Beauty Pageants

Beauty pageants make girls feel like they need to be perfect. It's a competition of who is prettier and better. I feel as though they are extremely demeaning. They are competitions that require you to pass a preliminary round to make sure you have the right qualities to continue. Why are there only pageants for girls that are considered "beautiful" by others in society? Everyone is equally beautiful and there shouldn't be requirements on how you look to be able to participate. The looking glass self plays role because if a girl goes to tryout for a beauty pageant and doesn't make the next round or gets turned down from even participating it could make them feel really bad about themselves. Others shouldn't have the right to judge if someone is good enough for something. A beauty pageant should reflect inner beauty. The only part of these pageants that I somewhat respect is the talent portion. That is something that does not reflect looks whatsoever and truly shows something that the person is good at. It allows them to show off the inner beauty and not just the outer.


-Carly