Why Should Child Beauty Pageants Be Banned

East St. Louis High School

Children Beauty Pageants Should Be Banned

Bernice Dorris
AP Language and Composition
Ms. Morris
March 09,2018
Outline

I. Children beauty pageants should be banned A. Cause the children to be too advanced B.Lower children self-esteem at a young age C. Could be beneficial D.Conclusion
II. Cause the children to be too advanced A. Inappropriate appearances B. Disrespectful behavior C. Loss of childhood experiences D. Attract older friends and audiences
III. Lower children self-esteem at a young age A. Can make a child try to meet “society” standards B.Cause negative thoughts C. Bullying D. Attention seeking
IV. The experience may benefit the child A. Travel B. Income C. High Self Esteem

Children beauty pageants encourage inappropriate appearances such as makeup, acrylic nails, lash and hair extensions, dying of the hair, and inappropriate clothing.Children in child beauty pageant competitions try to look attractive and are sexualized, even as toddlers(especially girls early in their life) . They wear too much revealing outfits, fake teeth for kids who are missing front teeth, and very heavy makeup. Children who take part in these competitions are brought up putting a huge deal of focus on outer appearances, which can cause substantial emotional and psychological damage (Hassan, “The Psychological Effects of Child Beauty Pageants”). Most children in beauty pageants are extremely disrespectful and disobedient. They feel entitled as if they deserve to be in the pageant and everything should go their way and behave horribly when it does not. They lose sense of humbleness without the knowledge that everything they have can be gone with just one misled decision. Some children chances of having regular childhood experiences are taken. Beauty pageants are year-round some parents homeschool them to participate and attend in each pageant. They are on the road with children that have to endure the same problems and benefits so they do not have non-pageantry friends, public education and play outside on a regular basis. Although their young they might cling to an older personality because they think they are mature so they want older friend. Beauty pageants could cause a child to long for things they are too young to