{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"20795355","dateCreated":"1267229146","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"superstarsouza","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/superstarsouza","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20795355"},"dateDigested":1532140598,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Beauty pageants ","description":"I guess i am a little biased about beauty pageants because i used to take part in them. When i was a little girl i was all about the glamor and pretty dresses. Doing a pageant gave me confidence and made me feel special because i was all dolled up and it was just fun. I met a lot of other girls that i had a lot in common with and made a lot of friends. I am not saying that i completely agree with the message that pageants send out because they do send out the message that women are only pretty if they meet certain criteria. I do think that the pageants that the children take part in are a little less intense with the rules and standards that you need to meet in order to be in the pageant and i do not think that the criteria for the Indiana pageant was just at all. I think that all of those rules are absolutely ridiculous. So even though there are many bad messages that are taken out of pageants, i just want to say from experience, there are good things that come out of them also.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20785685","dateCreated":"1267214153","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"KaylaNip","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/KaylaNip","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20785685"},"dateDigested":1532140598,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Beauty is in the Eyes of The Beholder","description":"My first thought is that this author is so contradictory. She starts off saying that beauty pageants "have nothing to do with beauty and nothing to do with talent." Yet in the latter part of her article,she is irritated that there is a certain criteria to enter the pageant and that isn't right because she questions whether women with a child and over 27 are not beautiful. I think that she is a very uncredible writer because i don't exactly know the point that she was trying to convey. So i think that pageants in general shouldn't be criticized. I mean why not get on the media's case? is it because these smaller pageants are easier to target? The idea that kids are getting dragged into this is yes, insane,however how else do you expect kids to get involved in this tradition? It is clearly through the parent's motivation and that motivation is transferred to the kids dedication. Although i have not been in a pageant i have tried for movie and commercial parts and getting booked you feel really good and a huge success. I think if everyone tried for something that they believe in and tried their best to look nice,then they would get somewhere because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and if one director doesn't like your look,there might be another who does because no one is alike and no one is necessarily ugly either. It all depends on preference.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20785659","dateCreated":"1267214128","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"bchun3","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bchun3","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20785659"},"dateDigested":1532140599,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Beauty Pageant","description":"
\nI definitely agree with the author's perception of beauty pageants. I myself don't see any entertainment in watching them. Perhaps I'm not a guy, so I'm not drooling in front of the tv screen watching those skinny, young girls walk around the stage. As for the little girls, those shows sicken me. It's hard to think that moms would actually let their daughters participate in that sort of thing. And I really believe that it's the mothers that push their daughters. The mothers are the ones that are yelling at their daugthers back stage, "Point your toes; keep smiling; you need more makeup; stop playing with your dress". I think being in a pageant should be the girl's decision especially since it takes so much effort to be in one.
\nFor regular pageants, I never thought that any of the women participating were that beautiful. And I never watched it, so I wouldn't know if they had actual talent.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20785589","dateCreated":"1267214033","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"brittzbarnes","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/brittzbarnes","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20785589"},"dateDigested":1532140599,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"pageant stuff.","description":"Do you agree with the author's perceptions of beauty pageants?
\n2. Do you think that beauty pageants really should be called scholarship or talent programs?
\n3. How do you feel about the three or four year old girls being put in these pageants?
\n4. Has anyone been in one of these pagaents before?
\n5. How do you feel about beauty pagents in general?
\n6. Did you ever think that in order to be considered pretty you would have to win a beauty pageant?
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\nI've never really been that interested in these things, probably because I consider myself as "one of the guys." I watch football.aha.But I do find what the author of this article says to be true. Every woman should be considered BEAUTIFUL in their own special way!!!!!!!! Agree with the whole, BEAUTY CANT BE DESCRIBED IN NUMBERS thing. That's bogus.
\nAfter reading this article I don\u2019t believe that these pageants should be classified as scholarship or talent programs. Anyone should be eligible to run in one of these pageants if so. Having to look a certain way in order to win scholarships is a fraud. The point the author made about what these beauty pageants are displaying\u2014that people with a certain height, weight, look and age are the only talented people\u2014I find to be true. This is a put down to every little girl, every woman that does not fulfill these requirements.
