of a folding chair skimming the thin pages of Cosmo. Her mother’s oversized designer sunglasses were framed by bleach blonde tendrils all of which had been carefully placed‚ as today marked an important occasion. It was the day of the Tiny Miss Beauty Pageant and all the way from South Carolina was reigning regional champion Rebecca Mint and her mother. The duo had been up for five hours in their flickering fluorescent hotel room doing Rebecca’s heat-treated hair and show makeup. A compact resemblance
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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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compete in pageants measure their self-worth by their looks‚ they are in for a downfall if they don’t stay as pretty when they grow up‚ says Brown. University of Arizona‚ said at PsychologyToday.com that it’s not uncommon for teens who used to be in pageants to develop eating disorders and have body image problems. The average cost of a pageant dress is $1‚000‚ and some cost as much as $5‚000‚ according to a "Good Morning America" report. Young girls who compete in pageants often look
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The value in child beauty pageants is extremely difficult to find‚ partly because it doesn’t exist. The industry is responsible for confidence issues in millions of participants that can’t seem to win the ‘Grand Supreme Title’ or the “Prettiest Smile Award.’ As quoted by Andrews‚ “experts see a clear association between these types of events and the development of body image problems‚ eating disorders‚ and depression” (1). The young participants are resulting to harmful act to relieve the pain the
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April 16‚ 2013 Child Pageants are Exploitive Like anything‚ there are pros and cons to Child Pageants. Personally‚ I think they are wrong. The kids have to wear makeup at an early age‚ they take from their childhood‚ the pageants are solely judged on looks‚ and the costs are outrageous. The rebuttal is that pageants are supposed to promote self-confidence and be fun. Makeup utilization was intended for adults. When these young girls are getting ready for the pageant‚ they focus and stress
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Positive and Negative sides to religion All religions have one goal for society which is to unite them with a divine reality. People desire this type of reality that exists in all organized religions. Eastern and Western religions all share another commonality which are rituals‚ prayers‚ stories about a divine being and symbols. Organized religions have varied attributes. Though the goal is common the structure and rules vary from religion to religion. Organized religion has a positive
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Barbie doll right? No‚ nowadays this is what we call a beauty pageant contestant. Young girls will use a Barbie doll as a source of inspiration and this is perceived as completely normal in the eyes of society. Among other things‚ girls are judged on individuality‚ poise‚ perfection and confidence. But are these really things a 5 or 6 year old should be thriving to achieve? Young girls should not be allowed to participate in beauty pageants because they are taught the wrong values from an early age
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The Positive Side of a Bad Day Ramon Hanson Everest University ENC1101 1/31/2013 The Positive Side of a Bad Day How do you do it? How can you stay in a great mood‚ so optimistic? My brother asked me one morning‚ you have been through loads of things over the past few years and yet you stay so grateful. My brother was right‚ I have been through a lot as of late‚ went through a divorce‚ unemployed a few times due to lack of work‚ migraines on a constant basis. Maybe I should be upset‚ maybe
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The Positive Side of Social Media The use of social media is very positive. Millions of people use social media. There are a lot of different social media websites. The most common ones are Facebook and Twitter. People used to use Myspace until the other two came along. I love to use social media. I am not a very talkative person therefore social media is even better for me to use. “Technology makes it easy to communicate when we wish and to disengage at will‚” writes Sherry Turkle (Turkle
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Child Beauty Pageants: Robbing Little Girls’ Innocence There are over 5‚000 child beauty pageants held annually across the United States with girls as young as two-years-old competing in them. Little girls strut across the stage with make-up painted on their tanned faces‚ hair teased into big and luscious curls‚ fake teeth‚ and a raunchy dance to complement it. There’s no doubt that the very young girls do not resemble their age when they are on stage and performing; they’re transformed into “sultry
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