Child Beauty Pageants

The capstone projects that caught my eye and viewed were on Beauty pageants. Many groups analyzed Child beauty pageants, which was the main reason it caught my eye. In previous years I have seen television shows like ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’ and ‘Little Miss Perfect’. These shows are all about child beauty pageants, and the reality behind them. Watching these shows, I have seen many interesting things. For example, parents who spend thousands to parents who take out loans or work two jobs just to pay for these pageants. Many parents will go to the extremes, over Child beauty pageants. This is why I choose to further look into these capstone projects.

While reading these capstone projects many pointed out these things I have already known, plus much more. These project groups really analyzed not only what goes into these pageants but much more behind them as well. A huge concern I have, “Our parents really doing this for their children or for themselves?” As these projects all said, the parents do it in belief that their child will be able to speak publicly, have confidence in themselves, and just to have fun. As the outcome for the child are said to want to be successful when she grows up, win prizes, likes the competition, and to do it just for fun. I believe this can be true that some parents are doing it just for the fun of it or because there child is interested in it. While other parents do it to live a dream they never got a chance to. As you see on some of these shows and even in these capstone projects you can tell that some parents take it way overboard. And some parents even go to the extent to bribe their child into doing well.

Child Beauty Pageants are highly controversial for young girls in our culture today. These pageants relate to the society and the image to be perfect. As the capstone projects said, it shows these girls that they have to be perfect, and that their natural beauty isn’t good enough. I think these child beauty pageants push young girls to start bad habits early, like not eating well. They seem to push girls into thinking that beauty is everything and so is winning, and if these goals aren’t accomplished they won’t be accepted in society, which is totally false.

Before reading these capstone projects on child beauty pageants, and after really thinking about them I use to think it was for the fun of it. And that some of the little girls looked cute getting all dressed up and wearing fancy dresses. But after taking a deeper look, I took a step back and really looked at the overall picture and what was really happening, it wasn’t so cute anymore. The biggest thing that got me was the parents, and the way they acted. Why would you ever push your child to such limits to win some prize, is it really worth it? And to even spend thousands of dollars on these pageants or even work two to three jobs. Personally to me it’s not worth it and it only seems to hurt the girls in the long run. It is giving them false images of what they need to be in order to be accepted in our society. They do not excessive beauty enhancers, to be perfect, and these parents should see this. They should see that their daughter is perfect naturally, just the way she is.

By the way, Great job to all of you who did your project on Child beauty pageants! They turned out great!!