Negative Essay On Beauty Pageants, The Ugly In Beauty
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The Ugly in Beauty Beauty pageants have been a competition in society as long as anyone can remember, whether it is formal or informal. From one girl comparing herself to a magazine, judging another when changing in the locker room, or attending a full, all out, extravagant and official pageant; it is really all the same. In this case, the direct topic being discussed is if beauty pageants are exploitive for young girls. Considering the stories on the news and reality television shows that display the craziness of it all, it is safe to say that entering in any young girl to beauty pageants is a brutal way of raising a child and does not hold any positive benefits in the long term. To begin, let’s start with the opposition. Parents have claimed …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Opines that beauty pageants have been a competition in society for as long as anyone can remember, whether it is formal or informal. the topic being discussed is if they are exploitive for young girls.
- Concludes that beauty pageants are beneficial because of the way it may encourage one girl to meet other girls and build a community.
- Opines that beauty contests have certain limits and could have long-term effects.
- Concludes that beauty contests are an excuse to perpetuate exploitation, and professionals agree that it is totally unacceptable.
- Opines that it is abusive and distasteful that a parent, knowing the pressures of life, would place their own daughter into an arena full of lies, superiority, bribing, superficial energy, and cut throat competitiveness.
However, beauty pageants could possibly be a wonderful thing because of the way it may encourage one girl to meet other girls and build a community. In other words, it is a way to overcome shyness. “If you feel shy, or just not confident in how you look, why not have a makeover?” (Wright) Seems like it is as simple as that to conclude why beauty pageants are beneficial, it claims to fix the biggest social issue in society; insecurity in oneself. Additionally, when young girls are going through different body types and stages of life, I believe I can speak for any girl and declare that girls become more body conscious through these times. “The number one of a million reasons to enter a beauty pageant is to build self-confidence. Take me, for example... You would never catch me talking in front of large crowds, or being social at all... until my Mom entered me in my first pageant amongst 213 girls! Talk about life changing! I walked away by being 4th runner-up and I was in awe of how much self-confidence I had gained in one weekend!” (Guerrero) Beauty pageants seem to be the
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- Have you ever considered entering a beauty pageant because it seemed fun? These beauty pageants do appear to be fun but they can have a lasting effect on your perception of beauty. Even though beauty pageants build confidence through performance and help boost careers, they harm society by lowering self-esteem, putting too much emphasis on beauty at a young age, and also providing unrealistic images of beauty.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that beauty pageants can have a lasting effect on one's perception of beauty. although they build confidence through performance and boost careers, they harm society by lowering self-esteem, putting too much emphasis on beauty, and providing unrealistic images.
- Argues that beauty pageants help boost self-confidence through performance on stage and can help you later in life. this is not always the case for beginning beauty competitors.
- Argues that beauty pageants forster beliefs of unrealistic expectations for beauty — the pressure of society to be beautiful weighs heavily on anyone.
- Summarizes decker, jonathan p., and nicky, bramhill. "france bans contests for girls in lipstick and heels."
605 wordsRead More - Essay On Beauty Pageantsexplanatory essayOver the years, beauty pageants have proven to be detrimental to the physical and mental health of their participants. From crushing a child’s self-esteem after losing a pageant, to poor diets and lack or rest. And the hidden physical dangers of sexulization of a child to put on a show for potential sex- offenders lurking in the audience.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that beauty pageants have been detrimental to the physical and mental health of their participants.
- Opines that child beauty pageants can be damaging to a young girl from the psychological perspective, as they encourage girls to appreciate their faults for making them unique from others.
- Agrees with jane graham's article explaining her experience with beauty pageants. she realized at the age of four that she wasn't the typical beautiful little girl the judges were looking for.
- Explains that the difference between beauty pageants and typical sports is that sports give a child to perfect their mistakes.
- Opines that accepting imperfections is one thing, but being taught that you must hide the imperfection is damaging. beauty pageants force girls to know their imperfections after each competition.
- Opines that morphing a child's outer appearance makes them feel comfortable and pretty in their own skin. this is teaching her that she needs to look and dress in certain ways to appear beautiful.
