Children Beaty Pageants ( Elaborate your answer ) (114)

I must admit I have not yet watched this video - I was responding to some of the "arguments" against beauty pageants, and the opinions stated as facts by the op (when they are clearly opinions)

I never said I cared for child beauty pageants. I was just saying that some of the posts and blanket generalization statements were over the top and of all the things that are wrong in the world - this activity ranks rather low in my opinion, in things that one needs to work at changing.

Aussies are not any better historically than America at uplifting woman's status in their own countries.

I'm not...... hehehehehe

To the last video post - all the photographs seem to be of Jon Bennet - which is how old a video now? So I question if this is the current trend in child pageants.

The commentators, which sounds like a school report makes blanket statements how some winners are self centered.

and the child says I won this for best smile - gee what child of this age don't you know that has a self-centered view of the world? turn it around, imagine it is a boy who won a spelling bee saying the same thing about a trophy or ribbon. and the self-centered view will be very similar.

But for the "child beauty pageants are evil" it does come down to a fundamental question. That is the core value in America of competitiveness and beauty. Beautiful people are valued, and youth is valued so put them together and wow a beautiful youthful competition. Who is the most beautiful, the best? And is not beauty most subjective rather than objective view of things?

And I really think you all don't give young girls enough credit to learn to lose gracefully or to be a "good sport" about winning or losing. If a boy loses a game in little league, or doesn't win the spelling bee, or falls in a school play or doesn't get picked for the team because they are not good enough, a lot of parents would say, they need to learn the hard lessons of life, and teach them about competition and working hard, or practice.

It is surprising that you would not attribute little girls of not being about to grasp the same lessons of sportsmanship or overcoming barriers and losing to become the better person, the character building.

No, it seems you prefer to suggest that little girls will be so hurt if they lose, or vain if they win. I think perhaps by thinking about this in another way, there is a little gender bias going on.

thanks ya'll for allowing me to play the devil's advocate!

I hope you realize that I support your views and experience and value your opinion in it as well.