Internationally, women take part in contests to show off how well they manage to look in a bikini or to tell the whole audience how they could change the world.
These contests are called pageants.
Every year, contests and shows are aired to the public on the internet, television and other platforms we can access at our finger tips.
These competitions show women off for a title that is beyond far-fetched for all other women around the world.
Within this world of pageants you have women and children competing for titles among the best formal wear, best swimsuit, most photogenic and many more.
In 2014, the world of pageantry is still popular just like it was years ago.
These competitions give women who aren’t participating a message that how the competitors look is the way all women in the USA should look.
They also give little girls the idea of acting more mature than their real age.
Recent reports have shown that scholarships have been given out, worth millions of dollars. But are these competitions giving out these scholarships?
The answer is no.
In fact, this money is being used to improve the quality of Miss America shows.
This money also goes to help with prizes and publicity of the Miss America shows. Today, there are too many titles to be won and many women today strive to be in these competitions and look “competition ready.”
In movies and pop culture, you see women being horribly skinny and photo edited to make them look like the ideal woman to men in America today. The pageant of Miss America has strict ideals for women.
Many women in these competitions are very thin, have a ton of makeup on and wear highly expensive dresses and bathing suits throughout the whole competition.
The idea of the “perfect woman” has changed throughout the years and continues to change today. The image seems to have turned into being skinny and wearing clothes that are either too tight or too flamboyant. These pageants set standards for women and especially little girls.
Little girls who start off in pageants can start off at a very young age.
At such a young age, such as five or six, girls seem to get the idea that this is what they should always look like. Little girls enjoy being “glam” and all dolled up for pageants.
Women who compete in Miss America typically have been doing pageants since they were young. Pageants set standards for women and give the wrong message on how to be seen in public.
These competitions showcase women who apparently look “perfect” in the eyes of the judges, and even then are being judged and sorted through to find the perfect girl to win the title.
Pageantry should be a thing of the past.
Not only do they give negative messages to the world watching them, but the competitions all seem so pathetic.
What is the real worth of winning Miss America?
Miss America and other competitions should put the pageants in the past. If they can’t pull through with the scholarship money and use it for their own benefit, they are doing no good. Girls and women should have the idea of being perfect however you are and not be given examples from pageants.
The era of pageants is over and the rumors and news should be put to rest. We will see a change in society if we kill the biggest source of shaming women.
