TLC’s "Toddlers and Tiaras" has been mired in controversy since it debuted in 2009‚ and much of the distaste for the series stemmed from concerns about whether we were feeding the stage mothers’ desire for attention‚ or about the insensitivity in taping and televising children in the middle of a meltdown or temper tantrum. But whether you think child beauty pageants are just a chance for little girls to play dress-up‚ or a training ground for superficial‚ self-centered princesses in the making‚ everyone
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working mothers and families. Body Paragraph Argument: The mother’s are stupidly ignoring the virtues of motherhood as they place pressure and unwanted stress upon their young children. Technique: Evidence‚ quotes from the show Toddlers and Tiaras provide credibiblity to the piece‚ providing real images of what the mother’s are like to the reader Repetition: she lists all the names the mothers gave their children in order to further depict the prejudice judgement that if a name is
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TV show Toddlers & Tiaras once featured Algya 2 these sayings by contestants: “All children are beautiful it’s just some are more beautiful than others‚” “Facial beauty is the most important thing in life‚” “Beauty is painful‚” “ I’m happy I won but I’m more happy about the McDonalds I get‚” “My mom puts a girdle on me to go to bed‚” “I like tanning so I can get brown like Beyonce‚” “I don ’t even like dancing. I ’m just here because my mom said she would buy me tacos‚” (Toddlers & Tiaras). These
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on the parents of the children that encourage what is portrayed on this show while the other blame is placed on the greedy entertainment business that is allowing children to be sexualized‚ on television‚ to profit financially from it. In “Toddlers and Tiaras‚” young girls are dressed in extravagant dresses‚ with their hair and makeup worn like women‚ spray-tanned‚ swaying down the runway showcasing their beauty and being judged for it. This poses another problem with a society where adults encourage
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Lindsay Lieberman explains how child pageantry causes emotional‚ physical‚ and monetary effects on both the competitors and the parents; this is the central claim of “Protecting Pageant Princesses: A Call for Statutory Regulation of Child Beauty Pageants.” Minor claim number one is that pageants can cause detrimental effects on a young woman such as depression‚ eating disorders‚ and body image issues that accelerate into lifetime problems. Brook Breedwell competed in pageants as a young child‚ and
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Does Reality Television Have an Impact on Society? British philosopher James Allen once said that “circumstances don ’t make a man‚ they only reveal him.” With that being known‚ reality television is simply a mirror image of what our society has become; a judge mental driven society where the passion for power and money overcomes the power of love. It ’s an overview of a society that is not only weak economically‚ but is also separated from unworldly roots. It ’s also a culture that lives by
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Anastasia Sidneva ENG 102b Fall 2015 Prof. Terziev October 15th Argumentative Essay Draft 1 Child beauty pageants lead to children’ serious mental and health issues According to a recent study conducted by (AACA) American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry‚ exploitation in child beauty pageants can ruin a girl’s self-esteem forever and can be dangerous for their physiological turmoil. Despite children’s parents’ desire to focus their children’s attention on outward appearance‚ beauty
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pageants are good or harmful psychologically and developmentally to children that participate in pageants. We witness young children‚ mainly young girls‚ dressing provocatively while they pose and dance inappropriately on TLC’s hit television series Toddlers and Tiara’s. We watch young girls that wear too much make-up‚ fake eyelashes‚ fake teeth and hair extensions to compete for a crown. Children are judged based on beauty‚ how well they perform‚ and how confident they are on stage. Which judges call
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Mia dons perfectly curled blonde extensions‚ fake eyelashes‚ and a full face of makeup as she dances around the pageant stage in a skin tight gold dress with fake breasts sewn in. Mia is only one of the many pageant girls featured on TLC’S Toddlers and Tiaras. This TLC show displays several young girls’ journeys through various pageant preparation processes which includes training‚ spray tans‚ temper tantrums and a multitude tears all in hope to win the grand supreme title. Child beauty pageants
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their outward appearance look better‚ they take time away from strengthening their personality and education. The costs for these pageants are extremely expensive. “A glitz pageant six times a year can easily run $10‚000” (www.creditcards.com/toddlers-tiaras-pageants-debt-costs-1278.php). Think about it‚ if a parent puts back $10‚000 a year into
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