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S Chambers English 051 5 August 2012 Stop Children Beauty Pageants Remember JonBenet Ramsey, the six year old child beauty pageant queen whose body was found in her family basement hours after she was reported missing on December 5, 1996? Someone strangled and hit her in the head then wrapped her body in a blanket. Their been many speculation who killed her even her own family, but to this day no one really knows what happened in the Ramsey house when she was murdered. After that incident I would think that parents would be more cautious about their children but since then children pageantry has skyrocketed. There’s currently, more than 5,000 child pageants are held annually in the United states alone and approximately 250,000 of†¦show more content†¦Some would go to any means necessary to win; I personally think that they are trying to live their life through their kids (Child Beauty Pageants). With Child beauty pageant there seems to be more cons than pros. Parents need to stop exploiting their kids for their own selfish needs. Th e program Toddlers and Tiaras should be banned, children’s beauty pageants are very wrong. It’s the parents who are pushing their kids to do it; majority of the kids can’t even speak for themselves. Work Cited Reed, Billy. Child Beauty Pageants Should Be Eliminated. Beauty Pageants. Ed. Noà «l Merino. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. At Issue. Rpt. from Time to End Child Beauty Pageants. Billy Reed Says. 2006. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 5 Aug. 2012. Child Beauty Pageants. Issues amp; Controversies. Facts On File News Services, 11 Jan. 2010. Web. 5 Aug. 2012. Sandberg, Erica. â€Å"Toddlers, Tiaras -- and Debt: the Costs of Child Beauty Pageants.† Fox Business. 22April 2011. Web. 5 Aug 2012. Nussbaum, Kareen. Children and Beauty Pageants. A Minor Consideration. 2008. Web. 5 AugShow MoreRelatedReading Vs Watching The Movie1048 Words   |  5 Pagesreading the book or watching the movie first? 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