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    Advantages of beauty contests........ FIRST IMPRESSION IS THE LAST IMPRESSION...how a person appears always matters.....The first thing that catches your eye when you look at a person is his or her face.It takes just a split second for us to judge someone and make our first and everlasting impression.Good evening...today I stand in front of you to speak against the motion "beauty contest must be banned".... Many cynical people say that beauty shows are nothing more than a showcase to flaunt women’s

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    Kristel Rose Tretter “Beauty and the Beast” is a classic fairy tale that has been retold through various media such as oral storytelling‚ written short story‚ opera‚ film and musical theatre. With each rendition the story is given a new perspective and a focus on different elements for the reader/audience to consider. In 1946 Jean Cocteau adapted Madame Leprince de Beaumont’s written short story of “Beauty and the Beast” for the film‚ Beauty and the Beast‚ starring Jean Marais and Josette Day

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    Summary: The article “Beauty and the Labor Market” by Daniel S. Hamermesh and Jeff E. Biddle examines the economics of discrimination in the labour market based on looks and the relationship that exists between beauty and labour market earnings. Analyzing‚ results from several studies‚ data from various empirical research and surveys; the article identifies the source of earnings differentials related to looks in six distinct and detailed sections. The first section addresses the question of

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    Beauty through History

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    How has perception of beauty has changed How has the perception of beauty changed through time? There have been many different views of beauty from the renaissance years to the modern day views on what beauty is‚ it is very intriguing to know why people see beauty in those ways and why it has changed - from curvaceous to thin‚ from pale to sun tanned‚ beauty has changed in so many ways we probably wouldn’t imagine. Starting in the renaissance years (1400s – 1600s) the large‚ and in today’s opinion

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    A Short Essay on Beauty

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    Beauty is defined as the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind‚ whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape‚ color‚ sound‚ etc.)‚ a meaningful design or pattern‚ or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest). However‚ beauty has been topic of debate in terms of its definition. In order to see what is special about pleasure in beauty‚ we must shift the focus back to consider what is special

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    exposing clothing lines. This isn’t a new uprising‚ however. It seems more like a cycle‚ when observed going back all the way to the decade of the “flappers” in the 1920s. A flapper was a fashionable woman who was determined to flout conventional standards of behavior‚ even if that meant being rebellious and immoral. Dating back to those times‚ women‚ namely in the west‚ have taken an interest in adopting flapper conduct. The basic point of this demeanor is to oppose conventional and widely common

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    HOW CLEANLINESS AND SENSE OF BEAUTY CAN AFFECT THE LIFESTYLE OF AN INDIVIDUAL Introduction: Human being is the best amongst all the living being in this world. They live in a society‚ where they don’t only just live for food and shelter. They have to survive sustaining with various conditions‚ environments‚ people‚ customs‚ cultures etc. So in this society of mankind‚ human has a lot of responsibility as well as maintenance duty. Discipline makes a human being to do all such activities mentioned

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    Abstract "Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them." David Hume ’s Essays‚ Moral and Political‚ 1742. Beauty: The Eye of the Beholder Beauty is apparent in the moment in time we recognize it. The bases of its perception is not clearly defined by a skeleton pattern‚ but rather hidden within the recesses of our minds derived from the façades of what we love. Beauty then is the moment of one’s realization. Like most stories and novels by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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    Alice Walker "Beauty"

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    English 110 W/F-71470 Professor Mackenzie In Alice Walker’s “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self‚” we are introduced to a self-confident‚ charismatic child. Through‚ “Im the prettiest!” and “It was great fun being cute” we sense a wave of pride as Walker describes herself as a child. (Walker‚ 47‚48) However‚ this joy soon comes to an end as Walker is faced with an “accident.” Unfortunately‚ she is shot with a BB gun and is scarred and blinded in her right eye. Walker suffers throughout

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    Are Beauty Pageants exploitive? Recently beauty pageants have been increasing in popularity on television and other social medias. Many may argue that they are exploitive and they are simply useless shows that objectify both women and young girls. They are not realistic and they do not have any benefits for the young participants that start them at a young age. Many say that shows such as "Toddlers and Tiaras" do nothing but prove how spoiled many of these children that participate in pageants‚

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