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    Beauty has no limits because it is undefined; it is something one has to feel within one’s own being. Everyone is beautiful in their own way; one does not need a beauty pageant to determine that. Children desire to be seen as “pretty”--but who makes the decision regarding to what “pretty means?! Being pretty is whatever one makes it; being pretty does not mean wearing makeup or having the best clothes. One can not quantify another’s beauty, because in all reality, beauty is something we make up.

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    participate in 100,000 different beauty competitions in the U.S. each year. That study also revealed that 6% have suffered from depression ("Beauty Pageant Statistics" 1). Additionally, a study released in September 2003 completed an anonymous study and reported that 26% had known or perceived they had an eating disorder ("Beauty Pageant Statistics" 1). Although, many contestants and supporters believe that pageants have taught them many valuable life lessons. As intense as pageants can be, they show little

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    Beauty is a hyped up subject in America. The media makes beauty seem so much more important than it truly is. Girls will do just about anything to look beautiful, whether that means using the newest Urban Decay eyeshadow palette or gluing false eyelashes on to their real eyelashes.Younger girls, in their teenage years, are influenced by celebrites, youtubers and makeup commercials. They are taught that they don’t look beautiful enough naturally but that’s alright because they can always use a variety

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    Beauty pageants have been around for years and has become more accepted in society but that does not mean that they are a good thing. The pageants can cause numerous negative effects both emotionally and physically on the young children taking part in them. Parents spend thousands of dollars a on pageants a year. From traveling to clothes, spray tans, face teeth, hair and makeup. Using children as miniature beauty queens in not normal and if society is going to continue to accept this practice, then

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    girls are treated like objects and only appreciated for their beauty rather than their intelligence. According to Child Beauty Pageants Statistics, reality shows have become a large part of the American culture, “based on statistics, about 5,000 child beauty pageants are held every year and 250,000 child contestants are participating (para 3). The reality TV show named, Toddlers and Tiaras is an example of a reality show about a beauty pageant competition for children. Toddlers and Tiaras negatively impacts

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    Throughout time, beauty pageants is the main topic that society have been disputing about. On camera the children are wearing their pretty dresses and a big smile on their face to look cute and in the end to hopefully get 1st place, on the contrary, off camera there’s a lot of stress taken to the child by their parent as well with problems with the child’s stamina, therefore the little girls would have to grow up faster than those who aren’t in beauty pageants. In “Beauty Pageants Draw Children and

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    Many children throughout the United States are in high-end glitz beauty pageants. Children can start competing at the age of 12 months and keep competing until they are 17, then they move up to an adult beauty competition. Children beauty pageants have been banned in different countries, due to the negative aspects. Many Americans do not see that beauty pageants can be harmful to children, and the pageants get worse and worse each year. They utilize many tools adults do and use on an everyday basis

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    Beauty Pageants What is a Beauty Pageant? A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, although some contests have evolved to also incorporate personality traits, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges ' questions as judged criteria. In American culture, beauty pageants have been around since the 1960s. The Beauty Pageants first started in Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey for

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    the standard of “ideal beauty” was looked upon very highly. Now, the idea of following the societal standard of beauty seems to take over the lives of young children and teens. Beauty pageants for young children have been rising in fame through some famous reality TV shows such as “Toddlers and Tiaras.” Young children as young as three enter into these contests with the pressure to win and compete with other young children. While some people say that child beauty pageants teach young girls and boys

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    I remember being home one day, surfing through the television channels. I stumbled on TLC, and saw a show named Toddlers in Tiaras. The show is about child beauty pageants and all the work children have to do, and also all the money parents put into it. It portrays how crazy some moms could be, and how spoiled some children are. Beauty pageants can boost confidence and self-esteem, but it is degrading to women all over the world. Only one part deals with intelligence, but that doesn’t prove anything

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