What's bad about it?
There are also negative impacts that come with beauty pageants. Contestants become shallow and overconfident. They become hung up on the beauty part. Beauty pageants can make contestants care more about their looks than they did before, becoming conceited.
Losing a beauty pageant can cause contestants to lose confidence and come away with a negative outlook on the whole experience. They can feel depressed and empty. Without a good network of support, someone can let a pageant affect them in an unhealthy way.
“Many experts agree that participation in activities that focus on physical appearance at an early age can influence teen and/or adult self-esteem, body image and self-worth. Issues with self-identity after a child 'retires' from the pageant scene in her teens are not uncommon. Struggles with perfection, dieting, eating disorders and body image can take their toll in adulthood”. They are most likely prone to disordered eating behaviors and associated concerns, body dissatisfaction, depression and lower self-esteem.
Many people focus on outer beauty in beauty pageants. They depict an unattainable perfect image that girls will try to achieve. It makes other girls feel unconfident and lowers their self-esteem. Girls don't realize that contestants represent a small portion of society and don't reflect the "average" women. It teaches girls to be shallow. It only serves as entertainment.
It teaches girls that all you need to succeed in life is beauty. Girls strive to look like the participants in beauty pageants, leading to plastic surgery and eating disorders. It teaches girls that worth of a person is solely based on appearance. It objectifies women. Girls are subjected to judgment based on their looks, turning themselves into life sized Barbie dolls.
Entering beauty pageants can take a toll on your finances and health. Getting from city to city is not cheap. Also, the clothing used is quite expensive. “Training hard to get your body where you want it can be tough too and eating disorder can occur when you take it too far. You have to find the balance between being focused on your goal and care of yourself at the same time. It you can avoid the pressure getting to you, you can enjoy what you are doing without it being extra stressful.”
Losing a beauty pageant can cause contestants to lose confidence and come away with a negative outlook on the whole experience. They can feel depressed and empty. Without a good network of support, someone can let a pageant affect them in an unhealthy way.
“Many experts agree that participation in activities that focus on physical appearance at an early age can influence teen and/or adult self-esteem, body image and self-worth. Issues with self-identity after a child 'retires' from the pageant scene in her teens are not uncommon. Struggles with perfection, dieting, eating disorders and body image can take their toll in adulthood”. They are most likely prone to disordered eating behaviors and associated concerns, body dissatisfaction, depression and lower self-esteem.
Many people focus on outer beauty in beauty pageants. They depict an unattainable perfect image that girls will try to achieve. It makes other girls feel unconfident and lowers their self-esteem. Girls don't realize that contestants represent a small portion of society and don't reflect the "average" women. It teaches girls to be shallow. It only serves as entertainment.
It teaches girls that all you need to succeed in life is beauty. Girls strive to look like the participants in beauty pageants, leading to plastic surgery and eating disorders. It teaches girls that worth of a person is solely based on appearance. It objectifies women. Girls are subjected to judgment based on their looks, turning themselves into life sized Barbie dolls.
Entering beauty pageants can take a toll on your finances and health. Getting from city to city is not cheap. Also, the clothing used is quite expensive. “Training hard to get your body where you want it can be tough too and eating disorder can occur when you take it too far. You have to find the balance between being focused on your goal and care of yourself at the same time. It you can avoid the pressure getting to you, you can enjoy what you are doing without it being extra stressful.”