- Explains that today's society has adopted a mentality that in order to appear beautiful one must be "sexy". parents are subjecting their extremely young daughters to this form of judgment when they are participating in beauty pageants.
- Explains that the emphasis on physical perfection can put some young girls at risk for body dissatisfaction, and potential eating disorders.
- Explains that parents who are guilty of overworking and poor nutrition of their child insist their motivation is soloy for the prizes. the potential for fame and fortune, cartwright says, may lead to "achievement by proxy distortion."
- Opines that parents are losing focus on being an important role model in a child's life when they become focused on winning.
- Explains that many parents assume that everyone around them interested in promoting their child's beauty pageant career is someone they can trust. many girls are left unattended with coaches, agents, and make-up artists.
1048 wordsRead More - Argumentative Essay On Beauty Pageantsanalytical essayIn 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 ...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that children's beauty pageants are spreading across the nation, and young girls are suffering from distorted body images. many americans have proposed that the united states should lay down guidelines for these contests.
- Analyzes how the television show toddlers and tiaras has exposed the american public to the backstage life of these pageants. triggs quotes kailia deliz, a five-year-old veteran beauty pageant contestant.
- Explains that when a child is entered into pageants, these three important factors of their life are greatly damaged. many critics are outraged at the many things that these parents are doing to their children.
- Explains that in every pageant, participants are judged on a performance of what could be described best as an "act" and are put in little, overly-sexual costumes to appeal to the judges.
- Evaluates the association between childhood beauty pageants and adult disordered eating, body dissatisfaction, depression, and self-esteem.
- Analyzes how the child pageant circuit affects many other people, including parents, who are desensitized by the competitions.
- Explains that jonbenet ramsey, a six-year-old pageant veteran, was murdered in her colorado home on december 25, 1996. the case remains open and unsolved.
- Analyzes how people who have won large titles like miss usa and such have been known to commit crime or to be found in scandals.
- Concludes that there are solutions to this problem. the government should put regulations on these pageants, according to each age group. this competition used to be about the inner person of a contestant.
1925 wordsRead More - Sparkles at Young Age Impacts Adult Lifeanalytical essayIf no one stops exposing young girls in beauty pageants, what are our next generations going to look like? Young girls running around portraying fake looks, turning into someone completely different from who they truly are. Although beauty pageants may reinforce the fairy tale that physical beauty guarantees fame, fortune, and happiness, this activity may tarnish the child with physical, emotional, and societal lifetime difficulties. The exposition of children to the glitz pageant circuit is becoming evident in their growth and development as young women.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the negative effects of children's involvement in beauty pageants on their growth and development as young women, including body shame, perfectionism, depression, and eating disorders.
- Explains that beauty pageants are contributing factors to children's physical health problems, such as irritation of teeth, eye injuries and blindness.
- Explains that beauty pageants can take a toll on girls' personality because of the strict schedule the popular activity requires.
- Analyzes how beauty pageants create a world full of selfishness and hatred, based on the barbie and disney princess standards for feminine beauty and charm.
- Opines that the exposition of children to glitz pageant circuit is becoming evident in their growth and development as young women.
1270 wordsRead More - Although the pageant system can be a place to sprout new relationships, for many it does nothing but tear them down. Every parent wants their child to avoid the mistakes they, as parents, had made earlier in life in order to be the best they can be. Many pageant parents take this to the next level and use the child to live life again and pursue every opportunity they could have possibly missed as they were growing up. How is a child supposed to live their own life if they're forced to be a pawn in their parents game? Not only do pageants affect the parent-child relationship, it also affects the way children choose friends for the rest of their life. Heidi Gerkin, a former pageant star with titles such as America's Junior Miss, says that she has been more comfortable with having more male friends because of her previous experiences with deceiving friendships in the pageant systems. She says "Even now, whenever I meet somebody, I question whether they really like me" (Goode, Laura). The relationship the pageant systems affects the mostis the relationship with oneself. It is very rare for a girl to claim she has never felt self-conscious, especia...
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the child pageant circuit was never fully recognized on a national scale until the death of 6-year-old beauty queen jonbenet ramsey.
- Analyzes how the pageant system can be a place to sprout new relationships, but for many it does nothing but tear them down. pageant parents take this to the next level and use the child to live life again.
