However, beauty pageants could be a wonderful thing for the way they can encourage a girl to meet other girls and build a community. In other words, it's a way to overcome shyness. “If you're feeling shy, or just aren't sure about your appearance, why not give yourself a makeover?” (Wright) It seems that it is so simple to conclude why beauty pageants are useful, they claim to solve society's biggest social problem; insecurity in oneself. Additionally, as girls go through different body types and life stages, I believe I can speak for any girl and state that girls are becoming more aware of their bodies in these times. “The number one out of a million reasons to enter a beauty pageant is to increase your self-confidence. Take me, for example... You would never have caught me speaking in front of large crowds, or being social... until my mom entered me into my first pageant out of 213 girls! Talk about life changing! I left coming fourth and was amazed at how much self-confidence I had gained in one weekend! (Guerrero) Beauty pageants seem to be the