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Consider the Image of the Pageant You Enter

Kára McCullough of Washington DC wins the Miss USA title

Kára McCullough of Washington DC wins the Miss USA title

Your pageant image, unlike your pageant attitude (which involves inner qualities), involves external qualities – a contestant’s image and appearance which define for judges who the contestant is as an individual.

A winning pageant image is imperative to earning the crown! Because a pageant titleholder is a spokesperson for the pageant organization and a role model for girls, how she presents herself is important.

Therefore, from the moment the pageant judges meet a contestant, they carefully scrutinize her appearance from head-to-toe to determine if she possesses a winning image to successfully represent that title.

Pageants are not all the same. Each pageant has its own distinct look. To win, a contestant has to achieve a balance, both being herself and conveying the image of the title she hopes to win. “Know the system.

There is definitely an ‘image’ for each pageant,” explains Kathleen Munson, a pageant consultant and former head of the Midwest Judges Certification Program. “There is a difference between the Miss America system and the Miss USA system, and with the teen pageants and Mrs. pageants. For instance, there is a much greater emphasis on glamour and drama in the Miss USA look, and Miss Teen USA follows Miss USA. Mrs. America is a ‘Miss USA look,’ and Mrs. USI (United States International) is a ‘Miss America look.’ They each have a definite ‘look.”’

Understanding the pageant’s image will help a contestant craft her most suitable look for competition. “The first thing you have to do is know what you are looking for,” advises David Bartley, an image specialist. “When I am preparing a girl for Miss America, I am basically going for a television anchor woman look: stylish, fresh, classic-a woman who looks like she is going places. When I am working with a girl for Miss USA, they are more fashion-forward, more glamorous in the traditional sense. It’s more of a model’s look. Different pageants have different looks.”

 

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