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CMV: Child beauty pageants should banned as they promote a toxic environment and normalize pedophilia

So as my post goes I think beauty pageants should be banned everywhere and I still don't know why they go on. I remember a while back watching that TLC show about child beauty pageants and seeing kids who literally had zero clue what was going on with pancake makeup on prancing around on a stage to appease 20+ men and women which I think is gross and terrible. Here's a list of reasons why I think pageants are terrible for anyone 17 and under.

1) Kids have zero concept of looks or beauty and are forced by parents who are projecting their desires on their kids to be good looking.

2) the amount of cut throat and terrible behaviour from parents to other parents or even parents to kids is extremely weird. (As someone who's had friends play hockey I could understand the competition part but at least in sports theirs some team building)

3) 30+ aged men and women judging children on how good they look and ask them to twirl around is just gross. I mean anywhere else if you would ask a kid to do what some of these judges say you would immediately be arrested.

4) Beauty pageant kids grow up with a toxic mindset that beauty is the only thing that should matter in life and if they don't get enough Instagram followers, Facebook likes or tweets they get upset and have this mindset their worth less.

In all I think child beauty pageants are destructive to a young child's mind a bear no actual positives even pageants 18+ still create a toxic environment but at least then men and women (not judging) know the difference of right and wrong, losing and winning, and aren't as competitive and cut-throat.
gpt
I agree with you, except for one minor point. Being competitive in a sport/activity is not in itself bad, because behavior can be molded around how the reaction to winning/losing is. Reinforcing these types of behavior can teach open-mindedness, respect and most importantly humility. Winning and losing are important life-lessons.