It’s a brand new school year and time to reset those goals. But where do you start? You start with the big picture and break it down from there.
Think about all the areas in which you are involved- home, school, work, church, community, social, sports, arts, and pageantry. Write down just one goal you would like to accomplish this year for each of those areas.
Now, let’s focus on [Read more…]
There were four reoccurring pageant questions I kept receiving in my inbox this week so I decided to let everyone hear my answers to them.
Q: Do the judges score during the final pageant?
Yes, they do. However, the only contestants scored during the final pageant are [Read more…]
You have no control over the final outcome of the pageant. However, it is totally within your power to make your daughter, or yourself, feel like a queen and a winner throughout the entire pageant process. Here are some of my personal tips on what I do for myself and my daughters when we compete to make it a winning experience regardless of the judges’ decision. [Read more…]
With so many different pageants to choose from, how do you pick the right one for you? Arriving at the answer for you will take answering these eight questions. [Read more…]
Here are some general tips for young girls competing in natural pageant systems such as Miss American Coed (MAC) , National American Miss (NAM), and Pure American Pageants, that have formal wear, personal introduction, interview and fun fashion modeling as the areas of competition. [Read more…]
We are coming to the end of the summer pageant season, and one of the most frequently asked questions I am receiving in my email is should I compete again?
The answer [Read more…]
In natural pageants such as Miss American Coed (MAC), National American Miss (NAM), and other pageants similar in format, there is a required 20 or 30 second onstage personal introduction that you need to deliver to the judges.
The purpose of the introduction is [Read more…]
As most of you know, my abilities in the kitchen are quite limited so I decided to take my daughters out to eat. Five minutes after we had been seated, a large man and his four children were seated at the table beside us. Within minutes, the father started chastising his son about the “C” he had received in band on his report card. In a very loud and aggressive voice, the man [Read more…]
We are a society who loves to watch the television. We watch to be entertained, inspired, educated and escape from the daily routine of our life. Maybe that’s why pageants and TV are a natural fit for each other.
With all the filming effects, camera angles, and editing, television can make events and people smaller or bigger than life. I totally understand contestants’ and parents’ apprehension when they first find out the pageant they are competing in is being filmed for television. After all, most of what the media focuses on is the isolated, over the top situation. It’s not representational of the pageant world as a whole.
There are a few keys points to keep in mind when the TV crew is around. [Read more…]
A common pageant tradition at some state, national, and international competitions is for the contestants to exchange “friendship” gifts among themselves. Check with your director first to see if this done in the system you are competing.
Don’t stress out or spend a lot of time and money on the exchange gifts. For economy budgeting, [Read more…]
