What are the pros and cons of beauty pageants?

I am taking a speech and debate class. Right now I am doing a debate on why beauty pageants are good. I am for why they are good. I would love if you can give me some pros and cons.What are the pros and cons of beauty pageants?
pros-


you feel important


get to dress up


wear makeup


raise your confidence


feeling beautiful


make friends and meet new people


winning prizes!


cons-


not winning


not feeling pretty enough


dealing with jealous girls who want to sabatoge


embarrassment


diasappointment and jealousy toward other girls


doing stuff like starving yourself to prepare


having a distorted concept of beauty


costs to prepare for itWhat are the pros and cons of beauty pageants?
THAT FIRST ANSWER WAS COMPLETELY UNCALLED FOR.


That's one of the reason beauty pageants are not a good idea, they subject females to a superficial idea of what beauty really is. Beauty doesn't only come in blonde, size 2, It comes in all shapes and forms and even some of the most ';beautiful'; people, by societies standards, are very ugly people on the inside. I would never put my girls in pageants, It would only serve to teach them that beauty is everything, then what would happen if they lost it? They'd be ruined, if your raised to think that's all there is and it's gone, then you'd fall apart.';Beauty'; is the least of attributes that I hope my children have, I don't want them to be disfigured, but if it happens , then I hope they know that they have value, other than their appearance.
to be honest my pros/cons are very imbalanced but here u go (keeping in mind i am not an expert on pageants so may not have a lot of validity):


pros:


-can be a fun girly thing to do


-can boost self-esteem


cons:


-sends the message that u have to be perfect in every way (looks, personality, talent, etc)


-enforces a perfectionist bar that cannot be reached


-encourages comparing girls to other girls and passing judgement


-its lots of money/energy spent on winning something that accomplishes nothing


-sends the message that looks are the most important thing
Pros: The prize in the end (if you win)





Con: You put on pounds of make up, you make corny speeches, you demonstrate you stuff (talents) you wear girly, yucky, clothes, and if you mess up, you're outta there!
Cons: They objectify people's worth based upon


a) looks


b) useless talents


c) giving politically correct responses to predictable questions (because I care a whole lot what some bimbo has to say about saving the children in Africa)





Pros:


I got nothing.
I did a Debate for my Avid Class for Beauty Pagents


Use this website:


http://www.debate.org/debates/beauty-pag鈥?/a>


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Hope it helps =-)!
they make pretty girls feel good, they make ugly girls feel bad.(:
pros: Self-esteem booster.





Cons: it is expensive it's todays days economy, If you lose it lowers self esteem.
beauty is in the eye of the beholder,,,,,, thats the answer for both pro and con
well they help ur self estime
don't worry about it u have no chance at being in one

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