Beauty contest

like. If a woman does not meet the criteria of beauty then she is seen as less important than others. Beauty pageants encourage people to rate women based on superficial standards. All over the world, people begin to acquire faulty ideas of what women should strive to be like. Pageants in general highlight appearances as an important factor of character, while lowering the self esteem of girls and forcing them to try and put a mask over their flaws. Beauty pageants center their focus on a female’s outward

Are Beauty Pageants Harmful For Children? Growing up as a little girl, I remember fantasizing myself as a princess. I would spend hours undergoing a fairly god mother transformation. I would put on fake nails, heels, makeup, and put a sparkly dress on. I felt like the world was my kingdom. My mother would look at me and just smile and tell me that I was the most beautiful girl in the world. The encouragement my mother gave me as a young child helped me out with my self-esteem. As I grew up I realized

My Puzzle My Story ( Before I decide to dive in on my blog post sharing my experiences with animals or anything else. There is a very important post I need to put out. This post covers probably the biggest aspect of my life, Autism ). Autism to many may feel like a great curse, but for me its one of my biggest blessings. I was only 7 when I was diagnosed but I do remember that this diagnosis has done so much for me. As soon as I was diagnosed I knew I wanted to use my story to spread awareness

The portrayal of many stereotypes in a cliche set of fake, made up, pageant girls within Libba Bray’s novel, Beauty Queens, surprisingly moves away from this idea of satire when looking at the bare bones of the storyline. It’s a simple story of women, moving past the patriarchy they’ve been raised where beauty is everything, growing into who they truly are and celebrating their differences as humans, all while surviving being stranded on an island. However, the story does not originally start out

Heidi Klum, the queen of Halloween transformations nailed it once again as she slayed the spooky season with the iconic bombshell “Jessica Rabbit.” The 42-year-old star went out of her way for her annual costume party in New York City. According to Buzz Feed, the German model sought help from Mike Marino’s Prosthetic Renaissance to create her phenomenal look with makeup and prosthetics. She told InStyle that it took her 10 hours to obtain her comic strip character and underwent drastic transformation

Every time summer rolls around, kids everywhere are guaranteed to hear their mom utter the words ‘don’t forget to put on some sunscreen’. They slather on the stuff (although reluctantly) because of the damage that UV rays can cause to skin; but does anyone ever stop to think about what they are really putting on their bodies? Most sunscreens, such as Burt’s Bees Sunscreen, claim to be ‘chemical free’ so that consumers are put at ease and are more likely to buy the product; though this ‘chemical free

Unlike her older sisters Kourtney kardashian, Kim Kardashian West, Khloe Kardashian and Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner is not afraid to change her hairstyle and steer away from the Kardashian-Jenner trademark long and sleek hair. The 18-year-old reality star is not only known for her growing lips, but she's also changing her hair like nobody's business. Jenner took to Snapchat to document and share her latest hair makeover for her fans to keep track of her new hairstyle. After dethroning big sister

Betty Marie Tallchief had a dream to be a ballerina. She became a local star, but her instructor told her she needed to go over the basics again. She didn’t think she needed to, so she didn’t learn the basics again. After she moved, she was teased at school. She later became famous. This is the story of Betty Marie Tallchief. Betty Marie’s Grandmother told her stories about fire spirits and animals could talk. She never forgot the stories. Betty Marie loved ballet. So she practiced and learned

Marion Cotillard is the most successful French actress ever to set foot on Hollywood. An Oscar-winning actress and the cover of over 200 magazines worldwide, Marion is the kind of celebrity everyone loves; beautiful, talented and down to Earth. Check out these 15 fun facts about the actress, and stay tuned for part two, coming soon! Number Fifteen: Her Eyes Got Her a Role on ‘La Vie en Rose’ Director Olivier Dahan decided to cast Marion Cotillard to play the iconic French singer because, according

Thinking & Writing Writing Cycle #2 Dr. Vincent Rhetorical Analysis Toddlers in Tiaras A common argument among people is if beauty pageants are corrupt for younger girls, and Skip Hollandsworth makes some very strong arguments that they very much are. His main focus in the text is on Eden Wood, a 6-year-old girl from Taylor, Arkansas. We learn that Eden’s mother spends countless hours on shopping for expensive dresses, makeup, wigs and manicured fingernails. One large point that comes to my