As a pageant coach, I’m frequently asked about what pageant systems are available to babies and young children. Since I judged the Ohio Sunburst State Finals this past Saturday, I wanted to share this system with all of you.
Sunburst is now celebrating its 32 year and has been featured on the Travel Channel and Discovery Channel. The Sunburst system has launched the movie, TV and print work careers of many of its titleholders. The main focus of the pageant is [Read more…]
Sunburst USA International Beauty Pageant, Baby Contest and Model Search
June 4, 2010 By
MISS USA®, MISS UNIVERSE® and MISS TEEN USA® Pageant Systems
May 28, 2010 By
As an expert pageant coach, I help contestants identify their strengths and choose pageants that match those qualities. A couple months ago, I highlighted the Miss America organization system. This week we’ll turn our attention to the MISS UNIVERSE system.
The titleholders of these three pageants tend to [Read more…]
Will a Former Pageant Titleholder Always Win Over a New Contestant?
May 18, 2010 By
You have your dream dress and you’re physically ready for the pageant. You’re feeling confident and excited, and then it happens. You arrive at the pageant and you see her, Patty, the national queen from the age division below you. Patty has aged up and is now in your division. Quick, what are you thinking?
If thoughts like [Read more…]
What’s Your Target and How’s Your Aim?
May 5, 2010 By
In the game of darts, it’s important to locate the target before you start throwing. In darts, your goal is to hit the bull’s-eye for maximum points. The more skilled you are at aiming the darts, the more rewarding the game will be.
The same is true in pageantry. The first step you need to take is [Read more…]
How to Handle Pageant Advice and Opinions
April 28, 2010 By
In my opinion, if you’re going to participate in the pageant world, there are three very important facts that you must know upfront and accept, or you’ll drive yourself and those around you crazy.
FACT 1: [Read more…]
Making a Good First Impression With Your Pageant Paperwork
April 21, 2010 By
Never judge a book by its cover. We hear that saying over and over; and yet, the fact remains that we all make assumptions about people, places or things by their outward appearance. The contents of a particular book may be the exact information we are seeking, but we’ll never get a chance to read it because the cover didn’t capture our attention. We didn’t even pull it from the shelf because something about it initially turned us off.
But if the outside is pleasing to you, your first thought may be “Hmm, this book looks interesting. Let me see what’s on the inside.” Although it’s not impossible, it is harder to reverse a bad first impression.
The first impression that the pageant director, staff and judges form of you is from your submitted paperwork and photo. [Read more…]
Extend And Pump Up The Pageant Hair
April 14, 2010 By
Unwinding at the end of a long day, you pick up your favorite magazine and notice that the model on the cover has a thick gorgeous head of hair that seems suspended in mid air. You happen to turn on the TV and an awards show is on. Actress after actress grace the stage perfectly manicured and when the TV zooms in for its close up, one can’t help but notice the beautiful locks that frame their faces. After watching for awhile, you decide to turn in for the evening. You walk into the bathroom and that’s when it happens…. [Read more…]
The Secret to Winning In the Interview Room
April 7, 2010 By
On the road to Nebraska again :). It’s been four years since all of my siblings were together. We all traveled to my sisters over Easter to be with my dad who has terminal cancer. Since it is a seventeen hour drive ONE WAY, the girls and I had lots of time to [Read more…]
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
March 23, 2010 By
As I start day four of sitting in a hospital room, it’s amazing at how quickly a person’s priorities and perspectives on life can change. Since I’ve been here in [Read more…]
The Inside Scoop to Beautiful Skin
March 17, 2010 By
Like it or not, in many beauty pageants facial beauty receives a score. As a pageant coach, I am quick to point out to all my clients that beauty is subjective and there isn’t ONE definition of beauty. Everyone possesses features that are beautiful. For some people, it may be their eyes while other may have a great smile. However, the foundation to health and beauty lies [Read more…]
