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    Pre-Contest cycle results 3 Points to Remember for Mass Gain In the present scenario, obesity is prevalent in every part of the world. Most of the people find it difficult to leave the couch and for them it is impossible to hit the gymnasium. In order to succeed in your muscle gain endeavors. If you work out continuously for long hours and do it every day, then it could harm your body than doing good. If you are really working hard and not getting desired results, then this is the right time to…

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    personality and talent, with the winners awarded prizes 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…

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    first was the three point shooting contest. Contestants included Matt Turner, Daniel Keinan, Michael Wiper, Jack Rauch, Justes Nikkel, Felicia Aiyeotan, Keer Sun, Andra Espinoza-Hunter, and John Padden. With 45 seconds allowed per person, everyone had a great showing but those advancing to the finals were…

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    important to their social status and popularity? For the longest time, girls have competed from ages new born all the way up to their twenties in beauty contests. Most of the time, it’s the parents who get them first started in the industry, but the amount of money and time they spend on pageants is ridiculous! Why is it so important for girls to win contests for beauty, and not for their true selves? Beauty pageants are starting to be banned in schools because of their bad rap. They are just an…

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    to have breast enlargements is not right because they are still a child. No one at a young age 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…

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    Winning Worth Suffering? For many years, beauty contests serves as a form of entertainment and to let people know who is the “prettiest” and “most talented” girl in these competitions. Although, they do not realize how harmful it is to those who are participating in these degrading events. Girls from all ages are being critic on their physical appearance and what the judges what to hear, not by their personality. It may seem beauty contests can help boost self confidence, but is it really…

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    in France. Legislators in the French Parliament have issued a move to ban such pageants that are radically supported in places like the United States. The source for formulating the controversial ban stems from the views that pageants, and similar contests, force the youth surrounding them into a state of hyper-sexualization (Healy). Vast citizens are worried that the girls are being exploited. The youngest among them, pre-school aged, appear caked under makeup, tanned by chemical sprays and…

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    It moves the beauty pageant from the runway to real life as females fight against each other to be the most ‘beautiful’ girl, when it should not be a competition. While most people believe that beauty contests like ‘Miss America’ are just for entertainment, they are unaware of the stigma it creates and the damage it causes. There can be benefits to beauty pageants, such as how contestants can gain self esteem through pageants and develop skills that may…

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    tightness schedule of the beauty contests. Children watke up early for hair setting, costuming and make-up before 10 am, no naps, breaks or tears allowed, 2:30 pm scoring time and 4:30 pm crowning (Cartwright, 2012). Parents gave their children caffeinated drinks “go-go juice” which mixed with Red Bull and Mountain Dew (Toddlers and Tiaras, 2012). Other substitutes such as Pixy Stix and ‘pageant cracker’ were given to young children as well. Conclusion Contests such as beauty pageants should be…

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    Vallery’s Ending of “The Contest” by John F. Kennedy I yell at Elaine, “I Don’t want to have anything to do with you or your perverted friends. Ooohh, Get away from me! You’re horrible” (David 8). I cannot believe he would treat me as if I was a game or something. And how he played that nasty game with his friends. What kind of people are they to talk about… about masturbation like it was some kind of normal conversation. I am too hysterical of the way he played me to do anything at the…

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