Beauty Pageants

Beauty pageants are one way boys and girls love to show off their fashion. Pageants are more common for girls but some younger boys do participate, although they cannot participate in their older years. There are two types of pageants, glits and glamour and natural. The glits and glamour is just how it sounds. For this competition you have to be willing to spend big money to win. You will need fake lashes, teeth whitening, spray tans, big hair, and very glamorous gowns. These pageants make the younger girls look much older. And the judges are seeing how much and how far you will go to show your beauty. For the natural pageants the judges are looking for the contestants’ real beauty. They do not want big makeup or hair. And they prefer simpler dresses.

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I do not agree with the glits and glamour pageants for the younger girls because it is teaching them to be “fake” and that they are not beautiful the way they are now. For younger girls I prefer the natural contests.

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In these pageants you compete in many areas: talent, casual wear, beauty, hair, dress, eyes, smile, and grand supreme. Depending how the contest organizers want it, usually you have a third runner up (4^th place), second runner up (3^rd place), first runner up (2^nd place), and queen (1^st place). The grand supreme is the contestant who scores the most out of all the contestants in the whole pageant in every age group. The grand supreme is where you win the big prizes such as cars and money. Most pageants are scholarship based. Meaning if you win, you get a scholarship instead of cash or a car. Miss America is an example of a scholarship beauty pageant. 

Even though beauty pageants judge your appearance and how you present yourself on stage, for the older girls (teens and up) there is an interview that takes place. The interview gives the judges a chance to understand the contestant better and in my opinion see if they are “fake” or a wholesome person.

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Many peoples’ favorite part of the pageant is watching the younger girls perform their talent. If you are a TLC’s Toddlers and Tiaras [5] fan like I am, then you see the joy that comes from watching them. It is the cutest thing. Along with all the cute performances, there is a background of hard work. Most of the professional pageant girls get a trainer and they train everyday for months before a big pageant. The trainer teaches them how to walk on stage, turn, expressions, how to flirt with the judges, and many other things.

These girls are spoiled in many ways, but they also sacrifice a lot to compete in pageants.

Resources

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3- Discovery Communications Inc., Initials. (2010, July 12). Toddlers and tiaras . Retrieved from http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://image.com.com/tv/images/processed/default/50/34/326993.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.tv.com/toddlers-and-tiaras/show/76890/viewer.html%3Fflag%3D1%26i%3D1%26gri%3D76890%26grti%3D101&usg=__q9wBdJIe4C7cd9w1wLR9Y7WVCMU=&h=640&w=480&sz=339&hl=en&start=134&zoom=1&tbnid=XH3K8xvHZ9jrkM:&tbnh=137&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtoddlers%2Band%2Btiaras%26start%3D120%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dstrict%26client%3Ddell-inc-rel%26sa%3DN%26channel%3Dus%26gbv%3D2%26ad%3Dw5%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1

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5- Discovery Communications, LLC, Initials. (2010). About toddlers and tiaras. Retrieved from http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/toddlers-tiaras/about-toddlers-and-tiaras.html