Beauty pageants for children affect them socially. Children are taught how to pose, blow a kiss, and wink for the judges. For instance, in one of the episodes of Toddlers and Tiaras a 'reality' television show that depicts contests of that sort, not only have the ability to put a spotlight on the lives of the participants and portray them in the most inappropriate ways and circumstances (Wolfe, 2012). A three-year-old girl was dressed up to look like a prostitute. By doing this, parents are not only
by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Farris, written by Michael Arndt, follows a dysfunctional and loving family as they embark on a road trip from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Redondo Beach, California. Seven year old daughter Olive Hoover is an aspiring beauty queen, fifteen year old son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence until he joins the air force academy, grandpa is a heroin addict with crude language, Uncle Frank is a genius who attempted to commit suicide, mother Sheryl is the glue which attempts to
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