Beauty Pageants
Her apprehension is building. She is about to go on stage. She looks stunning from head to toe. Her hair has been flat ironed, and curled, and sprayed with lots of hairspray to stay still while strutting across the stage. Her makeup looks outstanding. Eyebrows waxed, glittery eye shadow applied, and fake eyelashes have been put on. Her cheeks are nice and pink while her foundation was spread evenly across the face. Her costume is big and fluffy, with a color that accents with the eye pigment. There are thousands of small and large sequins scattered flawlessly across the multi hundred dollar dress. The announcer calls her name and the five year old girl walks up the stairs and onto the stage to perform her two minute routine. Many young children like this five year old girl, wish their whole lives to win the ultimate grand supreme title and the ridiculously large tiara that accompanies the sash. Since the 1960’s, beauty pageants have evolved from the thirteen to seventeen age range, to an astounding three to seventeen range. Every year more than 25,000 beauty pageants are held across the United States. Although glitz beauty pageants can be fun for a rare few children, the kids should not be a part of pageants because they exaggerate on the children’s looks and what is expected of them, and they make children become enemies because of the competition. Glitz beauty pageants create an unhealthy attitude within the children, use artificial means to boost their self-esteem, and most children are forced to do them by their parents.
After winning one of the many titles at a beauty pageant, ranging from most photogenic to ultimate grand supreme, children expect to win a title every time. Not only does she feel she deserves to win a title every time she is at pageant, she feels that since she won a sash and crown and money and a crowd cheering for her win, that she has now been judged as the only beautiful child out of the girls who were of...