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    Most little girls typically dream of becoming mermaids, princesses, or even restaurant owners, but not me. I wanted to grow up and become a famous singer. That being said, Hannah Montana was my inspiration because she got the double life that I wanted for myself. She was just a small town girl who literally got the best of both worlds. Nothing intrigued me more than being able to sing as someone else without fearing the judgement of those who would have doubts about Haley Acord. In my 8-year-old

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    Princess Cynisca Essay

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    My benefits for this story is that I think its great. Because its how they put the old sports and how they rode on horses and all. In there time they didn't have what we have now. And to me I think that is very amazing to us because they I know they had some fun. And I know that they kind of sports was the best. And Princess Cynisca was the woman who led the way for other woman to go on to win the chariot races. So the womans have to give it up for her because maybe she was the one back then she

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    happens behind the scenes of the appalling, competitive world of child beauty pageants. The show consists of toddlers who have been entered into beauty pageants by their money hungry, driven parents. The toddlers are paraded around the show wearing makeup, fake hair, spray tans, false lashes and high heels and are dressed in costumes which are occasionally inappropriate and sexually suggestive. They are judged on their beauty, costume and

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    I Won T Give Up

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    find her girls. This song simply concludes that they will not give up during the hard times and will put love into everything that happens. Elle has grown up to be a placid and ingenuous girl who enjoys trying new things. She is tricked into a “beauty pageant” and has high hopes that she will win. Jack and Elle go inside a building with a few other people who look deft and professional. The judges were specifically looking at physical features such as the hair and face structure. Elle became excited

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    Tiaras

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    shown the biggest hiccup in beauty pageant history, when Steve Harvey mis-announced the winner of Miss Universe, the largest scale pageant in history. This mistake spread through the workings of social media like wildfire bringing much public attention to the subject matter of beauty pageants and what they stand for. Although some may argue beauty pageants give bad body images, rob children of their childhood, or are simply an “ugly spectacle”. Many will argue that beauty pageants offer children and

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    “Good morning,” Paul said. He entered the kitchen rubbing his eyes and stretching. He stopped in his tracks as he noticed the scene unfolding in front of him. “Oh no, Carol, what has he done to you this time?” He put himself between us and gave me a look of disgust. “Why are you always antagonizing him? What do you have him all worked up about? He looks terrorized, Carol, give the boy a break.” “Have you seen Elizabeth?” I asked. “I’m sure she’s in her room sleeping.” He said. “She’s not. I’ve searched

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    Negative Body Image

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    When she was younger, she would flip through her sister’s magazines. She came to the realization that being skinny was attractive and appealing. She comprehended the fact that no one had the same appearance as her. They were lighter, had blonde flowy hair, and an hourglass figure. Looking at herself, she realized that she looked nothing like them. Looking back at the magazine she wondered, Is that what is desirable? Body image is how you see yourself in your head. A positive body image can improve

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    participants true beauty. Pageants were an early form of patriotism in America. Women didn’t have equal rights or job opportunities as men; to show love for their fighting men, women competed in beauty competitions. Citizens grouped together to form the American Pageant Association to support this growing beauty pageant platform. By the 1888’s informal pageants rose; women were judged for their natural beauty, but it still wasn’t anything worldwide. It’s impossible to tell exactly when beauty pageants began

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    Glamour, glitter and glitz: the false foundation of a beauty pageant. All around our sickening world young children attired with sparkling jewels, painted faces, and their small heads weighted down by artificial manes cemented by layers of hairspray, flaunt themselves on catwalk in a way to please the audience, only to be surveyed by a panel of merciless judges and an over eager crowd of desperate, critical adults who dare call themselves parents. Time after time, all around this frightful planet

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    Child Beauty Pageants: Robbing Little Girls’ Innocence There are over 5,000 child beauty pageants held annually across the United States with girls as young as two-years-old competing in them. Little girls strut across the stage with make-up painted on their tanned faces, hair teased into big and luscious curls, fake teeth, and a raunchy dance to complement it. There’s no doubt that the very young girls do not resemble their age when they are on stage and performing; they’re transformed into “sultry

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