Skip Hollandsworth’s “Toddlers in Tiaras” argues the negative effects of participating in beauty pageants for young girls. Hollandsworth supported his argument through the use of the following techniques: narratives, testimonies, logical reasoning, appeals to emotion, facts, and an objective tone that attempts to give him credibility. These techniques are used to help persuade his audience of the exploitation of young girls in beauty pageants and the negative effects that pageants will have on their lives. Hollandsworth begins his article with how a typical beauty pageant runs and describes the multiple steps Eden Wood, a pageant contestant, goes through in order to get ready for a competition (490).
It was stated that most of the parents who enter these competitions have modest incomes. With that in mind, “Some of these families spend $75,000 a year on pageants; they could do a lot more in terms of expanding their daughters’ sense of possibilities with that money.” These are the words of journalist and author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Peggy Orenstein (¶ 35), who believes that pageants take away opportunities from the
While being a Pageant Princess may sound glorious, many believe that her beauty killed her. Her exposure to the public made her a target for many pedophiles who watched the pageant world. The media coverage on both newspapers and magazines about her pageant life put her center stage
Let’s say hypothetically that you just finished an entire footrace you participated in at your high school. You felt the burn, you’re all out of breath, you tried really hard and you’re exhausted. Yet, your hard work paid off because you made it in first. Well, not really. This other kid went really slow, slower than a snail’s grandmother, and he gets as much praise as you.
In the 1950s, beauty pageants, Barbie dolls, and icons like Marilyn Monroe played significant roles in shaping societal perceptions of beauty and sexuality. These cultural phenomena are all very well-known aspects of the period and set an expectation for femininity, beauty ideals, and gender roles, reflecting and perpetuating the dominant standards of the time. With minimal regard for the conservative climate of the time, they remained popular due to their ability to both conform to and challenge prevailing attitudes, appealing to all relevant audiences. The first modern beauty pageant took place in 1921. By the 1950s these showcases became part of everyday pop culture, influencing societal standards of femininity, beauty, and physical appearance.
In order to win the contest, women require the validation of their attractiveness and not even validating their beauty for themselves. The women seek the judges’ approval of their bodies and their “confidence and/or poise” while denying that they are beautiful no matter how they express and reveal themselves to the world. The winners of the pageants fit that very narrow definition of beauty, and the ones who do not win believe that they are not good enough, when really, everyone is beautiful. Only the competitors that fit that narrow definition benefited with the scholarship. The competition creates titles and pressure, and it makes the other competitors seem illegitimate or unworthy, when they are worthy of a scholarship.
Children beauty pageant is considered child abuse because it puts the children and the children’s health in
The topic of compassion is an important element that affects our lives every day. Many philosophers have conjured their outlines for and against compassionate behavior. If we examine the philosophical approaches of compassion as a whole, rather than siding with which beliefs are thought to be right/wrong, humanity will begin to tear down their bias notions and reconstruct a strong, functioning, and united society. In this essay, Jean Jacques Rousseau and the Dalai Lama help explain the understandings and workings of compassion and why they believe it is the best moral practice. After their views have been stated, Theodor Adorno is introduced to argue against the unanimity for compassion as he believes it fails to address the underlying problems
Firstly, the young toddlers are competing worldwide in front of the media and internet to be judged on their looks, poise, perfection and confidence. Many people believe that, beauty pageants for children are deemed to be exploitive because they promote a stereotypical belief to young girls, setting a mind set in their minds that could damage their self-esteem, that could
This is why I think child beauty pageants should be banned because they get sexualised and also their confidence/self-esteem will be lowered at such a young age. People are convinced that the contestants only turn up on the day and prepare on the day. However, this is not the case, because the contestants go to extreme lengths to win so they will prepare all year, this shows the pageants are being drummed into their brains 24/7. A two day rehearsal then takes place before the show to ensure that everything can go without a glitch. This is basically the theft of childhood, there is plenty of time as an adult to face this pressure without competing and failing at such a tender age.
Child Beauty Pageants are beauty contests for children under 18 years of age. It is a competition which divided into different categories such as, talent, interview, swimwear, theme wear and much more. Coming to the 21st century, child beauty pageants has become a growing trend in many countries, especially in the United States. There is numerous television show that is specifically organizing the child beauty pageants like “Toddlers and Tiaras” and “Little Miss Perfect” (Kelling, 2016). About 250,000 children participate in child beauty pageants every year, and the number is only increasing.
In this article, the author stated, “Opponents sag pageants put too much emphasis on looks. ‘Many of these kids grow up with a never-ending drive for physical perfection,’ Martina Cartwright tells JS. Her research on child pageants was recently published in a medical journal. ‘This can lead to eating disorders and poor self-esteem’” (Cartwright).
Growing up, most female contestants are affected their whole lives. How often would one see a young pageant contestant that is not only focused on how she looks and how she acts. Child beauty pageants should be banned because their teaching young children to focus on beauty and attitude more than their education, their taking away their childhood, and it can lead to abuse. Beauty Pageants teach young children that their beauty is more important than their education. Beauty pageants make young female children feel like they need to focus more on their beauty and attitudes more than their education.
Many now wonder if competing in beauty pageants adversely affect a child’s development. Beauty pageants deprive children of their confidence and childhoods because they lower girls self esteem, they force children to look and
Rahkale Banks Ms. Letters English 23 Feburary 18 Hooray for Pageants According to demographicpartitions.org, “a report released on Women’s News on January 24, 2016, 2.5 million girls participate in 100,000 beauty pageants each year in the US.” Pageants are seen as an event that breaks females self esteem along with other psychological things. Despite popular opinion, beauty pageants can be more than a popularity contest.
