In the 18th century, Ouro Preto became for a time the most populous city in the New World, with an estimated population of 80,000 in 1750. At that time, the population of New York was half that number, and the population of SÃ£o Paulo did not reach 8,000.
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Nicole Hunter, a former child beauty contestant and writer of âEffects of Beauty Pageants,â wrote about how she doesnât know how to feel attractive without make up on. Beauty pageants teach children worth of a person is almost solely based on appearance. Beauty pageants not only have physical consequences for these women and girls, but they also objectify women in a way that is straight out of the 1950s. Pageants are everywhere in society, from small towns to movies to colleges.