Pageant Tips - Discovering Your "Why"

"Pageantry is not a Destination... it's a Journey."

I commend you for challenging yourself to compete in your next pageant, and create the best version of yourself that you can become. I know how you feel, because I once walked in your shoes as a competitor, served as a judge, and now coach in all areas of pageantry. The excitement you are experiencing and the sense of nervousness are all part of the journey, so embrace them. The best advice I can give you is to be as prepared as possible in all areas of competition, because often what separates the winner from her court, are fractions of a point. These points are often won or deducted by things that we could have controlled as contestants, because it is in the details where pageants are won or lost. My job as your coach is to help you perfect the details, and help you enjoy your journey along the way. I wrote a pageant book based on the knowledge I have learned in being involved in pageantry for almost 30 years, and my goal is to help you compete better than you ever thought possible. Somewhere along the way, you may inspire, encourage, and empower another person to become their best as well. So, get out on that stage and shine, because the power of your dreams lies within you.

The journey through pageantry and through life takes us on such an amazing path that we often forget that we are in control of so much of what happens throughout our journey. I teach the fundamental elements that there are three things you can control in your life which include your thoughts, emotions, and actions. Whether you are preparing for the pageant stage or for the stage of life, you possess within yourself the power to make all of your greatest dreams come true. My coaching involves teaching you how to win in pageantry or in any goal you set for yourself through harnessing mind, body, and soul. Being successful in any part of your life involves being more than one dimensional, and my goal as your coach is to teach how to win the title, job, or goal of your dreams and help you tap into your resources to gain the competitive edge by competing against yourself. I look forward to working along with you to help you become the greatest version of yourself! 

Suzy 

Pageant Preparation is the key!

Succeeding in pageantry is a combination of mental, emotional, and physical development and stamina. It is far beyond the obvious beauty, but about passion and coming from a mentality of contribution and service. There is an amazing story behind every beautiful titleholder, so believe in your ability to make a difference.
 
"When you envision yourself as a titleholder, what is your ultimate goal? The crown represents an ideal and a vision of what you do with the title...not who you are. So when preparing yourself for your ultimate pageant goal, have you taken the time to define your role if you win the crown, or are you primarily working on defining your own beauty through winning the crown? This is important for you to identify because the purpose of pageantry is for self-discovery, and you cannot hide behind your physical beauty when there is such an amazing and intelligent person just waiting to be recognized...by you!
(excerpt from Creating Queens - Secrets in Pageantry)

The A,B,C's of Pageantry! (excerpt from Creating Queens- Secrets in Pageantry)

A - Attitude
B - Body
C - Control
D - Drama
E - Entertian
F - Facial Expressions
G - Grace
H - Hips
I - Image
J - Judging
K - Knowledge
L - Legs
M - Movement
N - Natural
O - Orientation of Body
P - Pace
Q - Queen
R - Rhythm & Timing
S - Spin
T - Transitions
U - Understand
V - Value
W - Walk
X - X Factor!
Y - Youself
Z - Zeal
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Some Great Pageant Questions to Consider!

I recently flew on Southwest Airlines and had the opportunity to read their SPIRIT Magazine on an article featuring Laura Dern. The article had such great questions, that I thought they would also make great pageant questions as well, so I wanted to provide the list of questions from this magazine article for you to consider in the event a judge were ever to ask you: 

1. If you could take back one sentence you've ever spoken, what would it be? 

2. If a picture paints a thousand words, what are you doing in that picture?

3. If you could rid yourself of one deep personal fear, what would that be? 

4. If you had a time machine, where would you go?

5. If you could ask any person one question that they had to answer, who and what would you ask? 

6. If you could cast one person to play you in a movie, who would it be?

7. If you were to pick what is inscribed on your gravestone, what would it be?

Being in Gratitude

We have the chance at every moment of our lives to reinvent and recreate our goals and dreams. Knowing this, how is it that we wake up in the morning with the same mental outlook in life as we did the day before? If we are consumed by negative or fearful thoughts, then we tend to dwell on those thoughts rather than deliberately trying to discover something to be grateful for. Before you go to sleep at night and when you awake in the morning, try to recognize at least 10 things in your day that you are grateful for. After all, we have 86,400 seconds in our day and if we cannot uncover 10 things to be in gratitude for then we need to relearn how to perceive our world through optimism and thanks.