Pageant

Miss America pageant the show that prompts the most “beautiful” women in the country competing for the prettiest award. Wrong. In the article, No More Miss America by Robin Morgan she explains how the show is demoralizing the rest of the women as “ugly” or not worthy do to the certain perquisites the rest of the women do not meet. Miss America pageant is promoting a dominant ideology where white woman have been the only ones to ever win this award. It shows the privilege, social power, rights,…

at the Southern University of Iowa Dora Lee Martin won the school beauty pageant, she was the only African American woman in the competition, out of twenty-nine. In the news paper article, named “Queen of the Campus, dated February 4, 1956 it gives a description on the crowds reaction when Dora Lee Martin won the pageant. The article and picture was taken by…

seems. Child beauty pageants are wrong. They are immoral. They are stripping little girls of their childhood and forcing them to grow up at such a young age. A poll on mirror.co.uk showed that only 11% of voters agreed with child pageants, and almost 90% of voters disagree, and…

Alliteration and hyphenate is greatly used in The American Pageant in order to enhance the history of The United States. In this excerpt which describes Kennedy’s New Frontier, the author uses big numbers, alliteration, and hyphenates as descriptive devices in order for students to categorize the given information as positive or negative and unknowingly have a set view on this topic in history. Some examples from The American Pageant include, “A stampede of 43,129,566 Johnson votes trampled the…

A statement that stuck with me, “The Pageant contestant epitomize the roles we are all forced to play as women” (Collins 193). This statement Collins makes is absolutely true. I remember as a little girl watching the pageant and wonder if I would ever look like them. I was a athlete would never stepped foot in a dress. I questioned if I should be wearing dresses, and if people would like me more if I did. I aware the Miss America pageant is trying to become less sexist today, but it still…

In late April this year, Jacky called me to compete in the contest to be held on June 2, 2016 at Los Angeles. I am a plain looking 25 Year old girl, who really has many shortcomings to represent our country in the world's beauty pageant. But Jackie persisted "You are so pretty, tall, and kind hearted. But most of all you are a true leader!" A few days after, I made decision to compete because I felt this was once-in-life time opportunity. And in my small way, I wanted to make my mom proud, who…

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…

performed by Beyonce Knowles in a video directed by Melina Matsoukas has been viewed more than 203 million times on YouTube. At first glance the lyrics and storyline of the video, are moving and even at some points heartbreaking. The setting of a beauty pageant shows some of the darker aspects of girls trying to fit into societal beauty standards, which is all too relatable for far too many people. It might not be until your second or third viewing that you begin to realize that it may not be as…

Most Americans are unaware that the first beauty pageant in America originated in 1854, 66 years before women could even vote. Since then, beauty pageants have been extremely detrimental to our society in many ways, although they may seem like nothing but glitter and glam. I believe that beauty pageants are exploitive because they promote the idea that women are just bodies that can be rated on a scale from 1 to 10, which causes society to believe women are nothing more than their appearance, it…

that they shine from far, fake teeth, extensions and the makeup. “I worry that if children compete in a pageant focused on beauty and appearance, they won’t accept their peers who have visible differences.” Says Carly Findley (Rodie). Can beauty contest for toddlers be dangerous or beneficial? Even Though children can earn money and win other prizes such as bicycles, candy, and trophy’s, pageants can be dangerous to the child because they’re being sexualized to early and it can ruin their…