Miss USA

Many teen girls dream of modeling in beauty pageants; on a down side, the public has chosen to say beauty pageants sexualize women. However, this is false for the Miss USA Pageant. The Miss USA Pageant doesn’t sexualize women for the reason of having interviews on girl’s personalities, judging on confidence, and how the girls present themselves. The judges mostly look at the girl’s personality. At the beginning of the pageant, each contestant gives the judges a bio about themselves; with this, judges base their questions off of the contestant’s answers. According to Taylor Jobin, “Pageants mock women's intelligence by asking impossible questions” (Taylor Jobin). However, this is not true for each question asked in this competition is based…

Nellyonthego1on1 - From Miss Rhode Island USA to Reality Star Villain… How did those two worlds collide? Claudia Jordan – The only reason I look like the villain is because I hold people accountable, and if holding people accountable makes me a villain, then call me the villain. On the Next 15, I’m trying to put together a talk show, and I’m dealing with grown folks who don’t want to do any work. I asked all of my fellow cast members what role did they want to play and of course since the…

A few years back when I first came to the United States, my older sister who has already been here for about 6 years at the time, encouraged me participate in the Miss Africa USA pageant. At first I didn’t think too much of it and didn’t think I had the confidence to participate. After talking with my sister about it, she encouraged me and promised that she would help me all the way. I signed up for the pageant and little did I know that I was taking on a big project that was going to change…

there is NOTHING good about it. Causes many health risks and can lead to fatal concerns. Self Development and all the work that has to go on is not the only thing that makes the expenses go up. Not only are pageants a waste of time they also cost a lot of money. In the year of 2012 alone, about 2.5 million women had participated in 100,000 beauty pageants (Woolf). All those contestants had to pay a lot of money to be in the pageants. There is a lot of things that are needed to be in a pageant.…

Miss Congeniality is an action comedy film that came out in the year 2000. This film starred the very well- known actress Sandra Bullock, who plays an FBI agent who has to undergo a transformation in order to become a contestant in the Miss America pageant. Bullock was later nominated for Best Actress at the 2001 Golden Globes, for her performance in Miss Congeniality. From its opening weekend till now Miss Congeniality has made close to a hundred and seven million dollars. The director of this…

the Miss Teen USA stage. All of my hard work and dedication had paid off in that moment. As I stood there hand in hand with Miss California Teen, I felt as if I had been there before. I had dreamed about this moment, but never expected it to really happen. Strangely, I had a sense of peace – I knew something big was about to occur, and that my life was about to change. As the crown was placed on my head, tears ran down my face, and I took my first walk as Miss Teen USA. It all started…

When each day begins I ponder upon what my future will hold. Each time my memories change, and twist, and morph to fit my idea of a perfect existence. However, the one memory that remains clear as day, is the day received a phone call that would change my outlook on life. It was a call from the director of the Miss USA Organization asking if I was interested in becoming Miss Issaquah Teen USA. Knowing that this was a pity call I graciously declined, but no matter what I did I could help but…

American Experience Synthesis Essay Throughout each individual's life, to some degree or another one will encounter ambition towards a dream. It is human nature to fantasize about a desire or want. Although various actions take place in order for one to attain their aspirations, having perseverance is vital for a person to take advantage of freedom to accomplish their dreams. This is seen throughout excerpts from “Miss USA” by Emma Knight, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, and Rudy directed by…

majority (75%) of the population was white (Bucher, 2015, p. 4). In contrast, by 2010, the U.S. population is 16% Hispanic, 4.7 % Asian, 12.2% Black, 64.7% White, and 3.5% others (p. 4). Our society is a mixture of different nationalities. To be an American is to live, love, and cherish this amazing country. An American is my cousin, a biracial analyst, an army soldier, born in Puerto Rico but is fighting in Iraq, or my friend, a Hispanic, married to an African-Chinese man, and their son, a…

from Romulus to Belleville and although it’s not that far it changed my life. I slightly felt the world was ending. I remember I would always say to my mom, "Why do we have to move?" because I knew I was going to miss my friends and other things about the house tremendously. She would simply and respectably reply with "honey, the house we are living in now just isn 't worth what we are paying for it." Although my life was changed from this short move I had learned to accept and appreciate the…