JonBenet Ramsey, a stunning, bleach-blonde, green-eyed, six-year old beauty queen was found sexually assaulted, bashed in the head, strangled, and murdered in the basement of her own home on December 26, 1997. Pictures of Ramsey detailed with red lipstick, skintight dresses, and heels paraded the media portraying the young girl as a slain beauty queen. The murder resulted in a widespread panic from pageant families and created a negative impact on pageant entries. To this day Ramsey’s killer is unknown, but point made clear, JonBenet was manipulated into living an adult life at the expense of her own life. Society is now in a continuous battle of child beauty pageants being known as the new phenomenon or a fiery debate sparked between people all over the world. Some envision money signs and career photo shoots for their young ones, but child beauty pageants do just the opposite when exploiting their bodies in a sexual manner, and destructing their self-esteem, mental well-being, and physical safety. Child pageants have always been apart of the pageant business, but with a more simple and wholesome production starting in 1960. The mini contestants appeared with dresses that reached their knees, maybe a hair bow, and did talent acts such …show more content…
Yes, money for college is important, but that is what scholarships are for. As a teacher, her goal is to make children succeed and provide techniques that help with concentration. Children should be able to do more activities that challenge their education, and perform in other competitions such as sports. These types of activities would drastically out weigh the benefits that pageant parents are seeing. When children begin to drift away from the make-up, kissy lips, and frilly outfits they are able to act like every day children, and the negative effects of child beauty pageants would become less