Are Beauty Contests a Good Thing for Young Girls?



Are Beauty Contests a Good Thing for Young Girls?

Introduction

The beauty contests or beauty pageants are the contests which focus mainly on the physical beauty of the contestants. There are some contests that also include the assessment of the talent, personality and general knowledge of the beauty contestants. However, the phrase beauty contest refers merely to the beauty of the women and the winners of such competitions are known as the beauty queens. From the past few years, there has been an emergence of the beauty contests for young girls (Cartwright, 2011). The ...