Beauty contest

There is something completely astonishing about being on stage. I found that out at my first dance recital when I was three years old. As a child, there was nothing I wanted more than to follow my older sister into everything that she did including being on stage. Throughout our lives, my sister and I have experienced every type of performing there is; pageants, singing, cheerleading, learning various instruments, which did not last too long, and of course, theatre. I will begin my story with dance;

with women for many years. Beauty pageants cause people, including the contestants, to fixate on the appearances of the women who compete, making this activity detrimental to the females who compete in them. These pageants maintain a history in our country and start from a young age, causing serious mental, emotion, and physical harm to their participants. In the United States, society pressures females to be perfect starting from a young age, an idea supported through beauty pageants and our nation’s

any way. “The message these little girls take away is that natural beauty isn't enough — that their self-esteem and sense of self-worth only comes from being the most attractive girl in the room, not from being smart or resourceful or tough or creative” (Hollandsworth 3). An

sexualization of the girls who participate in American beauty pageants. Hollandsworth parleys the effects beauty pageants could possibly have on those who participate in the pageants, such as development and emotion problems. Using the appeals of logic, emotion and ethics in a serious and informative tone he persuades his audience of parents, pageant participants and viewers of the widely known TV show the negative effects of being an American Beauty Pageant contestant. Hollandsworth gains credibility

compete in the upcoming “Little Miss Sunshine” Beauty Pageant. At the beginning of the film we can see that the family is drifting apart. The first shot is a close up on Olive’s face mainly on her chunky glasses that reflect the T.V screen replaying the crowning of Miss America. This shows us her fascination with becoming a beauty queen and so does the fact that she is mimicking the actions displayed on the T.V screen. This dream of Olives to become a beauty queen is quite unrealistic because as it shows

appearance” (The Week Staff). This is a reason why beauty pageants are bad for younger girls and boys. They sexualize them and cause cognitive and emotional problems. Instead the pageants should be fun without all the drama. Even though children can be persuaded to do pretty much anything when they are involved with something they do not want to be participating in.

Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant in California. Her family reluctantly supports her and travels across the country to ensure that her dreams come true. Set in contemporary America, the film invokes discussions about children being put under pressure to conform to cultural standards of beauty and behaviour. Feminist theorists such as Naomi Wolf and Wendy Chapkis argue that beauty culture is a patriarchal social construct created to position women as inferior to men. ‘Beauty culture’ that aims to

Retell: Have you ever heard of the song”Pretty Hurts”?if not you came to the right place. When I first heard this song, it made me understand that being pretty doesn't matter the inside of you is all that matters.I used to listen to this song when people call me “fat”,”ugly”,”nasty”, and etc.This song is about how girls are forced to be pretty. I know this because in the song there are some lines that say “brush your hair, fix your teeth…”,”what you wear is all that matter”... Those lines make

I am in favor of banning minor beauty pageant because it was proven that child beauty pageants contribute to rock-bottom self-esteem in those children who are unfortunate enough to be paraded around like horses. To the little pageants, winning is everything. So to lose a pageant, for them, means losing self-confidence on them, and to lose confidence means to think negatively and think that they are inadequate and useless. I am in favor of banning minor beauty pageant because the price to accessories

Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle,” said Christian D.Larson. This quote I learned to adore through this intriguing experience which happened when I was only eight years old. I was so ecstatic for the Richmond beauty pageant now only days away. Even when the inner part of my soul mourned thinking of getting up in front of a big crowd to perform my talent, I knew it would be fun. I remember arriving home from school on a Monday afternoon to my empty house, which