For many years parents have been pressuring their children to enter beauty pageants. They force their child into doing these pageants to fulfil their own desires and wants. Beauty pageants have been around for more than 10 years. Beauty pageants became a part of the American society in the 1920's. Child beauty pageants began in the 1960's. Child beauty pageants consist of modeling sportswear, evening attire, dance and talent. The children are judged based on individuality in looks, capability, poise, perfection and confidence. As the judges call it, "the complete package". People feel that child pageants should be banned altogether and they feel that exploiting children in an adult sexualized environment is entirely unacceptable and parents should be made to stop if they can't see the serious risks these pageants have on small children.