Dark Side of Beauty Pageants
The Dark Side of Beauty Pageants
With their glamour, expensive dresses, jewels and, big fake smiles, beauty pageant contestants are just hiding their true personalities under materialistic things. People may say that beauty pageants aren’t always about looks. The contestants are scored on beauty, personality, evening wear, athletic wear and over all perception of the contestant. Beauty contestant ages range from 2 years old to 60+ years old. The fact that contestants lie about their beliefs in order to get a good score for their personality and, present stereotypes to the world that young women to develop eating disorders shows that beauty pageants are bad for our society. Beauty pageants have been a cause of eating disorders in many young females for several years. Young females watching these beauty pageants have developed eating disorders to look like the contestants, and compete in pageants with them. Most women who enter into these beauty pageants are slim and in shape. People may say that there are beauty pageants such as Ms. Classic Beauty for plus sized women to participate in, but this just emphasizes the point that they are over weight. Why can’t plus sized women compete with the petite women? Beauty pageant contestants are scored on their beauty, personality, evening wear, and athletic wear. Many women do not want to be seen out of shape for the athletic wear and evening wear, so for a quick diet they will not eat and soon develop some kind of eating disorder. Women do this to slim down quickly or to look like the people in the pageants. People think that to be beautiful they have to weigh 95 lbs, when beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Even though they are scored on their personality, they are also scored on the evening wear, athletic wear and overall beauty which adds up over the contestant’s personality. About 15% of young women have developed eating disorders in which beauty pageants should be blamed. Also the same study shows
With their glamour, expensive dresses, jewels and, big fake smiles, beauty pageant contestants are just hiding their true personalities under materialistic things. People may say that beauty pageants aren’t always about looks. The contestants are scored on beauty, personality, evening wear, athletic wear and over all perception of the contestant. Beauty contestant ages range from 2 years old to 60+ years old. The fact that contestants lie about their beliefs in order to get a good score for their personality and, present stereotypes to the world that young women to develop eating disorders shows that beauty pageants are bad for our society. Beauty pageants have been a cause of eating disorders in many young females for several years. Young females watching these beauty pageants have developed eating disorders to look like the contestants, and compete in pageants with them. Most women who enter into these beauty pageants are slim and in shape. People may say that there are beauty pageants such as Ms. Classic Beauty for plus sized women to participate in, but this just emphasizes the point that they are over weight. Why can’t plus sized women compete with the petite women? Beauty pageant contestants are scored on their beauty, personality, evening wear, and athletic wear. Many women do not want to be seen out of shape for the athletic wear and evening wear, so for a quick diet they will not eat and soon develop some kind of eating disorder. Women do this to slim down quickly or to look like the people in the pageants. People think that to be beautiful they have to weigh 95 lbs, when beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Even though they are scored on their personality, they are also scored on the evening wear, athletic wear and overall beauty which adds up over the contestant’s personality. About 15% of young women have developed eating disorders in which beauty pageants should be blamed. Also the same study shows
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