The Contest

Camel Beauty Pageants and Cultural Importance In the documentary “Miss Camel Beauty Contest” staring Charlet Duboc as the narrator, the viewers get an inside look at a small portion of the Western World’s culture. Throughout the documentary the filmmakers use rhetorical devices such as pathos, logos and ethos to get across the seriousness of keeping cultural practices alive. The documentary effectively portrays the importance of keeping up with “old” culture in today’s times. The documentary…

journey, it demonstrates the talents of many women across the country. Beside their image, their story to get the crown is the most inspirational of all because each of them are unique. Beauty Pageants are contests that many people categorize them as sexist. The reason why is because 75% of the contests point is based on the appearances of the young women or a little girl. For women in this society, the way that they…

Child Beauty Pageants: Positive or Negative? Nick Sipes 8-16-16 The child beauty pageant, one of the most controversial topics in our modern day world. Some say they have positive benefits, such as improvements to social skills, whereas others say It is downright horrible for children to participate due to the drawbacks, such as immense cost. I stand with the cons of child beauty pageants for a variety of reasons. The number of bad seem to far outweigh the acclaimed “positive effects” on…

that they shine from far, fake teeth, extensions and the makeup. “I worry that if children compete in a pageant focused on beauty and appearance, they won’t accept their peers who have visible differences.” Says Carly Findley (Rodie). Can beauty contest for toddlers be dangerous or beneficial? Even Though children can earn money and win other prizes such as bicycles, candy, and trophy’s, pageants can be dangerous to the child because they’re being sexualized to early and it can ruin their…

and her mother and their small dream, but towards the last five paragraphs, Bosely starts revealing how cynical this whole process really is. “It’s a contest no one should want to win. Our mother should not have such dreams for us,” is a statement almost at the very end that sums up just how the author truly feels about the pageant. It is a contest based solely on shallowness and giving everyone what they want. A rich and pretty girl who’s dying to save the world somehow. Cindy Bosely was real,…

After viewing the "Beauty Factory" documentary through a critical lens, I can affirm that beauty contests form an important part of the daily Venezuelan culture. So much so that, if you ask any Venezuelan girl what she wants to be when she grows up, she is very likely to respond, "una miss”. As seen in the documentary, in Venezuela it is very easy to find beautiful women in all places, of any race and social class, and it is not uncommon for there to be as many modeling academies because as I…

uniformity in this society is something the people of the world draw closer and closer to every day. A large issue in the modern world that can be related to the “Brave New World”, would be the sexualization of children. Competitions such as beauty contests and even the popular reality show: “Toddlers in Tiaras” are examples of this. Putting makeup and dressing up little girls in revealing clothing is seen by many people to be a horrible thing (Pickles). This sexualizes them at a young age…

probably the Miss America pageant, which has been held since 1921. It started as a publicity stunt to draw crowds to Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the off-season. Throughout the years, the Miss America Pageant has slowly developed into a scholarship contest, and although it still judges women's beauty, it includes other components, such as a talent portion and an interview. Soon, Miss Universe and Miss USA followed, and by the 1960s, beauty pageants were firmly entrenched. An over-emphasis on…

Madeline Barbier Video Essay PSY 340- Adolescences Adolescences Through the Eyes of Little Miss Sunshine In the years of adolescences, adolescents often times are experiencing a crisis of identity. They are trying to understand what roles they fall into and a lot of times their families and their self-esteem influences this “self-understanding”. In Little Miss Sunshine, many key concepts to adolescence are seen in the 7-year old character, Olive Hoover. She is going through the fifth…

Beauty pageants can decrease the amount of family time, school time, and not enjoying their childhood. Beauty pageants are not free to enter it requires a lot of financial stability. According to Lucia Grosaru, “Moms are the ones who fill out the application, pay the participation fee.” Application fee, hair and make-up, outfits will cost between $2,000 to $3,000. Each time you enter you need to pay the fee again and have new outfits which cost money. According to the article, “Toddlers & Tiaras…