Different questions about the negative effects of Beauty Pageants?

1. What do pageants aim to illustrate?





2. What is the importance of having Beauty Pageants?





3. What is the importance of the swimsuit competition?





4. Why is it important to know both the good and bad effects of beauty pageants?Different questions about the negative effects of Beauty Pageants?
I think they are completely fine for adults, for grown women who can get scholarships and other things from it. Personally I see nothing wrong with them..





I really hate those child ones though, it freaks me out and I don't think kids should have to act like adults because their parents couldn't live that dream... Gives me shivers.Different questions about the negative effects of Beauty Pageants?
1. What do pageants aim to illustrate? - That one girl is better than the others, being a combination of looks, communication, and talent (pretty much in that order).





2. What is the importance of having Beauty Pageants? - Hmm, it's a creative outlet for the parents? But they would say it's to improve their daughter's self-esteem.





3. What is the importance of the swimsuit competition? - To have the girl reduced to nothing but their shape. They can't hide behind a pretty ball-gown and nobody will be looking at how pretty her smile is.





4. Why is it important to know both the good and bad effects of beauty pageants? - It promotes competition (good), but there are so many other things that aren't so superficial like dancing, drama, or any other sort of competition like team sports, chess, music etc. Pageants are the most controversial and unhealthiest.
I don't know about illustrating much. They're a strange but durable tradition with their own subculture. It's a beauty parade; people have always admired and been fascinated by beauty. But it's also a fascinating window into the venality and exploitation that surround any attempt to market the appearance of others or to sell one's own appearance. The fascination it exerts is somewhere between a fashion parade and a peep show.





Although the best-known ones are Miss Universe etc. and the competitors are young women, there are many others out there. Mr Universe, Mrs Universe, Mr and Mrs Universe (a doubles event), most countries' individual pageants, probably Mr Transexual Universe, all the way down to the Miss Insert Name of Local Brewery at the state fair.





There isn't any importance as far as I know. Except maybe for the advertisers and sponsors as a money-making opportunity, and for the contestants who try to win scholarships and contracts to ';represent'; various products as well as cash prizes.





The swimsuit competition is the most ';meat-market'; and sleazy part of the show. Again, ';importance'; is probably too serious a word for this.





Why is it important to know about the effects? I have no idea. Maybe to make your teacher happy? Or to address questions of self-worth being connected to others' judgment of one's appearance?





If I were doing an investigative story on pageants I would probably take a look at the judges. Where do they get them? Who says ';I want to grow up to be a beauty pageant judge'; and wouldn't that seem a bit creepy?





The place where the boundary between perving and wholesome admiration gets blurred is probably the most interesting part of the whole thing.
1. They aim to illustrate excellent examples of the female form.


2. They generate advertising income and they are fun to watch and


participate in.


3. To show the figures of the women


4. There are no bad effects of beauty pageants that I'm aware of





Some feminists and religious extremists are troubled by the idea of men having 'impure' thoughts about women so they oppose beauty contests. These feminists and religious extremists must think that men are animals who should be shielded from excitement to avoid terrible consequences for women!
(1). aim is to illustrate beauty of women, gather the most beautiful women and see who has got the best proportions, facial attractiveness etc.





(2) there is no importance. its just a competition to rate people.








(3) to check the body out. the figure, legs, belly, butts, breasts. all these are things that make up the physical attractiveness of a woman. men love to watch also because of this. men are better able to rate a womans beauty if her body is showing. they get more viewers and more money








(4) there are probably little good or bad effects. whats the good and bad effects of any competition? of an competition that measures INTELLIGENCE lets say...not all ppl are intelligent...would it make non intelligent people SAD? not al ppl can play sports...will a sports competition make them sad?
This is such a great interesting question. We don't really have beauty competitions like this in England.





I think as long as people take them with a pinch of salt they are OK. I know quite a few of the feminists that won't agree with them but I think it's a nice competition and gives girls the chance to show off their beauty. I suppose the swimsuit competition is to show off who has the best body which is probably not so good (as their is the whole role model for young girls and size 0 nightmare - which is wrong).





Any girl should be allowed to enter one of these competitions be her short, thin or fat. Society deem that thin girls are more attractive but this is rubbish. There are beautiful women of ALL shapes and sizes.





I totally for it but I wouldn't ever take it seriously.





Sorry, I hope I answered your questions.
As someone already mentioned, we don't really have beauty pageants in England, to my knowledge...*waits for a burn about English looks* So anyway, I'm not really aware of what said pageants illustrate (I would've supposed beauty from the name). My only knowledge on this subject could be derived from the film ';Miss Congeniality'; and the documentary ';Tears, Tiaras and Transexuals';; I do not believe these sources will provide me with a very realistic view of most of these pageants :P
1. Shallowness, self centeredness, misguided priorities





2. None.





3. To parade females across a stage like sides of meat





4. To hopefully discourage other mothers from putting their daughters through this in the future.
Texas Lady said it all - great and hilarious answers, ty TL.