The Beauty Myth

The Disney princess franchise, created by Andy Mooney, has been watched and adored by families around the world for decades, but in the rise of modern day feminism and the eradication of gender roles Disney’s interpretation of women is starting to raise a few eyebrows. It has become evident that girls are starting to act more mature at a much younger age which leads to them being sexualized. Considering young girls obsession with Disney princesses many parents are left wondering if the Disney…

United States, there are competitions in which girl children compete in beauty pageants in order to win a certain label or trophy granting her Grand Supreme. These children train countless hours in order to put make up, a costume or dresses and skin tanning in order to increase one’s chances of winning a competition of such. In the article “Toddlers in Tiaras” Skip Hollandsworth wrote an article regarding the fact that child beauty pageants manifest American culture aspects by incorporating…

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…

and be a loser”. Her father also messes with her self-esteem by making a comment about the ice cream she wanted to eat for breakfast. Instead of saying, ice cream isn’t good for you this early in the morning; he instead says, “do you think ‘skinny’ beauty pageant winners eat ice cream?” He says that in order for Olive to be a winner, she has to eat so that she doesn’t get fat. This obviously affects her self-esteem, because later on in the movie she asks her grandfather is he thinks she is…

putting your child through such damage. Having your daughter think that only beauty and winning is everything. Women are already objectified within the media. Now with pageants that just makes that much more worse, how attractive they are is judged harshly. They are to conduct themselves in a way that would please the audience. That exactly what these little girls will grow into. They would feel as if their natural beauty will never be good enough, there will always be something to fix to…

There are many wonderful short stories in the world about amazing role models. However, it is very hard to show what it takes to be an amazing person to look up . On the other hand, in the story, “ The Marble Champ,” by Gary Soto, a girl named Lupe who is not very athletic discovered the sport called marbles, and in doing so she shows what it takes to be a good role model with flying colors. She shows what it takes to be a good role model by being intelligent, a hard worker, and a good sport.…

Having a Growth Mindset is the most important determiner of success. Growth Mindset is defined as the belief that many basic qualities like intelligence could be developed through dedication and hard work. For instance, when you fail a test or lose a game we have to try to keep a Growth Mindset. When some of us fail we tend to give up, thinking that it is too challenging for us. For example, Jennifer Bricker, a girl who was born without legs wanted to be a gymnast. But how can you do that…

At 9 years old, I thought I would be a famous actress with fame and great clothes. At 12, I imagined being a professor that spread wisdom and was loved by all my students. Now, at 17, the future does not look as certain or as grand. I have changed career aspirations more than I have changed my hairstyle. I don’t have my exact path mapped out because no one is ever 110% certain about what we want to do with our lives and because we can never know what the future will bring. However, I know that…

not as it 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…

on their external beauty. On the other hand today’s society tells young girl’s that they should not care what’s on the outside but what’s on the inside. How can people expect this to be true when society contradicts this by telling young girls they exact opposite by allowing young beauty pageants. Youth beauty pageants had first debuted in 1961 and since then it has become increasing popular, with all the much wanted media attention. According to the article By the Numbers: Beauty Pageants the…