Are Pageants for Every Girl

Are Pageants for you?

The question is always asked, “Are Pageants for Every Girl”?  This question is often misunderstood by many parents of girls who have a false impression of what a beauty Pageant is all about. For many years, I felt the same way.  Please take the time to read my personal experience when my daughter participated in a beauty pageant, and you will see how it changed our lives forever.  You will also see why I would say that “pageants are for every girl who aspires to have that experience. Check out these 5 benefits a pageant can bring to every girl

• Pageant enhance confidence.

• Pageants improves public speaking skills.

• Pageants increases charisma and intelligence.

• Pageants help girl define their Platform.

• Pageants help define a girl’s life purpose.

Pageants were not a thing that I focused on very much as my daughters were growing up.  It was not until one of my daughters reached the age of 16 and stumbled across a announcement in the local newspaper of an upcoming state pageant which would be held mother later.  The announcement stated that they were looking for participants as city queens to “try out” for the State competition that was coming up in a few weeks.

My daughter was excited about the city queen tryout opportunity, so we were supportive of her in seeing her enthusiasm to do this.  We gave her the funds she needed to complete her city queen registration requirement, which was only $25.  This included her completing a one page essay.

A few weeks later, she was contacted for her city queen telephone Interview, which included a 3 minute Question & Answer on a Topic of her interest.

Amazingly, this opportunity turned into a positive experience for my daughter. She took her instructions for the next step very seriously. She wrote, and rewrote her essay, and wanted to present her thoughts and writing as well as she could. She waited for about another month, then the letter she had been waiting to receive from the organization finally arrived in the mail.

The letter was addressed to the parents of “Kimberly”, since she was under the age of eighteen.  It read as follows, “Thank you for your interest in participating in our upcoming state pageant competition.  We are happy to inform you, that out of the 87 registrants from your city, you have been chosen to represent your city in the upcoming Michigan State Pageant Competition, which will be held in Detroit.  It went on to say that she would be receiving her city queen sash in the next couple weeks”.

We began to see a difference in our daughter.  It was as if the lights of opportunity had came on for her. She immediately begin planning and preparing for the upcoming State Competition. She had to get letters from her school counselor, teacher recommendations, 20 hours of community service, and grades “B” or better that would also be presented to the judges by the date of the competition.  She kept a journal of all the things she needed to do to maintain her eligibility status.  I was amazed how positive the pageant owners were in the lives of all the girls. They treated them with respect, value and dignity.

As the State Competition drew near, I took my daughter shopping for her pageant dress, shoes, etc., I saw the glitter in her eyes as she imagined walking the runway in every dress that she tried on. But there was a particular dress that gave her a “sparkle” that was different from all of the other dresses that she had tried on, and she knew it. This is the one, “she said”, and  I could not have agreed with her more. She flourished in the dress, and it was made just for her.

I think for a brief moment, she lost herself in the dress and thought she was “Cinderella”. The girl that every “Queen” aspires to be when they enter the room, and the room becomes alive just because of their presence. Her confidence, charisma, and inner beauty shined through so much that everyone in the Bridal shoppe hovered around her in awe.

To every mom and dad who may be seeking the right pageant for their daughter and wondering are Pageants for every girl?  The answer to that question is “Yes”.  if your daughter would like to present herself in a good pageant system, I highly recommend you allow her to do so.  I often think back what would have happened if my husband and I did not support our daughter in her desire to participate in this pageant.  Life for her may have been a lot different, and not in a positive way.

You can imagine the ending of this story.  With 289 delegates in the state competition, our daughter was crowned State Queen!  Six month later, she went to the National Competition in New York City, and was first Runner up!  This was quite an accomplishment for a 16 year old.  Her level of self esteem skyrocketed, and her passion became her desire to help motivate and inspire other girls to greatness. She wanted every girl to have that same enthusiasm about life as she did. Her desire was to become owner and director of her very own Beauty Pageant, and she wanted every girl at the competition to be crowned.

One year later, we had birthed our very own Beauty Pageant System. One that crowned every girl for her accomplishments. We have been pageant owners for more than 19 years. I believe that girls need this type of interaction and experience today more than ever before.  Girls come, and girls go. I continuously will hear back from many of them sharing how their lives changed after participating in our pageant system.

If you would have asked me prior to this experience, if pageants were for every girl, I probably would have said “No”, but there is something that every girl can gain from a pageant experience. I encourage parents to find the right pageant for their daughter, it can be a great experience.  It may even change her life, it did for my daughter.