Beauty are more a curse than a blessing
Some people may believe that beauty contests are more a curse than a blessing, and I can’t agree more. Beauty contests may seem like an opportunity for people to shine through, but what damage and harm can it bring? We are going to discuss it here.
To begin with, as contestants will try to look as beautiful and gorgeous as they can, they may use some rather ‘unhealthy’ methods to reach the public conception of what ‘beauty’ is —- skinny, graceful, slender, BMI lower than the 18, etc… To say it plainly, some of these methods are rather destructive and unsettling, as young people may suffer from eating disorder through low input of food in order to become skinny. This will affect the physical and mental health of them severely for the sake of beauty.
Besides, only people who have confidence will join beauty contests, but there can be only one winner. What will happen when a bunch of proud contestants join a beauty contest and nearly all of them have been rejected, with only one walking out with the prize? This wouldn’t just hurt the pride of others, making them mad or green with jealousy, but also create a negative impact on their mindset, as they believe they are either not capable and pretty enough or the judge has judged unfairly. The first option will lead to a loss of confidence of the contestants, while the second option will lead to hatred and bitterness due to this whole event. What good do these two bring? I don’t know.
Last but not least, the cost of a beauty contest is not cheap. In fact, it is very very costly. The costs range from $1825 to $4750 U.S.D. (entry fee, costumes, dresses, coaching lessons are all included) People pay a large sum of money to join this contest, and at the end they are rejected, and they will probably feel cheated as well. Beauty contests are clearly more a curse than a blessing.
However, some may say that beauty contests are opportunities for contestants and for different people to earn fame. Yes, this is true, but at what costs? How many rejections are there for the rest of the participants? How many of them will be hurt and how many will have a sense of failure because of it? The rise of a star doesn’t outweigh the failure of many others. It is not worth it.
Therefore, I think that beauty contests are more a curse than a blessing.