Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Child Beauty Pageants Sexualize Young Girls Karen Kataline 12
2 Children Compete in Beauty Pageants Because They Enjoy Them Henry Meller 16
3 Child Beauty Pageants Give Children Unrealistic Expectations Martina M. Cartwright 21
4 Beauty Pageants Build Confidence and Poise Becca Horton 26
5 Beauty Pageants Are Not Appropriate for Young Children Vernon R. Wiehe 29
6 Beauty Pageants Are Irrelevant Jose Flores 34
7 Beauty Pageant Contestants Require Training and Coaching Like Athletes John Przybys 39
8 Beauty Pageants Celebrate Homogenity Linda Wells 44
9 Some Beauty Pageants Let Women Embrace Who They Really Are Laura Daniels 46
10 Not Irony: Beauty Pageants Make Strong Women Sabrina Nooruddin 50
11 Beauty Pageants Make Women Feel Beautiful Lingbo Li 54
12 Transgender Contestants Should Be Allowed to Compete in Beauty Pageants Emma Teitel 64
13 Transgenders Should Not Be Allowed to Compete in Beauty Pageants Jesse Kline 68
14 Transgender Beauty Pageants Are a Sign of Progress Kate Linthicum 71
15 All Women, Even Transgenders, Should Give Up Beauty Pageants Suzi Parker 76
16 The Miss USA Beauty Pageant Was Rigged Sheena Monnin, as told to Ann Curry 79
Organizations to Contact 83
Bibliography 86
Index 90