- Analyzes how pageants can be a great place for mother-daughter bonding, but many moms become bullies to their children.
- Analyzes how sammi jo's mother duct taped her dress to her skin to compete in the beauty pageant. alexis' mother closed the doors on the cameras following her around, concealing her daughters tantrums from the viewers.
- Opines that it's common for children to be deprived of their daily naps for their parents fear of smeared makeup or messed up hair as well.
939 wordsRead More - Beauty Pagaentsanalytical essayBeauty pageants are linked with an immense variety of negative effects. These children are trying to be someone that they are not. The effects on these children can escalate quickly and affect them their entire life. When a parent first enters their child in a pageant, they do not think about the negative consequences they could have on their child. No parent wants to experience the tragedy that the Ramsey family did. Although some children do gain things from these pageants, the majority of them are harmed. The effects from these pageants range from eating disorders and body image problems to social and psychological problems. If there are not regulations put on these pageants in the near future, our young children are going suffer from growing up to fast. When will people learn that looks are not everything and we should let the kids be kids?
In this essay, the author
- Explains how pageants help children improve their communication skills. the interview category taught allison tietjen how to think on her feet and make it sound like she is an expert.
- Explains that pageants require a lot of time and effort. the girls they meet during these pageant can become life-long friends.
- Explains that pageant participation and establishing bonds with other people can create opportunities for girls in the future.
- Explains that pageants can be beneficial in multiple ways, but there are many negative effects.
- Explains that children rank body image among the highest of their concerns, while education, which should be a child’s biggest priority, is put on the back burner.
- Explains that some participants come away from pageants unharmed, but others are not so lucky.
- Opines that children in pageants have high expectations for their children that can cause their child to become stressed. when they were children, they believed it was okay to deal with stress by throwing temper tantrums.
- Explains that child beauty pageants can cause financial strain and stress on other members of the family.
- Analyzes how karen kataline, a former beauty pageant contestant, never realized how many negative effects these pageants had on her.
- Opines that pageants should put regulations on entering a pageant to eliminate some of the major effects they have on the participants.
- Explains that the controversies over child beauty pageants have erupted in the past few years because of tlc’s reality show, toddlers and tiaras.
- Argues that pageants should regulate the outfits worn by young girls to prevent sexualizing them. they should judge contestants on their talent and interview skills.
2605 wordsRead More - Persuasive Essay On Toddlers And Tiarasanalytical essayThe main reason being participating in beauty pageants builds children's confidence and public speaking skills. Building confidence is not always the case often times children are discouraged and it ruins there body image in the long run. Contestants can earn money for college, it's not always the case though because what happens when children aren't winning, they then are earning money they are just losing self confidence. Also, many pageant parents say that participating in pageants is the same as playing a sport, which playing a sport requires time and money and puts intense pressure on them. Young athletes learn discipline, feel great pride in their accomplishments, and form lasting friendships which also happens in the pageant
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the controversy over beauty pageants for little girls and boys from ages 6 months to 16 years old has been increasing over the years.
- Argues that child beauty pageants should not exist because it shows girls unrealistic beauty standards. pageant participants struggle with society's level of "perfection", dieting, eating disorders, and body image on through their adulthood.
- Explains that beauty pageants teach young children to imitate adults by teaching them to get the perfect strut across the stage in short skirts and revealing dresses.
- Explains that in the pageant world, one has to have long eyelashes, perfect nails, pearly whites, "eyebrow goals", tan, and partial dentures to be considered "perfect."
- Opines that beauty pageants for youngsters are a good thing because they build children's confidence and public speaking skills.
685 wordsRead More - The Brink of Beautyanalytical essayWhen most pageant parents are asked about their reasons for having their child partake in beauty pageants, their responses are predictable. Their kid wants to; they genuinely enjoy being in pageants, which is understandable. What kid doesn’t love attention? Another response is that their child can showcase their talents, such as singing, dancing, and looking pretty. The winners of these pageants also often receive cash prizes, although they typically don’t add up to the amount of money the parents spend on the preparation for the pageant itself. These are valid responses, however, skeptics believe there are other reasons as well. “It is believed that, many parents live vicariously through their children so as to accomplish the things they couldn’t achieve in their own lives. […] Watching your child being admired and adulated is a definite ego boost for many parents” (Maliakal). It is common for parents to want their kids to have better lives and more opportunities than they did. Parents are progressively beginning to train their children in a sport at a young age so as to be better than their parents were, go farther than their parents did, or be the best on the team. This isn’t an unnatural desire, most parents want the best for their kids, but when it comes to beauty pageants, there is often an adverse effect.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that parents want their children to have better lives and more opportunities than they did, but beauty pageants have an adverse effect.
