By definition, the beauty contest is a competition in which young women are judged on how they look, and the winner becomes a beauty queen. Some people maintain that it is just an innocent quest for physical beauty. As I see it, this parade...
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Question: I belong to a public service club that has been sponsoring local youth in beauty pageants for several years. I recall that there was some concern in the professional community about beauty pageants and their effect on youths.
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life.familyeducation.com/emotional-development/girls-se...
life.familyeducation.com/emotional-development/girls-self-esteem/41305.html
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I'm writing a speech for my 8th grade English class on, "Are beauty pagents harmful" and I just happened to find this post. I agree with everything you said ...
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I’ve been watching TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras, a docu-reality TV series that follows very young girls competing in beauty pageants, mostly centered in the South. I’ve also seen the documentary Painted Babies and the 2006 feature film Little Miss Sunshine that sheds some light on pageants for the very young.
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themomblog.freedomblogging.com/2009/03/11/are-childrens...
themomblog.freedomblogging.com/2009/03/11/are-childrens-pageants-innocent-or-harmful-you-be-the-judge/14571/
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"Beauty contests fail to challenge harmful political attitudes to women."; on the contrary, these pageants require that a woman have a certain level of political knowledge; to be without it will not get you far.
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www.debate.org/debates/Beauty-contests-are-harmful./1/
www.debate.org/debates/Beauty-contests-are-harmful./1/
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Feb 10, 2009 ... Shows like 'Little Beauties' and 'Toddlers and Tiaras' reveal the dark side of beauty pageants for little girls.
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forwomenonline.com/are-kiddie-beauty-pageants-helpful-o...
forwomenonline.com/are-kiddie-beauty-pageants-helpful-or-harmful-to-little-girls/
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The Harvard Gazette ... That’s the way Hilary Levey ’02 describes a scene at one of the beauty pageants she studies. "You have to wonder if that kind of thing is right," Levey commented. "I’m interested in understanding why people behave that way;
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www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/06.08/beauty.html
www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/06.08/beauty.html
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For those of you who were disturbed by the airing of the A&E Special on Beauty Pageants, here are the well-balanced thoughts of a student at Brooklyn College, Kareen Nussbaum, who submitted this paper to her professor, Dr. Vey.
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www.minorcon.org/pageants.html
www.minorcon.org/pageants.html
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Silence, said Sir Thomas Moore, is affirmation. Silence is not disapproval, but acceptance of what confronts us. So the question is, what do we do about these beauty pageants?
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www.minorcon.org/littlegirllost.html
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