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    Exploitation of Children

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    pressure their young and innocent children into beauty pageants each year and this is wrong. Beauty pageants were started many years ago but became more prominent in the society in 1921‚ when a hotel owner started a contest to keep tourists in town past Labor Day. The winner of this contest would be called Miss America. Miss America pageants have been a yearly event ever since then‚ except during the Great Depression. Then‚ in 1960‚ pageants were getting so popular that a Little Miss America was started

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    FAILURE; A COMPONENT OF SUCCESS OR THE END OF A DREAM? Sometimes life just does not allow us to reach our goals‚ sometimes people find bumps and rough patches between them and their dreams‚ and sometimes it seems like the only option is to give up and move on‚ however‚ if you really want something and don’t get it at the first attempt‚ are you a loser for failing or a success for trying?. Michael Arndt’s script‚ “Little Miss Sunshine”‚ tells the story of Olive Hoover‚ and how her dream of participating

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    Are Beauty Pageants exploitive? Recently beauty pageants have been increasing in popularity on television and other social medias. Many may argue that they are exploitive and they are simply useless shows that objectify both women and young girls. They are not realistic and they do not have any benefits for the young participants that start them at a young age. Many say that shows such as "Toddlers and Tiaras" do nothing but prove how spoiled many of these children that participate in pageants‚

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    BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER! THIS IS MARIQUIT PEREZ‚ 16 YEARS OF AGE AND PROUD TO REPRESENT ILOILO CITY! AND THIS YEAR’S MS. PHILIPPINES IS NO OTHER THAN… CANDIDATE NUMBER…10! MS. MARIQUIT PEREZ! OH‚ MY GOSH! IS IT REALLY ME? I CAN’T BELIEVE IT! Thank you! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! (MWAH MWAH MWAH) HEY‚ MARIQUIT! WHAT’S UP WITH THAT TOWEL WRAPPED AROUND YOUR NECK? D’YA THINK YOU’RE SOME KINDA SUPERHERO‚ HUH? DUH! HELLO!! CAN’T YOU SEE THAT I’M BEING CROWNED AS MS. PHILIPPINES??? AND THIS IS

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    Child Beauty Pageants

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    year olds that they actually are. Young children spend numerous hours every day practicing speeches and model walks for upcoming pageants rather than focusing on schoolwork and playing with friends. With an emphasis placed on appearance in beauty contests‚ children become devastatingly concerned with the way that they look before many of them can walk. The lifestyle of child beauty pageant participants has proven to be one full of stress and negative self-evaluation which can ultimately lead to a

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    Beauty Pageants

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    Did beauty pageants go a bit too far? According to Oxford‚ beauty pageants are public entertainment contests of a procession of people in elaborate‚ colorful costumes‚ or an outdoor performance of a historical scene; however‚ child beauty pageants according to Wikipedia child beauty pageants are beauty contests that feature contestants up to 18 years of age; however‚ Competition categories may include interviews‚ talents‚ swim wear‚ casual wear‚ western wear‚ theme wear‚ etc. Contingent on the type

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    more successful. Famous circus entrepreneur‚ businessman‚ huckster‚ and all-around exploitation artist P.T. Barnum organize America’s first beauty pageant for adult women in 1854‚ which failed due to public protests that the contest was immoral. But in 1855‚ a national contest Barnum orchestrated‚ called the "National Baby Show‚" attracted 143 child contestants and 61‚000 viewers. "Baby parades" soon became a national sensation — in 1893‚ one in Asbury Park drew 30‚000 spectators‚ and in 1904‚ Thomas

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    pageants are given the duty of becoming ambassadors of worthy causes in the society. The winner can undertake such a duty effectively if he or she has great communication skills. 2. Boosts self-esteem The main aim of setting up a beauty pageant contest is to boost the self-esteem of the contestants‚ especially little children. Most organizers of pageants believe that when children develop self-assurance early in their lives‚ it is going to be simpler for them to conquer challenges as they grow up

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    Analysis of Emma Knight

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    and pure contentment. For a certain little girl‚ the thought of the dream was simply that…a thought. The adolescent Emma Knight watched the American dream on television but never thought of herself being in the dream. “For many girls who enter the contest‚ its part of the American dream‚ “It was never mine.” As Emma seasoned‚ she didn’t feel satisfied with herself. “Soon I’m hitting my adolescence‚ like fourteen‚ but I’m not doing any dating and I’m feeling awkward and ugly.” She also didn’t like how

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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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