- Argues that children deserve to live their own lives, not their parents' lives.
- Opines that society isn't solely responsible for young women's views of body image. parents have an extreme influence on girls' ideas of how they should look and act.
- Analyzes dr. drew pinsky's interview with cnn.com.
- Analyzes how the hamilton spectator (on) n.d.: newspaper source plus.
- Argues that young girls see shows such as toddlers & tiaras differently from older women. they don't know what "sexy" is.
- Recommends outlawing or sternly regulating child beauty pageants, since they are a reflection of american culture.
1404 wordsRead More - Mental and Phyhsical Issues Caused by Beauty Pageantsanalytical essayBeauty 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...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that preparing for a beauty pageant is demanding and stressful, while little girls spend hours training and getting ready for their appearance on stage.
- Explains that beauty pageants have caused an increase in mental and physical issues in young girls who participate.
- Explains that many parents deny their young children naps or breaks during grueling pageant schedules for fear that sleeping might mess up their hair or makeup.
- Argues that girls who watch beauty pageants are affected by the negative long-term effects of the competition due to its extreme behavior.
- Argues that the nature of beauty pageants encourages the objectification of women by men.
- Analyzes africa news service's "beauty pageants - are they crossing the red line on morality?"
- Cites statistic brain's "beauty pageant statistics" from the columbus dispatch.
- Explains benaroch, roy, m.d., "child sleep: recommended hours for every age." webmd.
- Explains cartwright, martina m., "could child beauty pageants be banned in the usa?"
- Analyzes how france considers ban on child beauty pageants.
- Explains goldstein, richard, "what are the risks?" beauty pageants and its effect on children.
- Analyzes how child beauty pageants affect a child's development.
- Explains that jouanno, chantal, "ending the hypersexualization of girls." christian science monitor.
- Explains villines, zawn, "the effects of beauty pageants and cutest baby contests on children." good therapy, 15 nov. 2012.
- Opines that we must protect our kids from the catwalk of shame. sun-herald, sydney, australia.
- Recommends that schools teach students how to critically judge popular media and provide counterexamples to sexualization.
1423 wordsRead More - The Beasts of Beauty Pageantsanalytical essayIssues regarding the purpose of beauty pageants alarm women since majority of the beauty pageants are for them. Let us look at the good side of beauty pageants. First, allows the use...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that beauty refers to the characteristic or characteristics of an object that entail human pleasure to one or more senses. however, there are various concepts of beauty across the globe.
- Explains that beauty pageants originated from ancient european custom of choosing symbolic kings and queens for mayday festivities.
- Explains that protests against beauty pageants were done before p.t. barnum staged the first modern pageant in 1854.
- Analyzes the positives of beauty pageants, stating that it allows creativity, promotes self-esteem, and narrows beauty standards.
- Analyzes the dark side of beauty pageants: it allows the body of women to be treated as an object of attention, it puts tremendous pressure on women, and it creates another standard.
- Argues that beauty pageants are exploiting women and only creates standardized beauty.
- Explains that women are treated with respect in some conservative countries, and swimsuit and gown competitions in beauty pageant which emphasizes women’s body curves are showing disrespect to them.
- Opines that women in beauty pageants are like pet cats parading into the stage wearing gowns and high-heeled shoes. other males will turn them into sexual objects and make their life at risk.
- Explains that beauty pageants unlock different doors towards the betterment of the contestants.
- Analyzes the first bright side of beauty pageants: they unlock different doors to fame, but we should always remember fame doesn't last for a lifetime.
- Explains that beauty pageants put tremendous pressure on women just to make their selves "beautiful".
- Argues that beauty pageants promote self-esteem. only few are capable enough to face the crowd with great confidence.
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