Pageant

The U.S.A is home to some of the most prestigious and most renowned beauty pageants in the world, such as Miss America. These events usually have no negative connotation associated with them, but their smaller counterparts have been getting a lot of heat recently. The ten pounds of makeup and fake eyelashes on a 8 year old isn’t the average person’s idea of a childhood. Child beauty pageants are negative to their contestants in many ways. They affect their life in later years, such as causing…

The Miss America Pageant was created by businesses interacting and leisure activities coming together on New Jersey beach. Atlantic city appeared as a beach resort for Philadelphians by the 1860s. In the 1870s a boardwalk was added. Over the next 50 years hotel's, saltwater taffy, hot dog stands, and arcades were all added to the holiday atmosphere for summer vacationers. In 1920 the Businessmen's League of Atlantic City came up with a plan, to keep fun and profits continuing past Labor Day.…

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…

A beauty pageant is a form of public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate, colorful costumes. Many pageants consist of females usually up to the age of eighteen. The girls get dolled up backstage with loads of makeup, spray tans, hair extensions, veneers, and other essentials to enhance their body appearance. After covering up their natural appearance, they set off to the stage to compete where they show off their costumes to a crowd of people and multiple judges. The…

away trying to hide from the cameras of Toddlers and Tiaras. This show is about toddlers participating to pageants, a competition where fake eyelashes, hair extensions, fake teeth, tons of makeup,and even sometimes waxed eyebrows merge all together to give birth to a little human doll. Those shows know a tremendous success in the USA, and attract more and more parents. Even though those pageants are appreciated for the cuteness of the toddlers, its increasing success is dismaying considering…

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…

Beauty pageants are essentially a form of child abuse. Forcing children to continue to participate in pageants even though it is evident that they are not enjoying it for the sake of gratification for the parents or financial gain is ethically immoral and a form of abuse. Some parents believe that they are providing healthy competition for their children and that since it is not physically harming them, then it is not a form of abuse. However, when parents coax children to do something the…

Child beauty pageants Children beauty pageants are one of the worst exploitation. Due to this, young children are maturing at a young age and thinking that physical appearances are more important than their inner self. Therefore, children beauty pageants should be eliminated. Children under the age of 10 should not be allowed to participate in beauty pageants because young children are spending time focusing on their appearances. About 250,000 children participate in beauty pageants each year…

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.,…

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…