Are beauty pageants a way to objectify women
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Beauty, basically defines a person’s appearance. Most people think that women define beauty and beauty defines them. They organise beauty pageants to try and showcase the physical attributes of women. They do include displays of intelligence, talents, personality but the prime idea of the contest is to pick the prettiest one out of the lot. Beauty pageants objectify women. They use physical appearance and the way a woman carries herself as a means of judgement, glorifying the idea that women can be objectified. Looking at something, or rather someone, and deciding whether they’re the best out of the lot is wrong. Majority of beauty pageants have a biased idea and approach towards the contestants. During the screening and selection process, a large number of women are rejected on basis of appearance. This gives out the idea that it is okay to reject people on the basis of appearance, again, objectifying the subjects. Beauty pageants also sexualise women by having an exclusive bathing suit round under which women are judged on the basis of their bodies. This gives younger women and girls the toxic idea that beauty on the exterior is the only thing that matters. The idea of a beauty pageant is to pick out a confident woman that can represent her community, country and people. People are not represented by the external appearance of one person, but also her substance, intellect, ideas, creativity, values, beliefs and attitudes. Beauty pageants should be converted into pageants that include all the aspects of a woman or rather any person to be chosen. Every single human being is born with a unique aspect that’s beautiful and it’s not necessary that the aspect has to be physical appearance. The right idea would be to develop a well made competition that checks the all round abilities of the person.
Dhiti Gurnani
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Beauty pageants are gaining popularity all the world nowadays. They are a way in which people are judged on the basis on physical appearance and personality too. They are no merely a test of outward appearance but do test other skills like communication, confidence and presentation.
This is a live practical way for women to go out there and contest and be judged on the above aspects. Women entering beauty pageants must go through several rounds beforehand and satisfy various criterias such as educational qualification, ability to adapt to change, must be able to mingle with different age groups .etc. Women who participate in these pageants are great achievers and get recognised at various places. This way women get to reach a large number of audience and glorify their beauty. Beauty pageants are also like any other examination but just based on different criteria so this is not objectifying women because it women are applauded for their confidence to come on to the stage and face the real crowd. Winning a beauty pageant brings as much as pride and appreciation to a country as winning at a sporting or an intellectual event.
Sometimes beauty pageants gives stars a platform to gain knowledge and experience.
Last but not the least beauty pageants does give scholarships and other monetary benefits.
Lavanya C
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