Living+Dolls

In America most people say that beauty is mostly what you look like and your presentation, that looking a certain way such as like the models on magazines or the girtls on Tv is what you should lool like, or look up to. But not in Islam they believe that beaty comes with in and that is what really matters.

For example in America moms put thier young girls in pageants and change thier looks completely.They make them look alot older than they really are by putting them in extreme clothing, heavy makeup, false lashes, flippers (false teeth), big hair, and everything is just over the top!What they think is beauty changes their view in life and makes them grow up alot faster.Building up the tolerance of tolerating those who believe that image is everthing and that natural beauty is not.

What society believe is positive about Beauty Pageants: -Life long friends. -Teaches them that they have to go by rules and compete fairly. -Pageants are like sports. -Builds confidence, helps them feel comfortable in front of a crowd. -Sometimes win scholarships. -Achieve goals. -You have to take care of yourself and eat nothing but fruit and healthy foods.

What I believe about Beauty Pageants: -They feel like thay have to win in order to make their mom's happy -Their moms go to far and makes them look way older than they really are -Could affect them when they get older -Can cause depression within themselves because they might think the other girls are better than them,that they are not good enough -Different from a sport, they push them to far and its really what their mothers want, not for them,not their option

In Islam they bealive that women should RESPECT themselves and give that example to little girls and let them know that looks are not everything! For example muslim women wear the hijab so men cannot judge them by their appereance but by their personality, character and morals. Being coverd up helps them be more respectful to themselves and have more confidence. Their children start to wear them about the age of 13 when they begin puberty. Muslim parents are generally careful about choosing appropriate clothing, even for their young children, They wear it, to obey God, and to be known as respectful women (quran 33:59), also to show their culture.

So in other words the beauty pageants would not be very popular in Islam. The beauty pageants teach the little girl that looks are everything and with the hijab that the muslim women wear they teach their daughters to be more respectful of themselfs and show them that beauty with in is the most important thing by an early age. This also goes for the guys in their countrie as well. They take their religion very seriously and they do get critizid for the way that they dress but they have tolerate the fact that thats they religion and the hijab is ver important in thier culture. Work Cited: Karen, Nussbaum. "Children and Beauty Pageants". beauty pageants. web. 15 January 2010. [] Elizabeth,Day. "Living Dolls; Inside the World of Child Beauty Pagreants". The Guardian and The Observer.2012. web. 10 July, 2010. [] Roz Calvert. "The Impact on Child Beauty Pageants on Children". web. 6 December, 2012. [] Aisha, Stacey. "Why Muslim Women Wear the Veil". The religion of Islma. web. 28 September, 2009. [] Susan Easton. "Hijabs and Mushayables". Human events. web 19 June, 2007. []