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    make-up is not the way to raise a modest child. When beauty pageants first began‚ they were not judging contestants solely on their outward appearances‚ but also on the individual as a person. The beauty pageant winners served as positive role models that showed the younger contestants what being a well-rounded young woman was like. These role-models proved to the younger girls that external beauty was not everything‚ and that internal beauty would benefit them greatly in many aspects of their futures

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    When the children are young they can easily‚ and are‚ sexulized. Children are young and innocent but beauty pageants at a young age negatively impact them. “Parents can also contribute to the sexualization of their daughters in very direct and concrete ways - for example‚ by entering their 5-year-old daughter in a beauty pageant in which she and the other contestants engage in behaviors and practices that are socially associated with sexiness: wearing heavy makeup

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    Child beauty pageants boost self-esteem‚ allows girl’s to make meaningful friendships and is just a sport that teaches girls how to win and lose gracefully. Pageants in the past were about your waist line and how great of a wife you would be‚ recently pageants have been transforming. These contests are not just about which girl looks the best in a swimsuit‚ the judges now crown for who could answer a question on any subject and give a well-informed answer in almost an instant. For example‚ in 2014

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    Beauty Competitions‚ or as some people call them Beauty pageants degrade women to mere objects. Such a competition is the exploitation of women by men and other women. If the beauty competition was based on skill or ability‚ that would be fine. But nowadays people judge them for their outer appearance. For example‚ if five people were running in a race‚ only one will win. There is no doubt as to who ran faster. There is also no need for anyone to judge such competitions. These competitions also affect

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    By: Diana Larios TOPIC: Children Beauty Pageants GENERAL PURPOSE: To Persuade SPECIFIC PURPOSE STATEMENT: To persuade my audience that I’m against the children beauty pageants CENTRAL IDEA: So what happens at a beauty pageant? What is it? Essentially a beauty pageant is a contest over physical attractiveness. Some contests have portions of that focus on talent and interview‚ but a majority of the points come from the beauty and grace of the contestants as well as their outfits. Contestants try

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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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    Naomi Wolf The Beauty Myth

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    Beauty is a form of currency that women are obliged to pay to live in this world. Even after decades of moving up the social ladder in terms of worth and recognition‚ beauty is an obsession that incessantly plagues women. Naomi Wolf explores this beauty obsession on political‚ economic‚ and physical levels. She breaks this down as the beauty myth and exposes it as a system that keeps women restricted‚ regardless of what societal advancements are made. Wolf delves into each societal aspect that the

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    “A tale as old as time” rings true as this recreated Disney movie resonates to my childhood memories. Bill Condon‚ director of The Beauty and the Beast‚ makes the reminiscent qualities of the original movie come to life again with this new take of a classic. The best of Disney is displayed through this new rendition of Beauty and the Beast. This movie takes the cartoon version and takes it to a new level of amazement. People would be captured by this film‚ should they choose to watch it‚ because

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    Look closer. The chilling tag-line of multi award winning American Beauty has great relatability‚ from the lives of all of the characters to the hidden beauty on showcase throughout the film. It cannot simply be filed into one genre‚ instead being a drama‚ comedy‚ tragedy and more. Director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Alan Ball fine-tuned the film‚ resulting in a triumph of writing‚ acting and directing. The movie follows the last few months of everyman Lester Burnham’s (played by the seemingly ideal

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    Child Beauty Pageants While beauty pageants started in the 1920’s‚ children’s beauty pageants began in the 1960’s. This is when the predicament all began. Equally important is the definition of child abuse. It is defined as the exploitation of a child. Children in beauty pageants are exploited at a very over powering rate. Since there is so much exploitation‚ it should be considered child abuse. Due to parental involvement‚ children participate in pageants that damage them physically‚ mentally

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