The girls can compete and have some fun and later in life earn money or scholarships to further their actual careers in the future. The extremes though those mothers will take to get their little girls to win can be way too extreme. Toddlers and Tiaras have publicly shown that not only can these competitions be stressful but in some ways abusive and terrible acts of behavior. Multiple little girls on this Television show display no respect to mothers and one little girl was caught on film slapping her mother. Another mother had her daughter “smoke” a fake cigarette on stage to go with her outfit. Not only did these girls show disrespectful behavior but showed other little children that it is okay to act this way. Another instance is what some consider being abuse to the children competing in the pageants. One daughter was held down so her eyebrows could be waxed. The mother stood by telling the camera crew that she was only scared to get her eyebrows waxed because one time the wax was too hot and pealed her skin off. The daughter kept saying she didn’t want to get her eyebrows waxed but the mother forced her to. Clearly this was an instance of abuse, not a normal one but still you could tell the child was in pain. One very famous little pageant girl as most people know her Honey Boo Boo.…
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…
The little girls (or sometimes boys) participating in these pageants seem to be interested into it. Majority of them say that they love pageants and that pageants make them feel special until they get spray tans (which are super cold), Hair Extentions (pull onto your hair), lots of hairspray, tons of make-up to the point where they look 20, fake acrylic nails, fake eyelashes extentions and a super expensive outfit for their pageant they they must win and they kids start crying because they’re tired. What happened to natural beauty? Think of the messages that these kids are getting from their Mom and Dad’s: “The only thing that matters is winning first place.” “Being beautiful is the…
Putting a child through any type of beauty pageant so young can be detrimental to their self-image and overall extremely harmful. That type of competition can seriously damage a child 's mind. Shows like "Toddlers & Tiaras" not only teach little girls that beauty is everything, but most of the time it is just the mother living their dream through their child. Sometimes it 's not even the child 's choice; they are forced to compete in pageants. Some of the outfits that the girls wear are so revealing and "sexy" that the parents should be ashamed to allow their child to go on stage. So many children today are put in pageants and made to think life is about…
The idea of child pageants creates much conflict and discouragement to others whom do not have children. Young girls whom participate in this activity are portrayed as sex objects just as women are as models because they are subjected to looking older and much more sensual. However, in some cases having children in child pageants creates social skills along with comfortability performing in front of others. The idea of little girls being entered into child pageants is intimidating to most people due to the fact that children are not supposed to look like adults until they are old enough. Many people frown upon the whole concept of a child being exposed to older men and women having them wear makeup and flirtatious outfits. As older women are also involved in beauty pageants, they too go through extreme acts of body changes making it harder for parents to fathom. Restricting little girls from engaging in beauty pageants or contests protects them from dangerous people along with remaining pure with their self-worth, learning to live as a child and not a woman, and retaining a healthy emotional mind.…
Beauty Pageants can lead to disorders later in life, and learning demanding values. One disorder that beauty pageant causes a psychological problem such as depression and stress. Putting pressure on a child telling them that they have to win and when that does not turn out to be true the kid falls into depression. That’s where the crying and screaming happens. It’s hard being confident knowing you’re going to win, but you loss as a kid it breaks your heart because beauty pageant is all about competition.…
Beuty is define in many different way we protrey beuty as someone who looks good, a lot of people look deeper in a person and there true personality. Beuty is defined It is believed women must have all of these qualities to be beautiful. Growing up young women are taught that to be the right size she must be a size zero. Magazines edit pictures to be perfect and most people believe that those people are that perfect. With shows like Toddlers and Tiaras being a trending show, young girls are seeing how they dress and what it takes to be so called “beautiful”. On the television show many of the young girls are forced by their parents to…
Beauty pageants often provide psychological problems that can develop as a condition later on in life, and contestants will grow up in a…
Child pageantry has brought the attention of numerous Americans. While most people disagree with child pageants, there are also many that agree with it. Despite many misconceptions, not all pageants revolve around beauty. Pageants allow the contestant to show off their talents. Also, participants are often asked challenging questions, which require thought process to answer.…
Improvement in social skills and public speech is also a positive aspect. Despite the positive outcomes feminists feel the outcome of pageants are more detrimental to a child's health than it does enhance it. Pageant parents feed into this social ideal and contribute to this vicious cycle passing down societal standards of beauty onto their children. Unhealthy behaviors are being fostered by dressing them up while a panel of judges measures their self-worth. They disregard the child's natural beauty and mask it with artificiality; spray tans, veneers, and hair extensions. This delivers a clear message of what is considered beautiful. It sends the message loud and clear- natural beauty is not good enough and that beauty is measured by flaccidity. Natural beauty is not good…
What do beauty pageants necessarily entail that makes them immoral, that makes it seem horrible to the populace? The ideas I seem to find most interesting for me to answer are many which I will list and the reader will read as they are introduced, which is to say they will not all be announced in one clump. Now, for someone to be an apologist or attacker of this topic, a description ought to be provided which I do so here “A child beauty pageant is a beauty contest featuring contestants under 16 years of age. Competition categories may include talent, interview, sportswear, casual wear, swim wear, western wear, theme wear, outfit of choice, decade wear, and evening wear. Depending on the type of pageant system (glitz/natural), contestants…
Beauty pageants should be banned across the world because of the different negative effects it has on children including fake love, national endangerment, and poor true self confidence. While there have been many attempts to make child beauty pageants illegal, it has failed to be banned in America unlike France where it is illegal.…
In other words, pageant kids are forced into aggressive competition and have to focus extremely on physical appearance, causing long-term effects on the young kids. Needless to say, the kids wear exploitive clothing, fake hair, teeth, and more make up then the average adult. For example:…
While that may be true, is the cost of spending so much just to prep them for it and having them put out there on the shady media worth it? God only knows what kind of creepers lie within the depths of the internet. Also, the supporter of child beauty pageants goes on to say the following, “The players and beauty contestants must have the willpower to eat properly and stay in a healthy, but also, top physical shape to perform their best.” (Glitter and glamour: Inside children beauty pageants,P.9). So apparently, they should cut (meaning to be more defined) and have strict diets? This goes back to my point on CHILDREN NEED TO BE CHILDREN! They should be able to have some McNuggets every once in awhile, not be restricted from foods like it! The supporter then goes on to state the following “This teaches children whether they compete on the field or on the pageant stage, that to be successful one must have self-discipline.” (Glitter and glamour: Inside children beauty pageants, P.9-P.10) Last time I checked, isn’t it the parents job to teach their kids discipline, and influence their self…
Beauty pageants can also cause serious mental and health issues.They can lead to depression, anorexia, suicide, and many other serious issues. Children might starve themselves to lose which could lead to eating disorders. Beauty pageants can cause depression, and depression may later lead to a suicide…