Compete

I just made that up… PIQ. Maybe it will stick. Pageant interviews, for me, used to be nerve racking. As a preteen through teen pageant years. The thought of the “unknown question” and all of the negative thoughts of “what could happen” during interview, I was a mess. Then one day, a judge asked me one question that I will never forget. How would you describe the sunset to a blind person? My confidence grew ten times that day. Just from one random question. My mind was blown.

When you walk into the pageant venue, you see all of the confident women, dressed in jeans and t shirts… your expectations immediately go down. However, when you walk into a pageant venue, and the confident women are dressed in pant suits, suits, and dresses, your expectations sky rocket! Your pageant wardrobe says a lot about you. From the moment you enter the pageant venue, you are being judged. In a good way! Nonetheless, you are being judged by your fellow contestants, po

When you work so hard for only thirty seconds on stage and hear your name as the winner, it gives you a new sense of confidence and the ability to take on any challenge in the world. Pageants help you grow as a woman, a friend, an entrepreneur, and so much more. I've competed in pageants since I was eight years old. I've always been a girly girl. I love dressing up, walking down the grocery aisle as if it were a runway, and being amazingly myself. Since the 1900's (as my dan