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    Child Beauty Pageants Should Be Banned

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    necessities, but for the sake of pageants, and every minor detail that goes along with the pursuit of perfection in them. Buying whatever is needed to look perfect for beauty, not to mention getting private lessons in talent or stage routines, these girls begin to think that money is no object and they should have the best of everything. In other words, they become high maintenance; always believing they should look their best. With as much attention as they get, these pageant girls begin to believe that

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    Are Child Beauty Pageants Too Much? Pageants with beautiful little girls that look as if they could be in their twenties can catch the eye of anyone. Dating back to the 1960’s when beauty pageants first started out, young girls have been participating in them, showing off their looks and talents to the world. Ever since the beginning, pageants have been very popular and the popularity is always growing. Most people watch the movies and tv shows about it and even attend these pageants and do not see

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    I wouldn't necessarily say those child beauty pageants will be ban, ideal off-hand. But I will say that the pageants need reinforcing or reconstructed. I know it's a mother dream to see their beautiful little girl grow up being popular, notice, and known by many people. For the child well-being and safety is it always good? Yes, beauty is a wonderful, amazing, memorable thing but for most parent's the pageants have taken a total turn, from good to bad. Leaving it hard for some children to understand

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    and has an eating disorder at five years old. Child beauty pageants have some pros and a of lot cons to them. Also, they can affect a child’s development. One should consider that child beauty pageants can lead to a lot of mental health issues for kids at a very young age. First, we will talk about how child beauty pageants started. The upbringing of child beauty pageants is very interesting. It started off with “Pageants celebrating female beauty and charm being fixture at fairs and festivals

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    Child Beauty Pageants Should Be Banned Can you imagine little girls doing catwalk with heavy makeup on the stage? Can you imagine those girls wearing miniature ballgowns in high heels? However, these can be seen frequently in child beauty pageants, the beauty contests for participants who are 16 years old or younger. Although some people may believe that beauty pageants can help boost children’s self-esteem. However, I believe that the problems with child beauty pageants outweigh benefits for the

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    Child beauty pageants are good for children and for society. Child beauty pageants give kids a chance to express themselves and ability to show their talent. Child beauty pageants are known for kid under 16 years of age to join, and have fun. “ Pageants it’s an appearance that requires girls to dress up and perform like pint-size adults, complete with fake hair, spray tans, full makeup, ornate costumes and even artificial teeth (known as flippers)” (Healy). Maybe because of this reason, children

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    Across the world children under the age of sixteen are being entered in child beauty pageants. Some may find it enjoyable, some may find it disgraceful, and abusive. Some child beauty pageants are featured on popular television stations such as TLC’s popular show, Toddlers and Tiaras, a show dedicated to showing the competitive side of girls of a variety of ages, showing off their beauty, and competing for a grand prize. The young girls show off their bodies in revealing costumes, that can be too

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    Child Beauty pageants have become a controversial topic ever since the release of shows like ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’. A beauty pageant is a contest where contestants compete based on beauty, and they are judged on their outer appearance and their ability to display clothing such as swimwear, evening attire and casual wear. Child beauty pageants should be banned in America as they exploit a young child’s body and cause emotional and mental damage. Beauty pageants should be banned in America because

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    for the beauty pageant next week. Sounds ridiculous doesn't it? But it’s true! Children as young as 18 months are prancing around a stage doing inappropriate dances and being judged on how good they look. In my view this is totally unacceptable. Every year in the United States there are about 5,000 child beauty pageants with around 250,000 participants. Of these a shocking 6% will suffer from depression later in their lives. So that's 15,000 children suffering from depression due to beauty pageants

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    One of the biggest issues related to beauty pageants is engaging children, especially young girls, taking part in these activities. America has about three million young girls between the ages of 6 months and 16 years taking part in beauty contests. Many people argue whether or not children should be participating in these pageants. The participants and their parents are obviously all for these children beauty pageants. However, there are many people against the idea. The people that believe that

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