Beauty Pageants and Our Children Alost 3 million children‚ most of them girls‚ from the ages of 6 months and 17 years compete in beauty pageants annually in America. Competition can be local and national and they compete in categories such as swimwear‚ talent‚ costume of your choice‚ and eveningwear. This is an industry where mothers give her daughter energy drinks for a boost before pageants‚ 3-year-olds don fake fingernails‚ and parents regularly spend five thousand dollars on a child’s pageant
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English 1301/TT/9:30-11 April 19‚ 2013 Beauty Pageants Ruin Childhood! Think back to your childhood‚ what was most important to you? A toy? A Barbie doll? Your bike? Nowadays many girls hardly ever have time to play or even take a nap‚ because they are too focused on their pageant life and fixing their appearance to perfection. Beauty pageants first began in the 1960′s‚ and the purpose was to use them as marketing tools and raise money for business. Now‚ pageants seem to serve as tools for exploiting
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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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Commodification of Children[edit] Critics of child beauty pageants say the pageants promote children as products. Some describe it as a deal. Parents spend money on clothing‚ hair‚ makeup‚ and accessories in return for a cash prize.[14] Law[edit] Besides the laws that regulate child education‚ pageants are a relatively ungoverned program. Child contestants are not considered "working"‚ so pageants are exempt from federal child labor laws. Pageants also have different rules‚ so it becomes hard
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hands of someone else. Would you ever want to be put through this? Well‚ girls who are in beauty pageants deal with this and so much more every
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Beauty pageants have been said to allow young girls in today’s society to feel beautiful‚ and more self worthy as they get older. In reality‚ beauty pageants cause psychological issues formulated by the unrealistic norms set by society and pageants. Some of the negative influences for young girls and their beauty also come from certain celebrity influences. These influences are seen as societies “norm” for beauty‚ such as models with little to no clothing on‚ and other celebrities that promote beauty
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Children are usually seen in parks‚ exploring the outside world in their little innocent minds‚ living their lives irresponsibly. Today‚ child beauty pageants opened kid’s eyes on things they are not supposed to encounter in their early childhood. Kids now act like adults; they have unleashed their innocence and pure minds for the sake of beauty.Child beauty contests resemble young kids‚ under the age of 18. Contestants are usually divided into groups according to their age. Very young aged kids
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you would expect to see on a Barbie doll‚ but strangely enough‚ this is no longer the case. These things are becoming more and more popular in beauty pageants as early as six months old. Some people say child beauty pageants are absolutely great but also many sources that believe as though children are being robbed of their childhood. Beauty pageants are very exploitive because they promote a materialistic belief on young girls‚ damage self-esteem and encourage young girls to act like “divas”
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often turns into a nightmare. For nearly fifty years children have been subjected to the world of beauty pageants where they have been forced to behave as young adults rather than the five 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
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took the murder of his six-year-old beauty queen daughter for John Ramsey to see the harm in child beauty pageants. • I am here today because I do not want you to make the same mistake as John Ramsey did. • I am here today to protect the individuality and freedoms of our children. • I am here today to help you develop and cherish good‚ healthy relationships with your children. • Children who are involved with beauty pageants are much more likely to resent their
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