Can you believe that four-year-old get up on stage practically naked? Here's why child beauty pageants are very popular. These children are going up on stage to get judged by people in beauty,talent,and dresses is part of the contest.Teaching children to judge people by the way they look is not acceptable.Expensive make-up, travel dresses,entry fees and coaches are part of it.using children for money is also not
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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 the U.S. since the 19th century”(Hilboldt), and then “Their rise in popularity probably dates back to 1954, when the miss America pageants was first broadcasted on TV”(Hilboldt). “In 1960, a miami broadcaster hosted the first locally televised pageant for children, Little Miss universes”(Hilboldt). Around “The 1980’s child pageants had become an inextricable part of life in the South…”(Hilboldt). Pageants have dated back for centuries, but did not rise in popularity until it was first broadcasted on TV. Furthermore, the number of kids that participate in beauty pageants is eminence. A majority of little girls wanted to be in pageants, because “They began dreaming of one day becoming Miss America”(Hilboldt). With so many kids in pageants “It’s estimated that 25,000 children compete in more than 5,000 pageants in the U.S. each year”(Hilboldt). It is crazy how many little girls participate in beauty pageants each year just so they can hopefully become the next Miss America. While beauty pageants are still relevant and legal in the U.S. France is trying to ban them. “France is considering a move to ban beauty pageants for girls under 16 as a way to fight the hyper-sexualization of children”(“France”). While,“Under the proposal, organizers of beauty pageants aimed at young children...could face up to two years in prison and fines of $40,000”(“France”). Also, “The measure is a part of of a wider law on gender equality and was approved by the French Senate after garnering 197 votes in favor of the ban,
When I hear the word toddler I think of little girls walking around in mommy’s shoes, and miss matched clothing (because she’s getting to the age where she likes to dress herself.) And of course a cute smile that’s missing a few teeth. The word glitz, glamour and sashes don’t come to mind. Nor does the image of a little girl who’s fake from head to toe. Wearing wigs, flippers (fake teeth), inappropriate /reveling attire and fake tans. I don’t think of little girls dancing around a stage in front of hundreds of people getting judged on their “beauty.” Well, that is exactly what children’s pageants consist of. Pageants exploit a child for their outer beauty, their talents and over all perfection or as pageant judges would call it having” the
It's 6am, and Shona is waking up her 2 year old daughter, Megan for a busy day of spray tans, false nails, gown fittings and hours of practicing her walk and dance routine 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.
This occurs through girls wearing adult clothings in diminutive sizes, the use of inessential makeup products, and the obedience to follow beauty rituals under adult instruction. Many girls under the age of ten who attend the beauty pageants are having their unblemished face covered with makeup and their hair fixed in adult fashion (Reed). Unfortunately, there are about 250,000 contestants who participate in beauty pageants and 100,000 of them are under the age of 12. Beauty pageants are completely inappropriate for young children’s mental health. As Melinda Tankard Reist writes, “Little girls preen, strut, pout and beckon to the judges, ‘ Come here baby’.
A child beauty pageant is a beauty contest for children younger than 16. The girls are judged based on individuality in looks, capability, poise, perfection and confidence, which the judges call, "the complete package". The contestants compete to win a variety of prizes and trophies: the trophies being taller than the girls themselves. In my opinion, child beauty pageants should be banned, as they are destructive to childhoods and futures.
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The majority of children pageants will be found with teased hair, makeup caked on their faces, and in outfits far more mature their ages. A prime example being JonBenet Ramsey, “Here she was dancing, singing, smiling, flirting. Shirley Temple redux. But where Shirley at least was allowed to be a little girl, JonBenet was made up, coiffed, and dressed to look far older than her age, which was six at the time.” (Reed) JonBenet Ramsey, a former child beauty queen, had her childhood stolen from her, literally and figuratively. While not all children participating in pageants will not have their life taken from them at a young age, they do have major elements of their childhood taken from them. For example, as child everyone had one close friend, that is where most children learn the important values of friendship. Rebecca Eder states on her article "Is Winning a Pageant Worth a Lost Childhood?", “Learning how to be a good friend lays the foundation for a child's ability to develop intimacy, trust and empathy. Given the intense competition among beauty pageant contestants, it is unlikely that contestants will befriend each other”. By putting children in competitive competitions, they will not learn these skill as well, or as early on in life. That could lead to various problems later on in life while trying to make friends. As well as a lack of social development, children are also being
We see it on the reality shows all the time, but what really happens behind the scenes of a children’s beauty pageant? The parents of these children do whatever it takes to keep them looking pageant ready at all times, they are constantly bickering with one another, and they give children self-esteem issues. These children are taught that they must always be the best looking and the most talented. Parents pushing their young children into beauty pageants are putting them into mentally and physically harmful situations.
Beauty pageants have been around in America for decades; however, they have not gained notoriety until the show "Toddlers and Tiaras" aired on national television. The airing of "Toddlers and Tiaras" has brought child pageants to the attention of many Americans. Not many people were aware of what took place in beauty pageants, but ever since the show debuted in 2009 there has been an intense controversy about children as young as newborns being entered into pageants. Some people say that pageants raise self-esteem and teach responsibility, whereas others say that pageants are necessary and children should take advantage of their youth. Although pageants teach etiquette and communication skills, ultimately they carry a vastly high
There are two main types of child beauty contests: glitz pageants and natural pageants. Glitz pageants include wearing hair pieces, wigs, extensions, flippers (fake teeth) and full make-up (Hubpages). Spray tans and expensive ‘attention catching’ dresses are exceedingly popular in this type of pageant. The dresses, poise, and stage presence in a Glitz pageant makes up a large percentage of the score. Most contestants are also encouraged to take glitz photos. These photos are not natural in any form, showing that ‘doctoring’ a child’s photo to make them appear as someone else, with entirely different aspects and features, is acceptable.
Child beauty pageants have created a lot of controversy over the years. Contests that determine who is the most beautiful are known to have been around since Ancient Greece. Child beauty pageants occur whether or not they do harm to children. Some people believe beauty pageants have positive effects on Children. While others believe it negatively affects children’s self image.
Young girls should not be exposed to beauty pageants. Beauty pageants became part of the American society in the 1920's. Child beauty pageants began in the 1960's. Child beauty pageants consist of modeling sportswear, evening attire, dance and talent. The children are judged based on individuality in looks, capability, poise, perfection and confidence. (“Kareen Nussbaum”) Putting your child in a situation as to being
Beauty Pageants over sexualizes little girls at a young age. As it seen in “Toddlers and Tiaras” a show by TLC show, little girls are being sexualized at a young age, by introducing them to hair extensions, make up, flippers (fake teeth), sexualized dresses. According to Paul Peterson, president and founder of A Minor Consideration, beauty pageants are “feeding the sex industry (Agadoni).” Girls are not physically ready to wear make up or hair extensions, and all of that just hides the natural beauty of a child making them more self conscious about themselves at such a young age. Little girls are going to think of themselves as not beautiful because they hide their real selves behind a ton of make up.
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