Negative Effects of Beauty Pageants Essay

Beauty pageants have become a staple in American culture. Winners of pageants such as Miss America are icons, representations of the ideal woman, and positive role models for young girls. So society says. More recently, however, a new type of pageant has increased in popularity to the point of being considered a national phenomenon. These pageants are just as glitzy, and the competition is just as fierce; the only difference is that these contestants are the miniature model. They are child…

Child Beauty Pageants: Mental Poison for Children Heavy makeup, long curly hair, high-heeled shoes, dangling earrings, bikini top, and sexiness. What I was describing is not a film actress or a woman model, but rather an 8-year-old child beauty pageant contestant. Normally, none of these words should be associated with a child; however, multiple girls as I describe can be seen on child beauty pageants like Toddlers & Tiaras, Little Miss Perfect, and Painted Babies. Originating from the U.S.,…

Paulina Parzygnat Prof. Schering Com-102 April 6th 2015 Child Beauty Pageants In today’s society the expectations of appearance are inclining at an incredibly rapid speed. Everyone has a different view of beauty, but people still feel the need and the stress of not fitting into that perfect beauty image that is brought down upon them. To try to feel beautiful people feel that they need to change the way they look and alter their beauty entirely with different tools designed to transform ones…

The Ugly behind Beauty Pageants Iconic actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn once said, “The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode, but the beauty of a woman is reflected in her soul.” (“Audrey Hepburn Quotes”). These words remind girls that their self worth should not come from the artificial things, but from the strength and morals inside of each child. Child beauty pageants heavily contradict this idea, by leading girls to believe that physical perfection is just as, or more valuable…

Artificial beauty, confidence, and eating disorders are a few things that may come to mind when talking about beauty pageants. Beauty pageants have been around since Ancient Greece, but didn’t start becoming popular until 1960s. (Nussbaum, 1) “A beauty pageant is operated in a couple of ways, either corporate sponsors, where the competitors must meet eligibility requirements to participate, or the second way is by putting the responsibility on the participants. The applicants are responsible for…

Beauty Pageants in society Child beauty pageants are used to make profit while pushing the children to start using semi-sexualized adult customs, that at their age cannot fully understand the consequences of those actions and grow up believing the message that physical appearance is all that is important to succeed in life. Unrealistic beauty standards push us to become unhappy and ashamed of ourselves children involved in beauty pageants might grow up to be self-centered people who don 't…

How would you feel if you were just a small child being told you aren’t beautiful naturally? Would you enjoy being made up with fake teeth, better known as flippers in the pageant world, fake hair, fake tan, plastered in makeup, and even fake nails? How would you like it if you were shoved in skimpy outfit after skimpy outfit and had to strut around a stage with it on? Would you have fun with your mother, father, coach, and other relatives putting constant pressure on you to be the best, to be…

Beauty Pageants: Selfless or Superficial? High glitz, glamour and beauty may sound like every girl 's dream, but is there more to beauty pageants than what appears on the surface? Many believe beauty pageants are a wonderful opportunity for women to raise money, gain confidence, find an enjoyable hobby, and better themselves. However, others find that pageants waste money and turn women into sexual objects. Also, critics say that girls are sometimes forced into the pageants by parents and are…

discusses the dramatizing effects of how participating in beauty pageants is sexualizing young girls. His purpose is to inform readers about these pageants and what they demand, stating, “All around the conference room…little girls do the pageant version of suiting up” (490). Hollandsworth creates a vivid tone to express the consequences and controversy these pageants demonstrate. He shapes the article in a sturdy, persuasive way by using encounters from former and current beauty pageant…

000 child beauty pageants are held worldwide. Kids of all ages are signed up by their parents to be told by complete strangers whether they are worth a trophy or not. Many might argue that child beauty pageants can be fun and provide an opportunity for skill development, but they negatively affect the mental and emotional growth of many children because they are too young to deal with the pressure pageants put upon them and there 's always healthier ways to acquire useful skills. Beauty…