Why pageants are good for children

Beauty pageants are competitions that focus mainly on judging contestants on their physical attributes and clothing choices. Young girls across the globe are continuously taking part in beauty pageants as a part of their daily lives where they are judged based on their looks, confidence, talents, and poise. Childhood beauty pageants have drastically grown in popularity over the.

After seeing young kids spray tanned, in revealing attire and a full face of makeup, beauty pageants are nothing less than blatant objectifications of these young girls. As entertaining and hysterical beauty pageants can be, pageants have raised immense controversy throughout the world.

What is a beauty pageant? A beauty pageant is a. Beauty is a hyped up subject in America. The media makes beauty seem so much more important than it truly is. Girls will do just about anything to look beautiful, whether that means using the newest Urban Decay eyeshadow palette or gluing false eyelashes on to their real eyelashes. Younger girls, in their teenage years, are influenced by celebrites, youtubers and makeup commercials.

The children have to get a fake tan, fake eyelashes, wigs, and fake teeth to just complete half of their look. To put the cherry on top you have to get a makeup artist and a pageant coach for the talent portion of the pageant. There are about 4 competition categories in each pageant. I also see these year old kids saying anything to their parents and they put it off as the kid being sleepy. It is awful the way the parents make them think they can just say anything and go onabout it.

I way he'd a pagent that was to be based on Mardi Grais theme, their was a young 3 year old name Brenna I would like to spend 1week with. I would also take another week with her parents. It is an awful situation when you have to bribe a 3 year old child with dollars to go on the stage. As you are watching you see the parent of the child on stage standing in the audience mimicking the dance routines so the kids do exactly the routines.

Some of these kids are so disappointed they cry at the end of the pagents. The name of the program ois toddlers and tiaias. Children should enjoy there dreams but.. Also i think its not fair the way the mums all get called child abusers and force there children into doing things they don't want to,children change there minds a lot my daughter has a new dream every week! I admit that I was a bit shocked when I saw these pageants on tv.

I was mostly appalled at the mothers who force and practically abuse their kids. I also do not like some of the sexuality that seems to be encouraged by these moms. However after reading your hub I see that not all parents behave that way. Kids should be encouraged to follow their passions. As long as the children want to perform and understand it's for fun and not about winning at all costs, I don't see much wrong with it.

Madison is a very pretty girl and I love the white dress. Interesting piece of article which i so much enjoyed reading from especially the colorful pics which was included inside. I think most pageants are bad for kids because kids at that age kids do not know much about the world.

Because they are being introduce to the pageant world they may begin to determine their self worth by how these judges decide who to pick. I am sorry I would not enter my kids into a pagenant it cause children to grow up way too fast I think plain pageants where the girls wear a nice dress and no make-up are lots of fun for the girls and the family that gets to watch them walk out on stage, organically. I think the pageants where the girls are wearing make-up and coached on how to prance around the stage are sick and sad.

What a great way to make a young girl feel self conscious about her image! Pageantmom, sorry it took so long to respond. Glad you enjoyed the hub. I'll check yours out now. Great advice. Sometimes the moms make it too serious and about themselves that they forget the child's.

Found your hub useful because I have been writing a short story on a beauty pageant and am yet to finish. Am glad I came across this hub. My daughter Maddy is involved with many pageants.

She does many national pageants, and has won quite a bit. Something that has been bothering us, though, is that people stereotype me as living vicariously through my daughter and forcing her to beautify herself for my enjoyment.

This is of course untrue, and I feel like this Hub has given me some fair arguments to state my case with.

If you have time, I'd appreciate it if you looked at my Hub about pageant clothing. I could use some advice! Shorty, stage presence is HUGE in pageants!

And since you're already used to being on stage in front of an audience, I think you'd look comfortable up there. My parents are the encouraging and really supportive type, they love it when me and my sisters do things we like. For my older sister, thats art, my parents love to show off her latest drawings to family and friends.

For my little sister, she mostly does ringette, but also soccor, my parents spend so much on her goalie equiptment for ringette, they have her on 3 teams and she loves it. And for me, its acting, singing, and someday mabey pageants.

They are the ones that got me into preforming, and now i have tons of friends from theater, and I have hug stage pressence according to them. Interesting read. I don't know much about this. I agree that it has a lot to do with the parents. It's the pressure to win that is killing. If it's just fun, it's wonderful! Sorry, PP - I don't know of any good sites like that, but my niece always has killer outfits.

She gets a lot of ideas from punk dolls like Bratz! I totally agree with your statement about it depends on the child and parent. We enjoy doing them together and although the two minutes before you get on stage is very stressful Its al1 worth it when I get on stage.

I have made tons of friend since I started in pageants. I found this site while looking up outfits of choices and I couldn't find a single site for them for my age- know any good sites that will provide these outfits. First, the children are gorgeous! My daughter also enjoys entering pagaents, she says she enjoys just being up in front of people. I think they have taught her poise and grace under pressure.

She truly enjoys the interviews with the judges and was thrilled this year to be old enough to answer a question on stage. However, having said that, I have issues with pagaents that encourage children to look like adults rather than their age. Their age is beautiful as is, and I do not think that toddlers, young girls and boys, or even pre teens for that matter should be wearing formals, sequins, hair pieces, updos, and other things that should be saved for later in life.

Gain Self-Confidence Beauty pageants help participants overcome shyness and stage fright, and help boost their self-confidence. It aids in gaining a deeper understanding of what they are capable of doing, beyond what they think they can. Subject to Extreme Pressure Fierce competition exposes the kids to extreme pressure and, when not handled properly, can cause the children to fail miserably — thinking they are a failure when they do not win the title.

Miss Normal Childhood Because joining beauty contests at a tender age subjects the children to rigorous routines and schedules, they are prone to miss the usual stuff that kids experience growing up. Child celebrities often grow up too quickly, and miss the fun of childhood. Experience Family Rift While competition may bring families closer together, it may also tear them apart especially when the parents push their children too hard and the children no longer feel happy about the pageants or fail to show enough support and the children no longer reach their dream of winning titles.

Pay the Costs of Entering Financial rewards from winning beauty contests are not always substantial enough to cover the initial costs of buying clothes and cosmetics, undergoing training, and paying for travel expenses.