children beauty pageants are common in lots of countries started from South America and they have lots of watchers including children and teenagers. Competitors in these pageants are usually blonde and they have blue eyes. Even if they do not have blue eyes, beautiful teeth, tanned skin or blonde hair, they use contact lenses, fake hairs and teeth, spray bronzers and makeup. Children watch them on television while competitors are displaying themselves with their makeup and inconvenient clothes…

whether pageants help women with their confidence or turns them into objects. This problem can be addressed by the judging of the pageants. Most pageants celebrate fitness and judge contestants on their character as well. A main example of this is “Miss America is an all-around package of being fit and healthy, talented, intelligent, selfless and passionate” (Kaplan). The women are not judged on just their body and physical appearance but who they are as a person as well. The stereotypical…

Beauty Pageants are a way girls can learn important life skills while also having fun. It’s a way to learn the difference between winning and losing and also gaining friendships, not even just in beauty pageants, all other different types of pageants such as rodeo queen pageants and “natural pageants” girls are able to learn more about themselves. Beauty pageants give girls additional skills that they can use in their life growing up. From competing it gives them more confidence, develops social…

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…

Beauty pageants are viewed on television nationwide in America. It is a tradition for many pageant-based families. Researchers have stated in several ways how beauty pageants affect young viewers and people that are contestants. Beauty pageants affect the contestants by robbing them of their childhood, making the child self-conscious, and creating a false standard of beauty. The Pageant world annihilates childhood for each contestant. It forces the child to grow up too fast and skip a part…