Child Beauty Pageants

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Today, kids of all ages can be seen with mental and physical problems. Kids can suffer bad things on childhood, but can competing something that’s supposed to make you feel good cause problems. Kids of ages 2-12 have some diseases that some adults can't even handle. Kids are never equipped to experience some things that comes with these disease. Nobody can fully grasp how hard life is for people living with theses diseases.

The most common thing you could find in a child that is in beauty pageants is eating disorders. Some kids will have anorexia and bulimia by the time they are 9 years old. 26% of kids in beauty pageants have an eating disorder. When these children grow up they can suffer from self-identity problems. According to World Health Organization you should have a Body Mass Index of 20-25. Miss America 2003 had a Body Mass index of just under 20. This can show many participants are undernourished. Lastly, According to the Huffington Post children as young a 6-years-old are being diagnosed with eating disorders, and children start dieting commonly under the age of 10. Children are being told to be skinny in order to win creating serious problems with their minds. …show more content…

Depression is a mental disorder that causes people to feel sad or loss of interest or pleasure. Kids as young as 2 can fall under depression in the beauty pageant world. Kids are taught they have to win cause if they don't it's bad. So this causes kids to become very sad if they lose many key pageants. Body image problems are some big things we see in adults and young kids after the beauty pageant world. Kids can care too much what they look like because they were always judged on what they looked looked like. This can also lead to self-identity

