The Stereotypes Of Beauty Pageants

Imagine a world where everyone felt like they had to be perfect. Imagine a world where everyone wore fancy clothes, fake eyelashes or teeth, everyone had a fake tan. If everyone in the world felt like they had to be perfect it would be like everyones living in a beauty pageant. There would be a biased definition of beauty. They would all be judged on how perfect they are. It could be harmful to them because what if they're not perfect enough. Therefor, beauty pageants should be banned so girls don't feel like they have to be perfect.

Beauty Pageants make girls feel like they have to be perfect because they are cementing a biased definition of “beautiful”. Although beauty contests develop self confidence, critics feel that contestants are only being valued for their physical appearance and they are promoting unrealistic expectations (H). For example, judges from the Sunburst Beauty Pageants say they are most likely to win if they wear “hair extensions, fake eyelashes, fake teeth, spray tans, and makeup” to make them look “perfect”(G). Syd Brown a child psychologist says “what they learn by being in pageants is they have one characteristic which is their attractiveness”(H). When Syd Brown says that, she means

Beauty pageants increase dieting, eating disorders and lowers the self esteem of contestants(E). In 2007 physiologist Cartwright came to the conclusion that women that participate in pageants are more unhappy than people that don’t participate in pageants(B). This idea is supported by researcher Carolie Alison who shows that “supporting value on looks and attractiveness leads to a negative body image, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and low self esteem(E).” Although most critics would agree, beauty pageants make girls feel like they have to be perfect. Some might argue that beauty pageants make girls feel good about themself and their