Miss Universe

of nameless faces. I inch closer to the stage. “Coming to the stage, MO’NIQUE!” I exhale a final nervous breath, releasing all inhibitions and walking onto the stage becoming Mo’nique. Well, the awkward tween version of her, at least. In the Little Miss Continental Pageant, we were required to introduce ourselves as a well known African American woman, answer questions about current events and raise money for a scholarship foundation. The pageant taught many lessons that are the basic to…

win? Or was all the hard work for nothing; pageants are not just based on pure beauty. Many communities each year have their own pageants For Berrien County, it’s the Miss Blossomtime pageants. These consist of 22 pageants for each local community, and then in March each one of those girls who won compete for the title of Miss Blossomtime. By competing in pageants you learn how to socialize with your peers, how to present yourself in front of a community, and you learn how to grow as a person…

Child Beauty Pageants: Positive or Negative? Nick Sipes 8-16-16 The child beauty pageant, one of the most controversial topics in our modern day world. Some say they have positive benefits, such as improvements to social skills, whereas others say It is downright horrible for children to participate due to the drawbacks, such as immense cost. I stand with the cons of child beauty pageants for a variety of reasons. The number of bad seem to far outweigh the acclaimed “positive effects” on…

Are Beauty Pageants Beneficial To Little Girls? “Child beauty pageants have gained in popularity in recent years, currently more than 5,000 child beauty are held annually in the U.S. amounting to 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…

clothing, and the stressed delegates giving it their all. The ultimate goal wasn’t just obtaining the crown; it was the trip to Dubai, the college scholarship, and all the other benefits that came along with being Miss Teen Latina Global. An early morning on September 20th, 2014, the day of the Miss Teen Latina Global Cultural Pageant produced by Virgelia Productions; I felt numb to all my emotions, everything appeared to be a dream. While I was getting my hair and makeup done at eight o’clock…

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…

long and difficult journey, she needed to reach some sort of a goal. She remembers when she was little during her beauty pageant days that she always wanted to win the crown. Therefore, after losing almost 115 pounds in three years, she entered into Miss South Carolina competition and won. Now with this inspirational story she shares her message to other young teens like her by saying, “I want to share my struggles…

marketing tool for the hotel (Nussbaum). The term that everyone uses for beauty queen is ‘Miss America’, this was brought upon the world by a news reporter that thought it was a clever name (Nussbaum). Pageants were discontinued from 1929-1932 due to the Great Depression” (Nussbaum). In 1983 Vanessa Williams becomes the first African-American titled Miss America. In 1994 the first handicapped woman wins the title of Miss America. The pageantry world helps introduce a face to the faceless…

Brommel 3). Families can bring joy, support, passion, and knowledge. However, families can also bring out the worst in people. Families can bring out anger, frustration, and sorrow. In this paper, I will provide an analysis of how the movie Little Miss Sunshine illustrates the family as a system, and shows the degree of adaptability and…

Miss America will claim that they make available 45 million dollars in women’s scholarship annually. Digging into the miss America website they are registered as a non-profit, which means that they are required to file public tax forms and in 2012 is was recorded that they donated a little less than 500,000 dollars in cash scholarships, which leaves us with 44 and a half million dollars short of what they originally claimed they gave. When Miss America claims that they are…