Are beauty contests degrading womanhood?

Definitly beauty contest is the good platform for the women to show their hidden talents. In beauty contest they not only see their beauty but also their talent of communication, cofidences, and way of talking. I don't think that beauty contest are degrading the womenhood.

Beauty contests are a platform to assess the beauty of the contestants, the way they communicate, the confidence they show, the knowledge they possess. Beauty contests require contestants to have a good figure, and dress in every kind of clothes ranging from gowns to casuals to swim wears. This reason does not degrade woman. This is a way of empowering woman who has been downgraded in the society for many thousand years. What degrades woman is not giving the power and authority to do a work or give an opinion, or by not giving her the respect. Beauty pageants are just contests for woman coming from different parts of a region or world and ultimately the subtle theme of participating in a fair way in the contests remains. So, how it can be downgrading?

In this world of globalisation, everything has to be paced up with everything going around.

I personally think that beauty contests are not degrading womanhood.

As, its not just about the physical beauty.

Yes, I do agree that a lot more is about how you look, but also there are rounds of what talent you have and how do you interact with the people around you.

Basically, its all about what you are!

To be very honest, I feel that its a platform where a woman actually feels the beauty of being a woman.

A lot of hope, ambition and everything that boosts up the spirits of women are involved in it. And there is nothing bad in it for me. Because its somehow taking the women up high in this world.

And for the point of SHORT dresses, its not that girls strip out in the beauty contests ! It all depends upon how you carry what you wear.

Nothing else really matters.

I appreciate your thoughts. However, I think different for me beauty contest is something which not only degrading womanhood also our culture. Yes there are some parameter on which you judge a woman, but those criteria or parametere only applicable when a woman has outer beauty which she can show off. And Why we are talking about the other thing, we have an example of Yukta mukhi who spoke in Gujraati at the international level. Why she did that when you are saying that in the contest like this only good looking and groomed people participate. Where is she now days and how many of us know her. Beauty should be judge for the good work not for the beautiful thighs and backless blouse.

Beauty contests are actually considered as platforms to enter the glamours world of film industry.The focus of the pageant is to select a contestant who is considered as "beauty with brains".The contestants have to show off their dresses and carry themselves gracefully.Some people donot like it,there view is limited to what they see.Its is not limited to physical beauty.The winner of the contest has many responsibilities on her shoulder.She has to spend a year in social welfare.The beauty pageants is involved in welfare of women and children of the world.I totally disagree that the Beauty contest degrade womanhood.We need to change our view regarding these pageants.

Taking part into a beauty contest totally depends on that girl and her family.If a girl is appearing for a beauty contest it means her family is allowing her for so.Beauty contest is not all about beauty but its all about "Beauty with Brains".I am not denying for the fact that there are other platforms where a girl can show her talents.But taking part in a beauty contest will gain her some visibility and she can choose film industry or modelling as her career path if she wants to as generally girls from beauty contests choose these path as their careers.This contest will definately give them some confidence to reach higher platforms in their respective careers. With addition to this I want to say that there are some same kind of contests for boys also.So, my question is ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE FOR MALE DEGRADATION? :).

I think beauty contest is allow in every countries. Every thing has some merit and some demeretes. But we Indian first think the demeritets its not right that when one person is rise we put thm in downward. The most important point is to remember that at first know your religion.

In the words of Plato, "Truth is beauty, beauty is truth". Beauty in its various forms, including a woman's beauty, is being appreciated right from Plato's time though the ways of expressing and appreciating beauty have changed!
So i Think Beauty pageant is one of the finest medium to show your talency.
I strongly motivates people when they want to organize or participate on such a pageant.

My only for beauty pageant is 'Creating beautiful world through it'

I would like to say that beauty contests serve as a good platform for those aspiring to make it big in movies or glamour world. But if we are talking about womanhood, nothing in these contests define womanhood. Womanhood doesn't mean looking beautiful or petite, doing a cat walk or talking on terrorism or world peace. These contests are merely a pass to enter the world of fashion and movies. None of the promises made in the contests are addressed after winning the competition let go of completing them. Beauty pageant winners claim to devote themselves in social work but their devotion is time bound only till the winner's tenure. These contests are surely degrading womanhood and hence they should not be supported since their is no value addition done as such.

Ya beauty contest should be approved by society. Its the platform where a women can show her external as well as internal beauty. Women have many dreams like to be a successful model. So why not give them an opportunity to express their views about how she admire her surroundings its the way for her to show her confidence, charm, positive attitude and most important to share her experiance with whole world. Its the attitude that matters not the narrow thinking. We must try to change our scenirio instead drowning them in pits. Women should be the one who runs her life herself by fulfilling her dreams.