Beauty is not only about mere appearance. It is about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and most importantly a beautiful soul.  But are beauty contests really judging contestant's mind, heart, and soul? Yes, beauty contests usually have personality elements like talent, and Q&A. However, there are more chances of 36-24-36 woman winning with a hideous talent than any other woman with an amazing talent. Beauty contests are harmful because they objectify women, cause psychological and emotional problems, and lead people to be obsessive about image. Beauty contests objectify women because women are being judged on their physical appearances rather than their inner qualities they possess. Judging women only and not men, primarily on their looks, forces women to think that it is very important to look good, but not to be good. This has caused little girls as well as teenagers to focus solely on makeup, and losing weights rather than improving their knowledge and building self confidence. Statistics say that 42% of 1st to 3rd grade girls want to thinner, and 11% of high school students have eating disorder. Moreover, beauty contests can lead to psychological and emotional problems. In Miss America 2014, 50 women competed. Beauty contest has only 1 winner, so out of 50 women, 1 becomes a winner. Two women become either first runner up or second runner up. There are other awards too, but is it certain that everyone is getting something? No, what about other women who did not get awards? They are just going to think they are ugly and fat; this thought will stay and affect their future. Sometimes, even the winners are dour because of what society do to them. For example, Miss America 2014, Nina Davuluri's ecstasy was ephemeral because she was Indian American, and a lot of people were not able to accept that an Indian American could be Miss America. According to Martina M. Cartwright's statistics in 2006, 40% of the women that participa