When the children grow up, their minds are bent on looking the best, not caring what they have to do to look like celebrities, or other people. This would cause eating disorders, like Anorexia and Bulimia and could cause depression. When the kids grow up they will always be competing with the other children, which could cause them to lose friends, or not to have any. Also, some children encounter problems with school friends or siblings after participating in contests. Jealousy may cause problems, especially if the kid flaunts a title showing that they won a beauty contest.
Also, I think it teaches young children that being pretty is the only value in today's society. I don't think applying make up to small children and letting their hair get done like an adult is really healthy at all. I think it makes them grow up too fast, missing out on the fun things, like riding a bike and making sandcastles, that little kids do.
Also, the pageants put a lot of stress and pressure on the kids, so that could affect them in later life. And the mom could be in it more for herself than her kid, because if she lost a competition when she was young, she would want to prove to the judges that her daughter is capable of winning. Also, they are expensive, because you need to buy all the fancy dresses, make – up, hair extensions, fake tan and stuff like that. It is very time consuming, as you need the time to go shopping to buy the stuff and then in cases of emergencies, like if the dress gets ripped, and then you also need the time for the practices, getting ready and the actual show. Getting ready could take most of the day.
As a lot of people don’t approve, people could make fun little kid because they lost and that could lead to low self esteem and if that gets bad enough, it could lead to suicide.
Also, a child called JonBenet Ramsey, who had won loads of beauty contests got murdered in 1996 she was announced missing, Police are not sure who did it, but some people think that is was a man called John Karr, most of them think that it was JonBenet’s parents. If her parents could have done that to their daughter, how many more could do the same?
To conclude, I would like to say that I disagree with Beauty Contests for children, as some of them they tend to grow up self – centered, depressed and with easting disorders.
