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    Beauty Pageants: Creating a woman of success or failure Typically when beauty pageants come to mind we think of beautiful women in beautiful gowns who win scholarship money for school‚ participate in community service‚ achieve the goals that are related to their platform and role models that we hope the young women of our society aspire to be. In reality‚ behind the scenes there is much more than what appears to the eye. Many can argue that they play a major part in women’s self esteem issues and

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    Sam Mendes’ American Beauty‚ at first‚ evinces the perfect picture of the ideal middle class suburban American life. The Burnham family appears to have everything anyone would want- success‚ money‚ status‚ and with that‚ presumed happiness. However‚ reality contravenes this façade and paints a much darker and more sinister truth. Throughout the film‚ several interpersonal communicational concepts are incorporated to depict the elaborate layers of the characters and their relationships in the film

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    working. The costumes and makeup helped support the setting and time period that the film was placed in by having the characters wear appropriate clothing such as dresses‚ poet shirts‚ and tricorns. The only two unique characters in the film were Beauty‚ an educated bookworm‚ and the Beast‚ a rich prince. Finally‚ there was one exaggerated character which was Gaston‚ a rich‚ overly strong and materialistic man in the village who wanted Belle to love him. In the film‚ there are symbols such as the

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    Commodification of Children[edit] Critics of child beauty pageants say the pageants promote children as products. Some describe it as a deal. Parents spend money on clothing‚ hair‚ makeup‚ and accessories in return for a cash prize.[14] Law[edit] Besides the laws that regulate child education‚ pageants are a relatively ungoverned program. Child contestants are not considered "working"‚ so pageants are exempt from federal child labor laws. Pageants also have different rules‚ so it becomes hard

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    Children Competing in Beauty Pageants Many young children like to participate in pageants. I personally think that putting children in pageants is good for them. They make lifelong friends‚ gain high self-esteem‚ and learn that you cannot always win and children need each of these skills. Sure‚ they could gain these by playing an instrument or a sport but I believe pageantry is the best way to go. Whether a boy or a girl‚ pageants can teach kids the true cycle of life. They learn what goes up‚

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    Beauty and The Beast is one of the most beloved movies of all time‚ but with so many people watching it you are bound to find mistakes and plot holes. The 1991 animated Beauty and The Beast is known for having quite a few plot holes‚ but thankfully the new 2017 live action film has answered most of our questions about the movie. Have you ever had questions while watching Beauty and The Beast like “ Where are Beast’s parents?””How old is the prince once the spell is broken?”‚ and “ If Belle is the

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    Child Beauty Pageants A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful‚ full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring‚ is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. The year was 1920. The First World War ended and the women’s movement began to take off. 1920 also marked the first year of the American beauty pageant. This was a groundbreaking year‚ as women from all over the United States

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    Walking the Ramps of a Beauty Pageant Christopher Lowell once said‚ "Beauty is not skin deep…." but is it really so with the exposure of today’s generation to media’s promotion of their own concept of beauty? Turn on the television and see that most commercials‚ especially those selling beauty products such as Ponds‚ Skin White‚ and Gilette for Women‚ are endorsed by thin‚ tall‚ pimple-free‚ smooth-legged and fair to white-skinned women. Flip pages of fashion magazines‚ see fashion shows and discover

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    Beauty and the Beauty in the Beast Once upon a time… The classic opener for any fairy tale‚ which is no different in the case of Beauty and the Beast. Fairy tales were meant to teach our children life lessons that society‚ at the time‚ deems important to learn. They teach us the difference between right and wrong‚ black and white‚ good and bad‚ light and dark‚ and beauty and ugly. There are many different variations and names to Beauty and the Beast. This famous fable has been passed down

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    Macee Payne Mrs. Teague English III 12 March 2013 Beauty Pageants: Positive or Poisonous? There is no doubt that beauty pageants have a negative connotation in today’s society. Who hasn’t seen the hit television show “Toddlers & Tiaras”? Those television producers only want the viewers to see the worst moments‚ though‚ so they can get the highest ratings possible. They care only about their income‚ not the reputation of pageants. Most of the people who believe the pageant world is one

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