Beauty Pageants Should Be Banned

        Beauty pageants are destroying little girls' childhoods. Beauty pageants are bad for children. Pageants cause emotional problems. Why should mothers put their daughters in something that will damage their self-esteem? “It is ridiculous. It is disturbing seeing such young children wearing: makeup, fake tans, hair extensions, fake eyelashes, fake teeth, etc. when they are so young and beautiful just the way they are.” Beauty pageants should be banned because they cause emotional trauma and low self-esteem amongst young girls.

        To begin with, children are too young for beauty pageants. Young contestants don’t get to do what normal girls usually do. Little children, most likely, love to play at a park, visit a zoo, or even participate in arts and craft. Young girls wouldn’t rather overdress and put too much makeup. It isn’t fair for mothers to ruin their daughter’s childhood. It's been known beauty pageants are considered a form of child abuse. Even though children should not stress, they stress about trying to win. Some may be even afraid of their mothers because they want their daughters to win. Young girls are too little for stress.

Furthermore, young children in beauty pageants should present themselves better. Appearance shouldn’t matter; their character should. Pageant girls learn to focus on appearance and overdress. Their behavior becomes bad. Some girls would throw tantrums over little things when they don’t go their way. Girls should learn to behave and treat others nicely. I think they would grow up to be great people who focus on important things in life. I also think pageant girls would grow up becoming bad and mean because most hate to lose and hate the contestants who won. When they hate the contestant, they act mean to them. They might focus on looks instead of education. Makeup, fake tans, false teeth, false lashes, and inappropriate clothing  could have a negative impact on these girls' self-image.  Beauty on the inside is much more important than on the outside. Additionally, young girls in the contest develop emotional problems. They may have an eating disorder, like starving themselves to lose weight even though they are way too young. Little children like to eat candy and other sweets. These girls may never think they are pretty enough. Young girls become depressed and look at pictures that may even be photoshopped and wish they looked like them. Also losing the pageant may become tragic to them, and they may have another reason to be depressed.

In contrast, sometimes beauty pageants can start off ok but result into something bad. Winning beauty pageants can earn winners scholarships and money. Also, winners can be role models for others. Categories may be good. Winners may feel good about themselves. But, there are flaws to each of these that support beauty pageants. Winning scholarships is wrong because it is not educational that you have to be the prettiest to earn one. It shouldn’t matter because outside beauty is not worth it, but inside beauty is. Winners can be role models for others, but what is it they're teaching? It may teach them to try to look like them and begin to obsess over appearance. Categories can include questions like helping the world, but the contestants can rehearse to try to win it. Maybe they don’t care about it; they might just want the crown on their head. Winners may feel good about themselves, but there’s going to be only one winner. What about when a contestant loses? She might feel bad about herself and become depressed.

To conclude, beauty pageants are bad for children. Emotional trauma and low self-

esteem amongst young girls are some reasons child pageants should be banned. Little girls' 

childhoods can be destroyed because of beauty pageants.