Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Beauty contests harmful
Beauty Contests take place all over the country. Beauty contest are a good way to boost confidence levels in children and also show off their beauty that they are blessed with. Many people dissagree with beauty contests and believe that they have created a fake image that all girls should strive for. Not every girl has to be like what they see on tv or in magazines. People have to choice to be who they are, or try to be something they are not. Pagents are good for money and the boost of confidence that comes with winning. These days community service is a big part in beauty pagents. Many pagents raise money to give to other countries that are in need and children that don't have as much. Beauty contests not only consist of standing up on stage in a swim suit or a stunning dress they focus on interviews and what feautures the person has on the inside.
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The "boost of confidence" goes only to the winner, which is one by the way. So the other hundred contestants are kicked into the dirt and try to figure out what they don't have that the other girl does. They compare themself to the 'perfect' little girl that is on the podium. Beauty contests only creates more physical problems.
ok i dont agree with this. Beauty contests and models dont really look what they preceive. the people in the magazenes are edited by computer technology to make them seem vurtually flauless. yes people have a choice to be what they look like and they do have the control. but people strive to look impossibly beautiful. Beauty contests show a fake image of beauty... yes its corny but beauty is on the inside. pagents leave little girls, teenage girls and even grown women with a feeling of they dont look right. Anarexia, belimia, plastic surgery, these things are all so common and such a problem because it is women trying to look like the women in these pagents... on bilboards...and in magazenes. these so called contests are not more then just a rubric for making women feel like they should be.
I personally thik that all teenagers these days want to look like that image, which is usually tall and skiny. Having an image of a skinny women makes teenagers think they are fat just because that skiiny women has a skinnier body than them. Some teenagers who want to be skinny then see themselves as fat and trun bulimic so they can feel good about themselves.
Their is also the lowering of self esteem for the 40 other children that lost to the one winner! Beauty should NOT be judged! our society has decided to make a lable of what is beauty and what is not, our next generation should be taught a new way to look at beauty. before writing this you shouldve looked into what happens in those contests, girls that are 6 years old get spray tans! and put make up on. it also lowers many girls self esteem creating many eating disorders. beauty pagents is a sick way to make people feel superior over others for being "more beautiful" when really the winners are probably the least educated, the least real, and the meanest.
Why dont we have Ugly contests as well? If you are good at something, why do it for free. and man there are a TON of ugly people in this world. i'ld go to an ugly contest, you never know WHAT your gonna see, but beauty contests are all the same, youve seen one, youve seen them all.
Beauty contests are harmful. They make girls go to extremes to look good and pleas the judges. They are also making little girls in to materialistic barbies instead of just letting the be kids.
Gonna have to agree with the rest of these comments...Have you seen "Little Miss Sunshine"? In my opinion, NONE of them look happy (except for Abigail Breslin + family + motorcycle dad + computer helper guy). Aren't we all (well most of us) taught that we are all beautiful inside/out? Beauty contests are then evaluating that beauty and only the winner is considered the most beautiful (if there is such a thing...) and then the rest are sad because they weren't chosen. It starts the whole non-acceptance of who we are thing at a dangerously young age...when we're little, we should not have to deal with that...we should be able to play and dismiss judgement and just not care. And as for beauty contests for older people, it kind of just bashes one's self-esteem. You're constanty fighting to be the prettiest and most "perfect" person to what? a couple judges and people who have nothing better to do but judge others? wtf. That just seems like a harsh, vicious lifestyle. You would get so caught up with it and trapped within your own mind that, ugh, you're not pretty enough, or whatever, and somehow, you'll never be satisfied, even if you're the winner. ALright, I'm done now.
First of all, beauty contests don’t boost any one’s confidence. Even the girls that win these contests are so caught up in being perfect the entire time they can’t enjoy their win, or feel good about themselves, worried of all the eyes on them constantly judging them. They wouldn’t be in the contest if they didn’t want people’s approval, or needed reassurance that they were beautiful in the eyes of other. Does that scream confidence? As far as all girls not having to be like what they see in the media, I agree with this statement, but people having a choice to be who they are is not something everyone is strong enough to do. When you think about it, most people would not accept everyone if humans were to act as they truly were simply because of the unreal image portrayed in magazines. To plainly state this, people what to be accepted in a group, no matter what, even if it has to be on the lowest levels. All beauty contests do is work on making our shallow society even more superficial than it already is. And raising money though these pageants may be a slight strong point, but there are many, many other ways to help “countries that are in need and children that don’t have as much,” without taking personal tolls on other people. Beauty contests are a sickening tradition that do nothing but set expectation of a society so high that no one can feel good about themselves or have confidence, unless they contain incredible mental strength.
Ill just start this comment by saying that the perception of real beauty is not something people should be judged on. Beauty is a oppinion and people should not demoralized by a plethora of images of skinny barby resembling women. Girls beauty pagents are extremely obnoxious and sickening because the parent of the pagent contestant molds their child in a selfish perception of beauty. The ignorance of the child is manipulated into whatever the parent wants it to be. By this I mean that children are forced to look like thin blonde hair toys, instead of the cute child they once were. Beauty is something that shouldn't be gloated about and strutted around the world.
Yes. This is a boost of self confidence for sure. I strive to be like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
Beauty pageants are such a twisted buisness, the sole focus is on being the prettiest of the bunch, the interview portion and the charity benefits are highgly outshined by the actual beauty contest. Beauty Pagenys only leave one winner, one who ends up having their self esteem boosted, while all the others are left feeling not good enough and second rate. These pageanst promote very bad values among the world's youth, it sets an impossible standard of perfection and when many lose their confidence and satisfaction of accomplishment is forever shattered. Also, on top of contributing to a lack of self-esteem these pageant models girls for people everywhere to see and judge and furhter dimish these girls' spirtis. Beauty Pageants are a horrible buisness that comes about notrhing of importance and only leaves thousands of girls feeling like they are not good enough.
Although beauty contests are ment to give the child a boost of self confidence, many of the girls inrolled in these pagents are forced to do so by their parents. Many parents are exploting their children in order to gain money. It is unfair that young girls should have to "preform" if they don't want to. Girls with a certain talent or great public speaking skills should use that talent for something more important. For example, a girl with a great singing voice can enter a singing competition where, rather than her body and her voice being judged, only her voice is being judged. Or, if a girl is a great public speaker they could run for a public office or use their talent to spread important knowledge to the world. I do not believe in beauty pagents because they give young girls a fake sense of reality and force them to do something they don't necessarily want to do.
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