I thought Christ’s teachings centered around being simple, humble, and poor. To love others as He loves us. To give, rather than receive.
I see none of that in beauty/scholarship pagents. I see pride and distrust instead of humility and love. I see lavishness and waste instead of reducing our footprint on this world. And most of all, I see a focus on all of the wrong things we want our girls to be focused on - beauty, useless talent (when’s the last time you saw someone use multivariate calculus for their talent?), and sexy-ism.
No, I would not let my daughters participate. I would rather see them spend time giving to others, cleaning trails, helping at church, helping around the house, volunteering. I would rather see the money go to charities, to reducing our own indebtedness, or to investing in the future instead of hair, makeup, clothing, travel.
I cannot see how pagentry and Christianity can co-exist.