\nI have never been in one of these pageants before, and I do not believe that you need to win one in order to be pretty. Beauty pageants are a little too girly for me. I don\u2019t really feel the need to participate in one of these things. Having Dad say that he thinks I\u2019m pretty is good enough for me :]","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20774461","dateCreated":"1267202136","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mahina10","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mahina10","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20774461"},"dateDigested":1532140599,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Beauty babies?","description":" After reading this article I was interested in what it was saying. I found that I feel a lot like the others. I think that being a Miss America or an Miss Universe isn't a bad thing. I can remember when I was young and wanting to be one someday in the future. I think these women are very educated and that they are very fit. I don't think that that is a bad image to be sending to young girls.On top of that I heard that the scholarship from these pageants can carry some one through collage. But I do think that the making your baby do this is a little much. I think some girls want to play dress up and be like the people they see on tv, but that is taking it a little far. I think letting a little girl grow up and make the decision on her own to join would be better. Even though the baby might want to do it the parent is the parent and they should know what's right because they are in charge.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20760335","dateCreated":"1267177306","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"yurieeeeee","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/yurieeeeee","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20760335"},"dateDigested":1532140599,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Beauty Pageants","description":"I have never actually sat down to watch a beauty pageant because I never had interest in it. I agree with the writer in that young girls should not be entering these beauty pageants for children. I see no point in it, and I think that such pageants are exclusive. Girls who enter at the young age of four or five may grow up to be snobby girls who think they are prettier than everyone else is. Other girls who are told that they are not eligible may come to believe that they are not pretty at all. The girls will most likely carry these thoughts through adolescents and adulthood. However, I disagree with the writer in that the pageants are all about showing off their beauty. Some of the scholarship programs that host pageants for young, talented, smart girls are great. They place emphasis on traits other than beauty, which gives us the idea or thought that women are not just about looks.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20760303","dateCreated":"1267176915","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"nitanoue","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/nitanoue","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20760303"},"dateDigested":1532140599,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"beauty pageants ","description":"
\nI have always wondered what made beauty pageants so important to girls because I think that it isn\u2019t very important compared to many other things in life. I somewhat agree with the author\u2019s perception of beauty pageants because I think it does limit the definition of beauty. However, I also think that in some ways a pageant can be beneficial for girls to meet other girls and learn from each other. I think that it is fine for beauty pageants to be called scholarship or talent programs because there is a section where the contestants have to perform a talent or answer questions. However, I think that the bikini and gown sections of the pageant don\u2019t deserve to be a scholarship. I think that it is ridiculous for 4 year olds to be in pageants because they will have a warped perception of beauty when they get older. I have never been in a pageant and I don\u2019t intend on being in one because it is something that I do not have an interest in. I think that overall, pageants are just for entertainment and shouldn\u2019t be more than that. But I think they should alter the pageants so that the superficial beauty is not such a big factor. I never thought that in order to be pretty I would have to be in a beauty contest and win because there are so many beautiful women in the world who would never enter these contests because they are confident with who they are and don\u2019t have to prove it to the rest of the world.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20760277","dateCreated":"1267176831","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mahayash","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mahayash","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20760277"},"dateDigested":1532140599,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"\"inner beauty\"","description":"Why do girls have to do what their parents tell them to do? Forcing little girls into pageants literally do brainwash their brains. Pageants and such set a certain standard to be pretty, or beautiful, or hot. Just because a girl looks good in a bikini, it doesn\u2019t mean she should get scholarship for college. Little girls wearing lots and lots of make-up won\u2019t make them look pretty when their older and the make-up ruin their skin. But one thing I disagree with the author, is that the requirements for the Miss Indiana is not a requirement that is only beautiful, but just there to keep a strict criteria. It\u2019s not implying that if you\u2019re over 28 or have a child mean that you\u2019re not beautiful. They\u2019re just simply looking for people who are able at the age that they look best. And the judges don\u2019t simply just look at looks. They critique poise, intellectual, and personality. The girl who is well rounded is chosen to be the Miss and not necessarily because she is the most beautiful. The four or five year olds that do the pageants are extreme because the parents make the choice for them to do it. But for the older girls, this is just meant to experience trying to be well-rounded. The judges look at the \u201cinner beauty.\u201d","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20759707","dateCreated":"1267173749","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"kananih92","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kananih92","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20759707"},"dateDigested":1532140599,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"I don't care for beauty pageants","description":"Although beauty pageants appeal to a variety of people, personally I do not enjoy watching females strut down an aisle in a contest that is based solely on appearances. I do realize that it is called a "beauty" pageant for a reason, but still, it seems that every year they take this concept of the perfect woman to the extreme. I laughed when I realized that the section of this contest that contains any amount of thinking at all is located at the very end...and that's only for a very select and of course beautiful group of women. I have nothing against the females themselves, but I still question why they would enter such a contest that degrades the image of a women who does not conform to their standards as beautiful. Whats even more disheartening is that these pageants are even held for little children. My mother is just fascinated by this show called "Toddlers in Tiaras," while I can personally feel my brain cells rotting by watching just a minute it. Some of the girls that are shown have actually quite cute and bubbly personalities who I believe enter because they like to dress up. However, there are still some less than pleasant girls on the show who boss everyone around and whose mothers are teaching them to dance on stripper polls. I've never raised a child, but that does not seem like the proper enviornment for any person to be in. This is just one of many examples that lead me to believe that these types of pageants are degrading for women.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20759475","dateCreated":"1267171070","smartDate":"Feb 25, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"MaureenBarrientos","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MaureenBarrientos","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20759475"},"dateDigested":1532140599,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Pageants","description":"I personally agree with the author and believe that children should not be forced into pageants by their mothers. Mothers who sign their children up for these competitions are signing up to brainwash their girls. I remember watching a \u201cTyra Show\u201d episode covering another show called \u201cToddlers in Tiaras\u201d. An audience member asked a 6-year-old contestant if she would rather be pretty or smart and she responded, \u201cI would rather be smart because I don\u2019t want to be nerdy\u201d. This just goes to show that pageants are another way for the media to influence and corrupt their viewers\u2019 minds. As much as we\u2019d like to think pageants have good motives, they denounce women as objects that are nice to look at.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}