Beauty pageants / Noël Merino, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010. - 102 p. ; 23 cm. - At issue. Social issues .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The cultural relevance of beauty pageants is waning / Hilary Levey -- Beauty pageants thrive in many cultures around the world / Rosie Goldsmith -- Beauty pageants give women of many cultures a voice / Hammasa Kohistani -- Beauty pageants show that women still have not achieved equality / Jill Filipovic -- There's nothing wrong with beauty pageants / Wendy McElroy -- Beauty pageants perpetuate myths about female beauty / Beth Dalbey -- Beauty pageants are full of scandal / Mark Schwed -- Beauty pageants in prison can have positive effects / Jean Trounstine -- Beauty pageant winners are not good role models / Kim Lunman -- African pageant winners can enhance their nation's image / Clayton Goodwin -- Prohibiting pageants in Muslim countries is worse than allowing them / Katha Pollit -- Miss Landmine beauty pageant helps landmine victims / Morten Traavik, as told to Robyn Stubbs -- Miss Landmine beauty pageant exploits landmine victims / Expat Advisory Services (EAS) -- Child beauty pageants reflect the culture's sexualization of children / James R. Kincaid -- Child beauty pageants should be eliminated / Billy Reed -- Teen beauty pageants can teach teens many valuable life lessons / Jennifer Trujillo.

ISBN: 9780737745368 (hardcover) 9780737745375 (pbk.) 0737745371 (pbk.) 0737745363 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2009022928

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Beauty contests.

LC Class. No.: HQ1219 / .B349 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 305.4