Pageant

Throughout life I have competed in several pageants, and I could relate the learning process of pageantry to the writing process in English 1102. In pageants, I am judged and critiqued based off how I portray myself to the judges throughout different areas of competition. The different areas of competition range from interview, to casual and evening…

Little Miss Sunshine starts off with the Ms. America beauty pageant. A young child name Olive Hoover, is watching the pageant on the television, fascinated with the events taking place. This film starts to address the idea of if there is only winners and losers, and how to be a winner. The point gets strongly put across as the father believes that you have to think you will win, and that is how you become a winner. The film becomes an eye opener for the viewers because it shows the amount of…

forward to it. It is the one, the only, Awestruck Pageant. “Hello everybody, and welcome to this year's famous and fabulous, pageant!”, squeaked Mr. Person, who was actually a worm, as he wiggled onto the stage. “Today you will see the most graceful beings in the whole world, and be awestruck by their beauty. Today is a special day. It could change your life forever in ways that are unknown to me. Everyone should know the importance of seeing a pageant in a run down theatre that really needs a…

Beauty Pageant Women are more than the surface, what lies beneath matters “my body is mine and your eyes would no define it” (author unknown). No other institution judges women more than beauty pageants. Women are judged on their bodies, their makeup, hair, how they speak, and their overall appearance everyday. Beauty pageants are a “public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate and colorful costumes” (dictionary.com). Some see pageants as a judgmental game, that…

their brains not their looks. This will remain a fantasy until we end beauty pageants. How can we say that girls are worth more than their looks or that society should treat women with respect when there are pageants proving the exact opposite? Some may say that it provides women a chance to become somebody in our society or that it is a women's choice if they want to be a pageant queen or not, but at what cost. Beauty pageants are the problem keeping us from any feminist progress by sending the…

Many teen girls dream of modeling in beauty pageants; on a down side, the public has chosen to say beauty pageants sexualize women. However, this is false for the Miss USA Pageant. The Miss USA Pageant doesn’t sexualize women for the reason of having interviews on girl’s personalities, judging on confidence, and how the girls present themselves. The judges mostly look at the girl’s personality. At the beginning of the pageant, each contestant gives the judges a bio about themselves; with…

of titles.’ The definition of a beauty contest objectifies women. Pageants only shows the beauty of someone. Sometimes showing talent, which involves singing, dancing, or baton twirling. In pageants, women display ‘girly’ talents to make themselves seem more appealing than their competition . Beauty is not everything, beauty pageants and contests shows little girls that the only thing that matters is what they look like. Pageants discriminate against women, especially girls, only showing off…

listen. Her whole life had been about the beauty pageants and looking the skinniest, or the being the most beautiful girl on that stage; little did she know that to her mom she was already all of those things. It is sad to say that…

should ever have to have work done to themselves to make them feel pretty. In 2013 a 6.1% of high school students admit to taking steroid pills or shots without a doctor 's prescription at least once during their lifetime so that they could excel in pageants (ProQuest Staff, Body Image Timeline). December 1st of 2010 there was a study that preschool girls have been confessed that being thinner is better (ProQuest Staff, Body Image Timeline). At such a young age no kid should be worried about…

beauty pageants. Beauty pageants for girls under the age of 13 should be illegal, due to all the long lasting consequences they can have on them. In France, recently, the government has voted to ban beauty pageants for girls under 13. In addition, anyone who is associated with the pageant, including parents and organizers, can get a fine of up to $40,000 and 2 years in prison (Healy). The United States should also consider doing this and having the same punishments. These beauty pageants…