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    2017 Horrors of Beauty Pageants Each year, around three million children, ages 6 to 16, will compete in a beauty pageant. When a child enters to compete in a beauty pageant, it not only damages the child now, but as well as later in life. Also, the standards that these children are held to while competing in a beauty pageant is affecting their development. Many people say that self-confidence is something many people lack these days. When a parent enters their child in a beauty pageant, self-confidence

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    Running Head: Beauty Pageants Changing the Face of Pageants Bonnie Arnold CM220 Kaplan University Oct. 18, 2016 Beauty Pageants Changing the Face of pageants “Recently France deemed child beauty pageants as illegal and punishable by up to two years in prison. The most popular plastic surgery among these beauty pageant children is the surgical placement of breast implants. Six percent of these girls suffer long term depression with nine of ten of these girls having suicidal

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    bodies. But there is one event that is even worse at showing off skin, they are called... Beauty Pageants! Have you ever watched the little girls up there on the stage from your living room or even attended a show. Well I do sometimes and it makes me very uncomfortable. Many people question whether or not beauty pageants should have an age limit. What do you think? I believe that children's beauty pageants should have an age limit. Moms are putting their young daughters on stage in skimpy outfits

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    compete in pageants. Money prizes, trophies, and praise overcome the better judgement of many parents who continuously spend thousands of dollars on glitz and glam for their children. Childhood beauty pageants are continuously on the rise due to reality shows that follow pageant children and their families. Many parents seem to find nothing wrong with having their children compete in them, but beauty pageants are not great activities for young kids to partake in. Childhood beauty pageants should be

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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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    Beauty Pageants General Purpose: To argue Specific Purpose: To argue that beauty pageants are exploitive Thesis Statement: Beauty pageants have a bad effect on society because: 1) it spotlights only one kind of beauty, 2) it lower’s women’s self-worth and self-esteem; and 3) it affects a child’s development Introduction I. [Attention Step] When meeting someone for the first time it’s usually not the person in the inside that you notice first, but rather their physical features. II. [Topic Justification]

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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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    people have seen or heard of the reality television show Toddlers and Tiaras. The show is often what people first think of when people think of pageants,in fact, when it comes to the topic of beauty pageants, most of us will readily agree that they are looked down upon. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of whether beauty pageants should be banned. Whereas some are convinced that they should be banned, others, including myself, maintain that they should be allowed, considering

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    Beauty pageants are competitions that are mostly based on a contestants’ physical appearance, but some may also associate intelligence, charisma, and talent. During these competitions, the contestants present themselves in their best outfits, hair, and makeup, and perform in all of the required categories in front of an audience including judges. The contestant, with the most beauty, and that has appealed to the judges the most will receive a prize, such as a title, crown, or a payment of some sort

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    Adolescent Beauty Pageants: Judging the Beauty of a Child A growing trend in America, mainly in the southern states, is beauty pageants for young girls. Families flock from all over the country to watch these competitions, and some are even televised due to their popularity. Not only are these contests inappropriate for young girls, what are the competitions teaching them about beauty? At this age girls are easily susceptible to believing that beauty is the most important thing. Young girls dressing

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