Citation:
Nooruddin, Sabrina. “Not Irony: Beauty
Pageants Make Strong Women.” USA Today
Educate. USA Today, 27 March 2011. Web. 14 October 2013.
What Strikes Me Most
2. What struck me the
most about this article was that it wasn’t a typical pro-pageant article or at
least that’s how I feel. Just reading the first paragraph gave me the sense
that this was taking every bad you have ever heard about beauty pageants and acknowledging
that it is the reality that exists. It’s not made up. As indicated by the
title, the article seems like it’s pro pageant so I’m interested in what I
could be reading.
Source Notes:
3. “My entire life I was convinced that the perfect woman
looked exactly like Barbie, and I had every reason to believe so.”
“beauty queens in Miss America were just that: tall, blonde,
and skinny, and that’s where it hit me: by only crowing a certain
"Barbie-like" image we as a society are deeming that others outside
of that very small population are inferior in terms of beauty. So I made it my
mission, to become part of the solution, and start with the problem.”
“With three titles to my name I have made it my mission to
speak out about my platform and talk to young girls about what it really means
to be “beautiful.” I understand the irony in promoting “Beauty Without
Barriers” in a beauty pageant, but the pageants that I participate in and coach
other young women for are scholarship organizations that require women to be
poised, elegant, talented, and well-spoken. I have personally seen the
difference pageants can make in a young woman’s self-confidence and her ability
to present herself in interviews and in front of large audiences.”
The Source
Reconsidered:
4. I find the most
interesting part of this article was that it was in first person, so there was
an air of conviction in the author’s voice as she described what she thought
ideal beauty was. She made some good points, and I think the best source to use
when convincing someone is always first person. For sure, the article talked
about the major downs of pageantry, but it’s core message is to take things in
stride and make it the best.
This stuff is gold!
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