Persuasive Essay On Toddlers And Tiaras
Have you ever watched Toddlers and Tiaras on TLC and wondered about how much it cost or why toddlers or young girls are dawled up with too much makeup? Mothers force their child into competing while spending a fortune on costumes and makeup. Beauty pageants pressure these little girls to act and even look like adults.
Realistically beauty pageants cost over thousands of dollars. According to Cheryl Critchley with Herald Sun, many beauty pageants charge $500 dollars to enter, but that does not include traveling, costumes, or makeup. Pageant coaching can be anything around $150 and $300 an hour and even more payment on the weekends. Martina M Cartwright, a registered dietitian who started researching pageants state’s that “the common cost for beauty pageants is about $3,000-$5,000 for a single competition.” Members in Toddlers and Tiaras spend over hundreds of dollars for costumes, cosmetics, and beauty …show more content…
professionals. In the article “Should 4 year olds be Beauty Queens”, pageant winners win cash, sparkly tiaras and most importantly college scholarships, but in 2009, 3,000 teenage girls spent more than a quarter on looks rather than education. The other one in five girls have contemplated plastic surgery. In the same article, “Should 4 year olds be Beauty Queens”, Justin O’Neill confirms that pageant families spend a fortune on entry fees, travel, hotel rooms, makeup, costumes, and coaches.
In addition to beauty pageants costing too much, parents, most often mothers, force their children to compete in beauty pageants.
According to ABC news, 3 million young girls around six months to sixteen years enter beauty pageants. Cheryl Critchley explains that other mothers try to challenge each other to see whose child is best with glitz and glamor. Imran Jalal, the author of “Strut, be Smart” informs us that parents often buy fake trophies overseas to boost their kids self esteem. Mothers who force their child into competing can be emotionally or physically abused. They are often overweight and usually go over the top to coach dance routines and win trophies towering over the kids reports Vernon R, Wiehe, author of “Beauty pageants are not appropriate for young children”. Justin O’Neill then describes that most mothers feed their daughters with 10 pixie sticks to help gain energy. Many parents also deny nap time or breaks from pageants because the parents often are scared that naps or breaks will ruin makeup and hair but most importantly pageant
scheduling.
On the other hand, little girls should not defined by costumes and makeup. Too many mothers put makeup on toddlers or young girls. Thousands of dollars for costumes and dresses are spent. Mothers often spraytan their newborns. Charles Dunn, publisher of Pageantry magazine calculates about 100,000 children under the age of 12 are shown off in beauty pageants. Instead of competing in beauty pageants, little girls would rather play dress up or be with their friends. Dress up and beauty pageants look as if they are the same thing but truth is, they are absolutely opposite from each other. Many children get the message that the only thing that makes them pretty is makeup, wearing fake teeth and spraytans. Most beauty pageants only care about their appearance. Although mothers think beauty pageants can help kids gain self confidence, many tend to loose which causes girls to go home crying. Some kids also leave thinking that they aren't pretty enough, not worth the judges time or abandoned because they didn’t win.
Mothers waste tons of money for beauty pageants, while some mothers still deny naptimes or breaks for the fear of losing a pageant. However others do anything to win, from wigs, to glittery costumes to spraytans. Little girl should never be determined by makeup, costumes or fake teeth.
Realistically beauty pageants cost over thousands of dollars. According to Cheryl Critchley with Herald Sun, many beauty pageants charge $500 dollars to enter, but that does not include traveling, costumes, or makeup. Pageant coaching can be anything around $150 and $300 an hour and even more payment on the weekends. Martina M Cartwright, a registered dietitian who started researching pageants state’s that “the common cost for beauty pageants is about $3,000-$5,000 for a single competition.” Members in Toddlers and Tiaras spend over hundreds of dollars for costumes, cosmetics, and beauty …show more content…
professionals. In the article “Should 4 year olds be Beauty Queens”, pageant winners win cash, sparkly tiaras and most importantly college scholarships, but in 2009, 3,000 teenage girls spent more than a quarter on looks rather than education. The other one in five girls have contemplated plastic surgery. In the same article, “Should 4 year olds be Beauty Queens”, Justin O’Neill confirms that pageant families spend a fortune on entry fees, travel, hotel rooms, makeup, costumes, and coaches.
In addition to beauty pageants costing too much, parents, most often mothers, force their children to compete in beauty pageants.
According to ABC news, 3 million young girls around six months to sixteen years enter beauty pageants. Cheryl Critchley explains that other mothers try to challenge each other to see whose child is best with glitz and glamor. Imran Jalal, the author of “Strut, be Smart” informs us that parents often buy fake trophies overseas to boost their kids self esteem. Mothers who force their child into competing can be emotionally or physically abused. They are often overweight and usually go over the top to coach dance routines and win trophies towering over the kids reports Vernon R, Wiehe, author of “Beauty pageants are not appropriate for young children”. Justin O’Neill then describes that most mothers feed their daughters with 10 pixie sticks to help gain energy. Many parents also deny nap time or breaks from pageants because the parents often are scared that naps or breaks will ruin makeup and hair but most importantly pageant
scheduling.
On the other hand, little girls should not defined by costumes and makeup. Too many mothers put makeup on toddlers or young girls. Thousands of dollars for costumes and dresses are spent. Mothers often spraytan their newborns. Charles Dunn, publisher of Pageantry magazine calculates about 100,000 children under the age of 12 are shown off in beauty pageants. Instead of competing in beauty pageants, little girls would rather play dress up or be with their friends. Dress up and beauty pageants look as if they are the same thing but truth is, they are absolutely opposite from each other. Many children get the message that the only thing that makes them pretty is makeup, wearing fake teeth and spraytans. Most beauty pageants only care about their appearance. Although mothers think beauty pageants can help kids gain self confidence, many tend to loose which causes girls to go home crying. Some kids also leave thinking that they aren't pretty enough, not worth the judges time or abandoned because they didn’t win.
Mothers waste tons of money for beauty pageants, while some mothers still deny naptimes or breaks for the fear of losing a pageant. However others do anything to win, from wigs, to glittery costumes to spraytans. Little girl should never be determined by makeup, costumes or fake teeth.