Analysis Of Toddlers In Tiaras By Skip Hollandsworth
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“A small study published in Eating Disorders the journal of treatment and prevention, that involved 22 women” (Hollandsworth). Girls are choosing unhealthy ways to stay fit and what they call the perfect size just to have a big appeal to the audience when at pageants. The encouragement of this behavior can lead to many body complications and disorders for these girls as they develop, only because they are not truly developing as an average young lady. “A 2007 report issued by the American Psychological Association Task force on the Sexualization of girls claims that parents who put their daughters in beauty pageants can contribute in very direct concrete ways to the precocious sexualization of the daughters” ( Hollandsworth). There has been research to prove that the actions of the young ladies is not all on their own, they have assistance with getting prepared for competitions and what to perform in competitions. Parents add more than what is necessary and can have a negative impact and not even know they are making matters worst than what they have to be. “Kiddie pageants are flourishing. Fueled by a reality TV show, an estimated 250,000 American girls participate in more than 5,000 beauty pageants every year” (Hollandsworth). Exploitation of these young girls is the “NEW BIG THING” to see and enjoy. Adults would rather watch little girls flaunt themselves
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Toddlers and Tiaras: Child Beaty Pageants
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...as Miss USA and Miss Universe are competitions intended for mature, self-assured women who are capable of making their own decisions. Child beauty pageants, however, ruin childhoods and force them to grow up believing in their looks, rather than in themselves. It is no surprise, that emotional distress plagues the contestants that participate in beauty long after stepping off of the stage; subjecting young girls of any age to judgment and ridicule is not only humiliating but horrific to think that we are sitting back being entertained by their competitive nature. Rather than raising strong, confident girls who want to achieve the best in life; the parents and the hosts of these competitions provide a platform on which little girls are dressed up as skimpy Barbie dolls and paraded around, trying to achieve some form of perfection that shouldn’t exist in little girls.
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How Do Beauty Pageants Affect Children
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One professional psychologist and registered dietician has warned that competing in the beauty pageants may lead young girls to feel that the approval and love of their parents is based solely on their looks and whether they win a crown at the pageant or not. Losing in a pageant category may generate lower feelings of self-worth in young children who do not know how to properly cope with loss at such a young age. Additionally, there are countless examples of women who as children participated in beauty pageants and began stressing at a young age while attempting to maintain an impossible ideal of perfection. Many of the young girls who cannot keep up a perfect look will begin to feel body shame, depression and may even develop an eating disorder. In fact, one study was done on approximately 130 females who had participated in beauty pageants.
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Mental and Phyhsical Issues Caused by Beauty Pageants
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Beauty pageants have caused an increase in mental and physical issues in young girls who participate. Participation and competition for a beauty prize where infants and girls are objectified and judged against sexualized ideals can have significant mental health and developmental consequences that impact detrimentally on identity, self-esteem, and body perception ("We must protect our kids from the catwalk of shame."). If young girls don't win, they might take it personally and get hurt feelings. The child might end up feeling unattractive or inadequate ("Child Beauty Pageants Pros and Cons.") which can lead to the development of disorders such as bulimia or anorexia. ("How Do Child Beauty Pageants Affect a Child's Development?") These are both eating disorders girls develop to lose weight excessively. Furthermore, the average BMI of a beauty pageant contestant as of 2010 is 18.3 (Beauty Pageant Statistics), which is classified as underweight...
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Child Beauty Pageants In Tiaras
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Child beauty pageants are competitions in which contestants-primarily female in gender- under sixteen years of age are judged based on their superficial attractiveness. Beauty pageant concept began in the 1850’s, it was used as a way of entertainment, and only people of knowledge, such as doctors and writers, were allowed to attend. After a period of time, beauty pageants became part of American society in the 1920's, whereas "Child" beauty pageants began in the 1960's (Lieberman, 2010, p.742). Children entering such contests are supposed to present themselves on stage
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Exploitation in Child Beauty Pageants
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Children's beauty pageants are judged by the following: modeling sportswear and evening wear, how well they dance, and how much talent they have. The children themselves are judged by their looks, how well they perform, and how confident they appear. Approximately 250, 000 children participate in pageants each year. Mothers
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Child Beauty Peageants
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Beauty pageant consists of five sections where all contestants have to perform in order to win. Those categories are talent, casual wear, long gown or evening dress, sportswear and question and answer section. The way contestants dress up usually depends on the type of pageant and system of competition. However, they are allowed to wear makeup, have different hairstyles and wear fitted outfits. According to proven statistics, approximately 5,000 child beauty pageants are held per year and about 250,000 child participate in this glittery, full of glam competition. Based on statistical records presented by Women’s News, 72% of 100,000 beauty pageants hire pageant coaches every year in the United States. shockingly, 6% of these beauty pageant contestants suffer from depression because of the pressure put upon the contestants (OCCUPYTHEORY, 2013). As Ioannou(2011) has pointed out, the percentage of girls hospitalized because of eating disorder has increased tremendously by 270% over the past 10 years. Even participants at the age of seven years old have been diagnosed with...
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Child Beauty Pageants
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"The Health Risks of Child Beauty Pageants." Aol.on. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 May 2014. .
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Understanding the World of Children's Beauty Pageants
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Although this may not be a scientifically proven fact it is understood that young children seem to start to learn and point out what they like and dislike about themselves early on in life. Being a child pageant star could be just what a child needs to develop that kick start to a healthy self-esteem. Highlighted in Elizabeth Day’s “Living Dolls” an eleven-year old girl named Chloe Lindsay was teased for being over-weight by her classmates. Even going as far as to tag her with the nickname “fat Barbie.” Day says due to bulling Chloe was put through daily, there were times when she would not want to leave the house, for fear of being picked on (34). Some may disagree and say that a child being in a child pageant knocks down their esteem to a whole new level. But for Chloe adding a bit of make-up and fake eyelashes was the best thing for her. It made her feel very pretty and gave her the confidence, she needed to go on stage (Day). When doing a pageant, children get to show off who he or she is in front of people that they have never seen before. This could be a child’s first experience with singing on stage with a real microphone and real people hearing them. No one should have a problem with children that want to try and sing and dance on stage. If a child has a well- build self-confidence it shows and it could be easier for him or her to make new friends. Being in pageants is a small network of girls and boys who participate in numerous events together, allowing these children to make friendships that can last
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The Dark Side of Child Beauty Pageants
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It was the day after Christmas in 1996 when 6 year old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was murdered, she was found with a skull fracture and there was evidence of sexual molestation. The investigation is still unsolved and ongoing but it is thought that her prominence in the local pageant circuit made her an obvious target for child predators (Bio., 2011). Child beauty pageants are pageants in which the contestants are under the age of 16, many of the participants start performing when they’re as young as a few months old and continue doing pageants until adulthood. Underage beauty pageants have been around for over 50 years, and have now become a common hobby and are most commonly found in the South. While these competitions have gained popularity
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Child Beauty Pageants
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Grosaru, Lucia. Toddlers and Children Beauty Pageants – Risk Factors for Severe Psychological Turmoils. 08 June 2011. Web. 02 Mar. 2012. .
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Childrens Beauty Pageants
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It’s 7:OO A.M. on a Saturday, kids everywhere are just waking up ready to watch their favorite line up of Saturday morning cartoons. Marie, a four year old child, is preparing for her long weekend of make-up, hairspray, and gowns. Marie is one of many children who are forced by over-demanding parents who pressure their young and innocent children into many beauty pageants each year, and its wrong.
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Miss American Beauty Pageants
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The effect that beauty pageants have on American women is overlooked because of the popularity of the event. I do not blame the pageant completely for the insecurities of women, but, it contributes to their insecurities. It is not fair that women who are 100 pounds are favored over women who are 130 pounds because they are slimmer. If beauty pageants are not banned at least stop televising them to the millions of public viewers. Society can be very influential when it comes to the appearance of women. Women should not feel like they have to reach certain standards or they will not be accepted. A women’s beauty should not be based on their weight, and height. Beauty comes in all sizes, shapes, and
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American Beauty Pageants
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There are high numbers of anorexic and bulimic teenagers after watching programs like Americas next top model and Miss United States of America using the media to target the younger generation by using propaganda for example you can not step outdoors with out seeing advertisements on benches, busses and television advertisements for Americas next top models , they are next to literally rubbing it in their faces. This effect is making teenagers question their own self image after growing up surrounded by negative influences of beauty such as Barbie. Barbie has been around for decades telling children you don't need to be smart just tall,blonde and slim and you can do anything, as well as barbie with television theirs also Disney, Because of unrealistic Disney princesses that have been around for years there is now a illness called Princess Syndrome (PS) where a child will try to physically and emotionally alter herself to look and act like a Disney princess, on a
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Essay About Beauty Pageants
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Do beauty pageants really help girls find their inner beauty or do they just change into faulty beauty queens? Looking deeply into what these competitions really create out of a person, anyone can quickly find that the contestants aren’t all rainbows and butterflies. In fact, it’s the complete opposite. Pageantry changes some girls for the better, but can also change them for the worse. Young girls should not participate in beauty pageants because they apply too much pressure by judging females based mostly on their physical appearance and can cost up to thousands of dollars.
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Child Beauty Pageants

Analysis Of Toddlers In Tiaras By Skip Hollandsworth

Toddlers and Tiaras: Child Beaty Pageants

How Do Beauty Pageants Affect Children

Mental and Phyhsical Issues Caused by Beauty Pageants