Essays on Child Beauty Pageants

Beauty Pageants Television is full of reality shows that feature little girls whose faces are covered in makeup while they parade around in expensive gowns. They are all competing for a trophy and the title of most beautiful. What happens when one girl wins that…

Revolting, exploitative and dangerous. Just what kind of parents would waste so much money for their kids to be as “artificial” as possible? Little girls are being dressed up like a grown woman to dance provocatively and being taught they have to be the prettiest…

Child Beauty Pageants A Child Beauty Pageant is a contest where young girls compete for the crown of beauty. It began in the 1960’s. In the contest, young girls have to model, dance and present what their talents are. Then, they are judged individually in…

Concerning Risks of Childhood Beauty Pageants and Current Regulations “Beauty Pageant participation has skyrocketed since the late 1990’s, and today more than 16,000 [natural] and glitz child pageants are held annually in the United States, with an estimated 290,000 contestants” (Cartwright 1105). Contestants, from one…