The Contest

unrealistic beauty standards are beauty contests. Over time, beauty contests have led to the objectification of women and the use of women for marketing purposes. Overall, beauty contests have had more of a harmful impact than a helpful impact on women in today’s society. Therefore, beauty contests should no longer exist because they objectify women, exist mainly for marketing purposes, and negatively affect the way women feel about themselves. To begin,…

Do people think beauty contests help women in a positive way? This question is something lots of women think about. There are all sorts of contests. Some are for sports, for political purposes and some are solely based on beauty. Some people believe in beauty contests being a big part of life. Most people think that beauty contests are not useful in any way. Since beauty contests cause girls and women to have a negative view of their body image the contests should be based on intelligence,…

Newspapers sponsored beauty pageants based on photo submissions, newspapers from as far as Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C, were asked to sponsor a local beauty contests. The winner would participate in the Atlantic City contest. If the local newspaper would pay for the winners clothes the Atlantic City Businessmen League would pay for the contestants travel ticket to compete in the Inner City Beauty Contest. As the plans continued to work contestants were selected, a local Atlantic City…

to sell it. I'm going to sell this house and every stick of furniture in it. And i don't want to hear anything from you bout it. Its mine; its been given to me. And i'm not going to feel sorry for you just because you went and dyed your hair fire engine red. As the Miss Firecracker contest opens, Carnelle Scott is practicing her talent routine for the upcoming Fourth of july beauty pageant in Brookhaven, Mississippi. A seamstress, Popeye Jackson, arrives and carnelle hires her to make a…

in your satisfied by yourself. Well that's how Celeste Harris felt about her and her weight and to top things off her aunt signed her up for a plus size teen pageant. In Erin Dionne’s story Models don’t eat chocolate Cookies, thirteen-year-old Celeste Harris is entered in a modeling contest by her not so friendly aunt,who signed her up without her permission. But not just any modeling contest though, a Miss Husky Peach Pageant for larger sized girls. Celeste hates the fact of even thinking of…

had to adjust to a new environment and make new friends. I was very shy at that moment and terrified of talking to people or I should say I literally avoided talking to them. By the time I was in 5th grade, I became comfortable with my new school. In fact, I enjoyed my new school more that my former school. Anyway, we had a play one day and I performed the best way that I could. I didn’t know that my teachers were watching us, so they could choose who is the best candidate for joining the…

The 2016 Camouflage rally was a great way to start off the new school year. The rally was extra special because it was the first Rally of the year and that it was on the same day of the Battle of the Bone football game. At the rally, Mrs. Chiotti and ASB students could list many sports teams and recognize them for their hard work and dedication to their sports. The sports listed included, water polo, girls track, boy’s cross-country, the football team, and girl’s golf. First of the rally, the…

The things I learn throughout my academic career assist me in virtually every aspect of my life. Many of the lessons I’ve learned through school result from the difficult classes I take. Challenging myself with numerous advanced placement classes has taught me to work hard even when I want to give up. Countless nights I longed for my comfortable bed, but my time consuming homework refused to let me rest. Although daunting, working hard on my assignments proved worthy when I was rewarded with…

Kamaria’s Journey It was May 15,1923 in Manhattan,New York, when I was walking home from school with my bestfriends. We all live on the same block, where everyone knows each other. “So,” Alexia said looking slyly at me, “are you going to sign up for the contest?” My friends looked at me impatiently waiting for an answer. “ Maybe.” I said walking slightly faster to avoid more questioning. “ What do you mean ‘maybe’, girl you have to best voice around. I don’t see why you so…

start thinking about a memorable time that involved language, right away I think about my eigth grade English class, it was by far my most favorable. I remember that year was mainly focused on poems (which is one of my least favorite things in english), short stories, other articles, and just improving reading skills for your grade level. We did so many fun projects that made me like English class a lot more and I could tell how much I was learning. During the first few weeks in that class, we…