Argumentative Essay On Beauty Pageants

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Beauty Queen or Beautiful Disaster? In today’s society, childhood beauty pageants are spreading across the nation. Little girls put on fake teeth and shinny dresses and walk across the stage with a sometimes painful looking smile all to impress judges that determine whether they are smart, pretty, and talented enough to be crowned a beauty queen. They show the judges exactly what they are not and get rewarded for such actions. Because of this, young girls who take part in these pageants are suffering from distorted body images, and the number keeps growing and growing. More and more girls who participate in these contests have shown greater signs of depression, lack of self-esteem, and eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa. As a whole, young girls and women alike are highly affected by participating in such events. Women of beauty pageants have been known to act out or commit crimes such as drunk driving, sexting, and more. Even women that do not participate in these pageants, but had in the past, struggle with distorted body image problems due to their previous experience with the world of beauty pageants. Women of all ages that participate in beauty pageant show a vastly higher number of psychological problems, causing them to act upon these thoughts. Many Americans have started to notice the trend and have start to propose that the United States needs to lay down guidelines and such for these contests, others say that they should just be banned for certain age groups. Because of the increasing number of women who suffer self-image and psychological problems related to the world of pageantry, young women and mothers alike should consider whether pageants are worth the confidence and happiness of themselves or ... ... middle of paper ... ...ve as living proof that these pageants are more harmful then helpful towards women at any level. In conclusion, there are solutions to this problem. Once solution is possible through only the efforts of the parents of these young children. They need to realize the risks that come with participating in these competitions. Another way that could be very successful is government interference. The government should put regulations on these pageants, according to each age group. What ever is considered child pornography in everyday life should apply to these competitions, including the costumes, and dances these little girls are doing. This is such a serious issue in today’s society, especially considering the ever-growing world that child pageants are. This competition used to be about the inner person of a contestant, and it should be returned to its founding state.

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