Beauty contest

Dale Kennington’s unique artwork presents a realist view which encourages the viewers to examine her art that illustrates “everyday” occurrences in a new and distinct way. In her oil on canvas piece, Mothers’ Day, 1996, Kennington displays numerous young girls clothed in extravagant, decorative dresses in a nondescript waiting room; many accompanied by what seems to be their mothers. Each dress is depicted with vivid, saturated color for implied emphasis. The adult women, assumed mothers by the title

A Ban on Beauty Pageants Beauty can be portrayed in a variety of means, whether it is internal or of superficial appearance. Particularly, beauty pageants revolve around a physical representation, expecting masked facial features and thin bodies that delineate a synthetic facade, as opposed to naturality. With over 3000 beauty competitions a year and approximately 2.5 million participants in the United States alone, pageants are not foreign to the American culture (DeNinno). In a modern, egalitarian

service that will benefit their beauty. Why are americans so obsessed with trying to feel beautiful? It is as if they were born this way, and they have no other choice but to strive to be beautiful. Reasons why this may be so is because of how americans are brought up and raised. Obsession with beauty starts at childhood, develops into adulthood, and continues until the day they die. Opposing Viewpoint Some people argue the point that americans are not obsessed with beauty. Those people may say that

and are still going on causing the little girls to still deal with this problem. Children in Beauty Pageants are affected negatively by leading to body image issues, the overall cost and wanting to reach perfection.     Beauty pageant contestants greatly focus on how they are looked by people around them, which can lead to body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. As stated by Mishandi, a former beauty pageant contestant “she wished her mother hadn’t put her in the pageants when she was younger

their daughter to a beauty pageant, someone says “ oh what an adorable child” they believe them and enter them in a pageant. Some people do it for the fun of it, they were bored and wanted to show off their child. Others take it more seriously though, they do everything they can just for a slice of spotlight. What about the effect it has on the child, some may just see a chance to play around and make new friends, but others are so brainwashed that it's only about spotlight. Beauty pageants are bad

The article, “Looking at Women” by Scott Russell Sanders published in The Norton Reader, 13th edition, embarks on a journey to find out why men look at women. Sanders starts off with his personal encounter as adolescence were he was told not to look at women out of lustful desire, because women would not want to be stared at like that. He also wondered from his early college days, were his bunkmate had pictures of nude women and he and others would endlessly stir at these pictures. Sanders questions

Theme Essay Have you ever done something that hard work pays off? Well in the story “The Marble Champ” By Gary Soto, Lupe is having a tough time practicing for marbles at the start the of the story. I can relate to that because I had a tough time playing horseshoes when I was little. Lupe felt good about herself because she believed in herself. To add on to that, “I can be good at marbles” she told herself. In addition to being good at playing marbles,she also squeezed an eraser for 4 hours

content, I enjoyed the play. It had many comedic components. Within The Real Queen of Hearts Ain’t Even Pretty, there are elements of both art and entertainment. One element of art in the production is the overall portrayal of the beauty show, the Queen of Hearts. The beauty show is considered a work of art because it allows the contestants to depict what they consider beautiful. Throughout the whole play, the element of entertainment surrounds the play because it gives the audience

I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading “The Shadow Hero” by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew written in 2014. Though I will admit that I’m not an avid comic book reader, as a mother I have read a few to my boys. With that being said, I think the graphic novel is very well written, and though the story itself is set in the very early 1900’s its message is still very relevant today. The message being that each of us are seeking those to look up to, a hero if you will, that we can all strive to

Nevertheless, children learn by observing and imitating things they see around them, and their initial ideas about appearance and weight become shaped by their peers, family and the media. Children’s media is known to promulgate stereotypical messages about beauty, appearance, and weight; the “good” characters are beautiful, while the “bad” are typically ugly. The overweight characters have few friends, and are usually not as happy as the skinnier characters. Research specifies that 3-5 year olds already visibly