Disadvantages of Child Beauty Pageants In today’s world‚ there are quite a few things that bother us Americans. One controversial topic at-hand would be child beauty pageants. The article‚ “Playing at Sexy” written by Peggy Orenstein‚ goes into detail of the negative effects of showcasing one’s child in a pageant. Hilary Levey takes a different approach to child beauty pageants. She finds them to be just as helpful as children who take after school lessons in her scholarly article‚ “Pageant Princesses
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6 percent of beauty pageant girls have suffered from depression. This does not seem like a lot‚ but 2.5 million girls compete in a beauty pageant. (“Women’s news Columbus dispatch”) People say child beauty pageants make children grow up faster before their time. Others say that all little girls like to dress up and experiment with make-up. That they are curious and want to learn what it is and why should they use it. (Malmsio Helene) I believe that child beauty pageants do make children
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insane rally against child beauty pageants. Personally‚ I am concerned about the way these beauty pageants portray women and young girls. This has come in response to news that an American company has decided to bring its pageant to Australia for the first time. Child welfare authorities in the United States are investigating a mother who appeared on national television injecting her eight-year-old daughter with the anti-wrinkle treatment Botox. ’’It’s a tough world in the pageant world‚ I’m telling
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Beauty Pageants: Good or Bad? Beauty pageants for children are growing more and more popular and‚ in turn‚ causing more and more controversy. Everyone has a different opinion on them but most would say that it is a bad idea to put young girls through this kind of thing. I would have to agree with them. These types of beauty pageants began back in the 1960s where children from the ages of 6 to 12 years modeled things like sportswear and evening clothes and showcased their talents. There was a lot
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Should child beauty pageants be banned in the United States? What better “sport” for girls who are afraid to break a nail than Beauty Pageants? According to the “Journal of the American Academy of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry” in 2006‚ 40% of children who took part in beauty pageants have psychologic problems while the remaining 60% agree that they are unhappy during the pageant itself. With this statistic in mind do you believe that Child Beauty Pageants should be outlawed in the United
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Spark of a Glitzy Circus Commonly‚ children beauty pageants are judged by the following: modeling sportswear and evening wear‚ how well they dance‚ and how much talent they possess. The children are judged by their looks‚ how well they perform‚ and how confident they appear. Mother’s prepare their children for long weekends of make-up‚ hairspray‚ and gowns‚ but what about the children? How will this prepare them for life? Why would any parent want their child to grow up any faster than they already do
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Child beauty pageants are known all around the world. They are advertised through magazines and reality shows. The young girls are marked up to be someone they are not. They resemble Barbie dolls with the fake lashes‚ fake boobs‚ fake nails‚ the pounds of makeup‚ spray tans‚ hoops‚ fake hair extensions‚ flashy and not age appropriate costumes. I am personally not a fan of the child beauty pageants for several reasons. I feel as though the children are being robbed of their childhood. The young girls
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High heels‚ high hair and high hopes. Child beauty pageants‚ a desirable but deceitful event in todays society. An occasion where young girls dress up in high heels‚ fancy gowns and tiaras. Many believe these pageants do no harm. However‚ many claim that they should be banned as there are various aspects that can ruin a child’s innocence. Pageants brain wash young girls into believing that beauty comes only from the outside. Furthermore‚ the physical and physiological repercussions of these parades
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competition of child beauty pageants. These pampered princesses are brainwashed by their mothers to have one goal in mind: “get the money or get the tiara” (Grosaru 1). Most of these beauties finally dwindle down and end up having self-identity or self-esteem problems. Is this the state these young girls should be in to attribute to a successful future of their generation? Despite the negative side of this topic‚ there are a few positive aspects. According to the article “Child Beauty Pageants – Pros and
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year of the American beauty pageant. This was a groundbreaking year‚ as women from all over the United States were given the opportunity to show their talent‚ outer beauty and inner intelligence. Little did our country know‚ that 40 years later‚ children as young as 10 months old would be competing in beauty pageants. 1960 marked the first child beauty pageant in America and started a major American trend. Since the tragic death of JonBenet Ramsey in 1996‚ child beauty pageants have been a hot topic
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