Topic > Persuasive Essay on Beauty Pageants for Children - 880

Little girls are children for a reason they are bound to act young and make mistakes, they should not be expected to act let alone look like adults. “Now market research studies have found that almost half of children between the ages of 6 and 9 already use lipstick or lip gloss (Hollandsworth). When you were 6 years old what were you worried about, maybe it was getting the latest action figure or the new Disney princess movie", 6-year-old girls shouldn't worry if they have lipstick on their teeth. Walmart has launched a makeup line just for girls ages 8 to 12. Abercrombie and Fitch marketed a padded push-up bikini top for 8-year-old girls. but maybe it's because no one wants to address the bigger picture that is the daily sexualization of our daughters (Hollandsworth). We now live in a world where this is perfectly acceptable. Competitions have contributed enormously to these problems and a fine line needs to be drawn for everyone to do so