Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

I know I have kinda harped on this subject, but I never heard of people being so down on pagents until I started getting on Yahoo Answers. One of my best friends growing up, was in pagents all her life and she is a perfectly normal, sweet, loving adult, so she wasn't harmed by them. I have heard some on her make reference to perverts and such, but I have never heard a case where a child was harmed as a direct result of a pagent. They haven't even proved why Jon Benet was killed, so there is no proof it was related to the pagents. I personally wouldn't put put all that makeup, hair pieces, and $1000 costumes, but regular pagents, like local town pagents don't do this, or not the ones I have seen. If a child wants to do these pagents, the parents don't deserve to be critisized for allowing it. What is the difference in these pagents and a parent who gets their kid an agent and starts hiring them out as a model for clothes companies or magazines? It is all in good fun, so please tell me.

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

where we come from in the country these little pagents were just a part of the county fair and i have never seen any harm in them.. i always enjoyed watching the parades of little kids as well as bigger kids participate in these.. it should be a parents decesion just how far you take your chilod in life as far as getting them in the lime light.. if you have a beautiful child by all means show them off..personally i am looking forward to going to this parade and seeing my great niece .. i'll probably say hi ariel and she will say there's marsha..ok that's all i have to say on the pagent subject..good luck kid.. on to bigger and better things as long as they are in taste..might think about that long lank boy of yours doing some male modeling

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

When does good fun turn into an obsession?

When does the person become less of a person and more of a commodity?

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

Its not just those reasons. I am not against pageants, but some people are because they can foster (not cause) eating disorders, stress disorders, depression, and loss of self-esteem. Depends on the person and the situation in my opinion.

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

They are OUT-DATED ! It's NOT the 60's anymore. And a model isn't the same thing. They're not in a parade...

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

It's okay for you to continue your life with blinders on and ignore facts. I'm not totally anti-pageant, but then I don't get to choose what these money-hungry grubs organize to flaunt the innocent kids.

I think you may have smelled too much Alpo and your brain has gone to the dogs.

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

It is my opinion that people are down on pageants because they tend to lend a "meat market" atmospere to the whole thing. Little girls grow up to believe that looking good is what counts the most. If this is something that you don't have a problem with in your life, then more power to you. But when girls are started off at an extremely young age, and when they have totally no choice in the matter at all, I have a problem. Contrary to the claims put forth by the parents, these contests are not for the kids, they are for the parents ego.

I believe if parents want a Barbie doll, then they can go to

Toys R Us and buy one.

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

I believe that a lot of people don't like beauty pageants because of the way they objectify women--ie women as objects. As far as exploiting children, that would probably have to be on a case by case basis, depending on the parents of the child, etc. Is there a difference between that and modelling out your child? Probably not, although modelling could be considered more like a job, while pageants are something of an anomoly--more like performance or a pasttime, not a job. I'm sure that it is all on a case by case basis; some folks model or do beauty pageants and have no problems; others are indeed exploited and/or objectified.

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

becuase its the parents obession not the childs. children shouldnt be shown off.

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

This is a case where a a few twisted people %26amp; the news media worp the public view of something. There is nothing wrong with pagents in general,like most things there only truely bad when taken to extreans.

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

I am against them because I believe all children are beautiful and shouldn't have to be judged to be seen that way. No there was never proof that a pageant caused Jon Benet's death but there is no proof that it didn't either. I just don't see why these parents feel the need to pose their children and not allow them to be children. I think that the pageant yours was in wasn't as bad as far as make up, hair, and the costumes but I still disagree with it. Kids don't feel beautiful enough today to be put through that. You are just starting to put her in the town pageants, what next? You will move to other places and become more obsessed with it. Why do you have to prove that your child is beautiful to other people? We teach our kids not to worry with what people think about them, yet put them on a stage for people to judge them. Makes no sense at all. The majority of those children are dressed in small clothes, hair done, and make up on, they are portrayed as little adults not children. So when a monster does look at them in a horrible way, it's on those parents. Don't parade your children around like objects, allow them to be children and run around in your house or yard, etc. and have fun. I really don't see where a kid can decide they like it, if that's all they have known their whole lives either. The ones that started later I can see it but not these kids that were "born" in to it. Parents have the influence in it, not the kids. If mom says to them, "it's fun, you'll love it" and they say it enough, the child will also say that. The difference in pageants and modeling is the career in it for one, the fact that the kid isn't sitting in front of judges saying, "nope you aren't beautiful" for two, and they are modeling clothes for a company, not for a parent who wants to think their child is more beautiful then the other mothers child. It isn't all in good fun either. Look at these mothers who purposely sabotage other children's costumes, buy the judges, sleep with the judges, etc. all so their child wins. Look at the mothers who go after another childs mother because that child won and not theirs, how is that fun?

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

3 words why: Jon Benet Ramsey.

Why are some people so against Beauty pagents and such?

Because they make kids look like creepy little dolls that should be in horror movies.

Let the kid be a kid.