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    in hope to win the grand supreme title. Child beauty pageants encourages young girls to think poorly of their peers‚ place too much identity in their outward appearance‚ and exploits them; the negative ramifications of these pageants are abounding. After the success of the Miss America Pageant‚ the first Little Miss America Pageant was held in 1961. Within three years more than 35‚000 contestants had enrolled (“Child Beauty Pageants”). Child beauty pageants have grown into a multi-million dollar

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    Child Beauty Pageants: Are They Moral? Lisa Allen Com/172 March 12‚ 2011 Ron Tatum Child Beauty Pageants: Are They Moral? They say that beauty comes from within but if this is true why do parents parade their young children around and make their five-year-olds dress‚ look‚ and act like they are 18 years old. Child beauty pageants are very upsetting. “It aggravates the average viewer because how can a parent put their child through that emotional

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    Societal influences have the potential to negatively impact one’s body image‚ particularly through participation in a Child Beauty Pageant. This “extracurricular activity” introduces unrealistic ideal images to children at such a young age; children‚ particularly females‚ are impacted psychologically and physically from this controversial practice‚ as well as from the undesirable parenting behind it. Society as a whole is also impacted by the airing of sexualized shows such as Toddlers and Tiaras

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    ty pageantsChild Beauty Pageants And why the rules should be much stricter Overall stand: Child beauty pageants should be deemed illegal because: * They objectify the children in an attempt to achieve an unclear vision of beauty. * The parents more often than not force their ideals on the children in the pageants‚ and go to ridiculous lengths to win. * The children are being manipulated and turned into icons not appropriate for their age. * To have children compete for a title

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    good‚” said a mother of a beauty pageant child. “Child beauty pageant have gained in popularity in recent years. Currently‚ more than 5.000 child pageants are held annually in the U.S.‚ amounting to a $5 billion industry (Child Beauty Pageants). Here are 7 truths of child beauty pageants that are scary and sad at the same moment…. 1. Unregulated by Law All beauty pageants have internal structures and are regulated by specific guidelines. There are few laws for child beauty pageants‚ but most states

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    sexy by wearing makeup‚ hair extensions‚ “flippers” -- false teeth to hide baby teeth -- revealing outfits and by learning provocative poses and moves. Paul Peterson‚ president and founder of A Minor Consideration‚ said on “Good Morning America” that beauty pageants are “feeding the sex industry.” Is the woman who walks the ramp a true woman?? Who is a true woman?? Is she someone who has the perfect hour glass figure created by strenuous exercise and diet and cellulite chiseling off? Is she the

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    Banning Child Beauty Pageants Child beauty pageants commenced during the early 20th century‚ (1921 to be exact). That is 96 years of a running completion of where contestant’s ages may range from below as one year‚ to eighteen years old. The majority of the children competing in this line of ‘sport’ may experience long-term and short-term effects‚ which may be detrimental to their juvenile mental and emotional wellbeing. Therefore children’s beauty pageants should indubitably be banned. The first

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    Aree Thompson Issue Proposal Professor Rechelle English 1302 January 23‚ 2013 Children’s Beauty Pageants and Modeling Our society and others around the world have become absorbed with children’s pageants and modeling. Some mothers have taken their very young daughters into a world that used to be the playground for adults only. Some psychologist believe that that this could be a platform that these girls are not mature enough to handle and may scar them for life. be seductive

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    Do beauty pageants serve a purpose in society? Does anyone really care who the prettiest person is in America or State? Beauty pageants don’t help anyone‚ the only people that benefit from them are the people running in them. Pageants are for those who think that they can make a difference in the world‚ when really all they do is make other women or men feel inferior. Should beauty pageants be taken away out of society? Beauty Pageants don’t serve a valid purpose in society. They use the Beauty Pageants

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    Beauty queens by Libba Bray is the story about girls in a beauty pageant trying to survive a plane crash. It’s a satire about American society.The story is so funny because it takes the idea of girls in pageants and puts them in a hard life situations to see how they react. The author uses the superiority theory to get her point across. There many times when they are trying to find things to survive most of the girls were so worried about the pageant look didn’t care about necessities they needed

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