Childhood Beauty Pageants: Considering High Risks for Negative Physical and Cognitive Development
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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…