In the article Beauty Pageants and Children: It’s Not Always Pretty by Zawn Villines is states that “Pageants, particularly those designed for younger children, focus primarily on appearance, attire, and perceived “cuteness.” Talent competitions occur in some pageants and often are a secondary component of the experience. Thus, pageants suggest to young children that there is value in focusing on their appearance as judged through the eyes of others. This can lead to significant body-image distortions, and adults who once participated in child beauty pageants may experience low self-esteem and poor body image”(Goodtherapy). Another piece of evidence to support this is “In February 2007, the American Psychological Association released a report on the sexualization of girls that found that girls' exposure to hypersexualized media content can negatively impact their cognitive and emotional development; is strongly associated with eating disorders, low self-esteem and depression” (CNN.com). This evidence showed that not only the sexualization was a problem but because of it this caused low self-esteem and mental health problems. Even though that some people claim that beauty pageants are another fun activity that girls enjoy participating in, it turns out that many girls that are participate with the beauty pageants don’t actually enjoy participating in them. Evidence to support this can be found in the article Ugly Side of Childhood Beauty Pageants by Joseph Pimentel “I first enjoyed the pageants but then I realized it was not memorable” (Ocregister). Girls should be able to enjoy their childhood and be happy not grow up too fast to only become
In the article Beauty Pageants and Children: It’s Not Always Pretty by Zawn Villines is states that “Pageants, particularly those designed for younger children, focus primarily on appearance, attire, and perceived “cuteness.” Talent competitions occur in some pageants and often are a secondary component of the experience. Thus, pageants suggest to young children that there is value in focusing on their appearance as judged through the eyes of others. This can lead to significant body-image distortions, and adults who once participated in child beauty pageants may experience low self-esteem and poor body image”(Goodtherapy). Another piece of evidence to support this is “In February 2007, the American Psychological Association released a report on the sexualization of girls that found that girls' exposure to hypersexualized media content can negatively impact their cognitive and emotional development; is strongly associated with eating disorders, low self-esteem and depression” (CNN.com). This evidence showed that not only the sexualization was a problem but because of it this caused low self-esteem and mental health problems. Even though that some people claim that beauty pageants are another fun activity that girls enjoy participating in, it turns out that many girls that are participate with the beauty pageants don’t actually enjoy participating in them. Evidence to support this can be found in the article Ugly Side of Childhood Beauty Pageants by Joseph Pimentel “I first enjoyed the pageants but then I realized it was not memorable” (Ocregister). Girls should be able to enjoy their childhood and be happy not grow up too fast to only become