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    The value in child beauty pageants is extremely difficult to find‚ partly because it doesn’t exist. The industry is responsible for confidence issues in millions of participants that can’t seem to win the ‘Grand Supreme Title’ or the “Prettiest Smile Award.’ As quoted by Andrews‚ “experts see a clear association between these types of events and the development of body image problems‚ eating disorders‚ and depression” (1). The young participants are resulting to harmful act to relieve the pain the

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    Jessica Pulliam English Comp. I RL December 10‚ 2012 Common Ground on Child Beauty Pageants I’m sure you all have seen the TV show “Toddlers in Tiaras.” It is a show about young children competing in beauty pageants to win a place in a higher ranked pageant‚ money‚ and the ownership of a winning title. Many people think differently about the show and the pageants. Some are all for the pageants and some are against them. People who are against the pageants complain that they should be eliminated

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    The Ugly Truth of Child Beauty Pageants Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen‚ it is an honour to be here. I would like to address a very and controversial issue present in our 21st century society‚ child beauty pageants. Every year‚ there are more than two million women and girls competing in child beauty pageants in the United States alone. Approximately 250‚00 of those girls are young children . The beauty pageant industry is worth over $5 billion‚ and each year is grossing more and more‚ due

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    women. This is important because the effects that pageantry has on young children is highly negative‚ while the effect of beauty contests in adult women is highly positive. Martina Cartwright is a dietician and a clinician who counsels young children who participate in performance or entertainment. She is credible for writing her articles "Princess by Proxy: What Child Beauty Pageants Teach Girls About Self-Worth and What

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    Child Beauty Pageants: Robbing Little Girls’ Innocence There are over 5‚000 child beauty pageants held annually across the United States with girls as young as two-years-old competing in them. Little girls strut across the stage with make-up painted on their tanned faces‚ hair teased into big and luscious curls‚ fake teeth‚ and a raunchy dance to complement it. There’s no doubt that the very young girls do not resemble their age when they are on stage and performing; they’re transformed into “sultry

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    World: The Ugly Truth about Child Beauty Pageants A stage full of dolled-up or Barbie-like little girls who with their fabulous mini gowns or dresses‚ or tiny swimsuits being worn‚ walk that stage flashing a million dollar smile on their little faces with all the poise and projection‚ judges eyeing them‚ an audience applauding and with their pushy parents cheering for them at the corner. That would be a typical child beauty pageant scene. Basically‚ a beauty pageant is an assemblage of girls

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    1. To what extent do the parents/guardians of child beauty pageant contestants meet the criteria for Factitious Disorder by Proxy (FDP)? Introduction In the Western society‚ it has long been argued that child beauty pageant (CBP) is perversive because of its emphasis on sexualising innocent children. Child pageant’s parents tend to be the objects of social criticism and condemnation because they are in a position to encourage and authorise the CBP ideologies. Sarah Burge from the United

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    Background of the topic: Beauty contests are popular in many parts of the world. The biggest‚ the Miss World competition‚ has been running annually since 1951‚ and although it is less popular in the UK now than it was in 1968‚ when it attracted 27.5 million TV viewers‚ it attracts an enormous worldwide audience - around 3 billion viewers in 115 countries. There are beauty contests for various categories of age‚ sex and sexuality; this topic focuses on adult womens beauty contests as overwhelmingly the

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    Hello ladies and gentlemen welcome to my presentation‚ Today I will argue about the child beauty pageants. There are 2 approaches about these pageants some say that it shouldn’t be banned while others say that it should. I am with the second idea which says it should be banned. Firstly lets have a look at the main reasons of the ones who don’t want it to be banned and see if the reasons are really logical. 1: Pageants increase self-confidence This is not the case‚ A study has shown that‚ "(Although)

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    Beauty contests are bad for body image • Beauty competitions‚ or as some people call them‚ beauty pageants‚ degrade women and present a bad body image. If the beauty competition was based on skill or ability‚ that would be fine however people judge them for their appearance. • For example‚ if five people were running in a race‚ only one will win‚ there is no doubt as to who ran the fastest. There is also no need for anyone to subjectively judge such competitions. • Exploitation of women

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