Children’s beauty pageants have been around for a long time. I admit that as someone raised in the North and on the West Coast‚ I never really encountered this phenomenon in my daily life. Recently‚ two different reality shows have popped up on TLC that exposes the viewer to the works of pageants. The shows are titled "Little Miss Perfect" and "Toddlers and Tiaras". As I’m the mother of a pre-teen daughter‚ I watched both of these shows with a horrified curiosity. I have certainly garnered some opinions
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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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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 Pageants make Young Girls look like Sex Objects Alina Woosley PHIL 212 D01 Argumentation Essay Ethics 03/19/2016 Child Pageants make Young Girls look like Sex Objects 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
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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. Most individuals believe that children are forced to attend these pageants‚ when in reality they have an option on whether
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Aleena Garrison Honors English 10 Period 4 18 March 2016 Beauty Pageants Negatively Affect Children The official definition of a Beauty Contest‚ or pageant‚ is an assemblage of girls or women at which judges select the most beautiful. Although some people argue that they can be much more than a judging of feminine beauty‚ it is glaringly obvious that no good can come of them. Recent research shows that there is no use for child beauty pageants and they are harming our future generations (Statisticsbrain
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17 April 2012 The Negative Side to Beauty Pageants in Children’s Lives Two hours before the pageant‚ in a crowded hotel room‚ a mother and her two daughters are rushing to accomplish all of the last minute tasks. The stressed mother is doing her best to keep the youngest child calm and in her seat while she gets her extensions put in and her hair plastered into the style of the day. The little girl is screaming because her head hurts from her hair being yanked on and she is sick of sitting in
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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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scholarships to winners and now to all the women who compete as well. Transitioning from simple contest of beauty‚ it has become become one of the largest providers of scholarships for young women in America. Testing contestants on current events‚ public speaking‚ talents and fitness‚ women must be well verse in all of these categories to compete in the pageant. Competing in beauty pageants‚ women are encouraged to better themselves by obtaining these qualities and sharpening them. Each year the
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into the pageant circuit more than a year ago. The mother‚ Kerry Campbell‚ was asked by ABC’s Good Morning America why she feels this procedure is necessary and she responded‚ “Pageants mothers were just telling me about the lines on her face and how‚ you know a lot of the moms there‚ they’re giving their kids Botox. And it’s pretty much like the thing. I’m not the only one that does it” (Moss 7) Instances such as these are an outgrowth of that apotheosis of stage mother narcissism and child exploitation
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