How To: Prepare for a Pageant

How To:

Prepare for a Pageant

Getting ready for a pageant is an extremely fun and exciting thing, but can also be nerve-wracking and stressful if you are not sure where to start. Luckily, The Tiara Teens are going to help you!

Step 1. Research the pageant system you are interested in entering. For example, if you aren't positive that you have a talent, there are many systems that do not require a talent competition. Same goes with swimsuit, some systems favor a fitness wear competition over a swimsuit portion. See what suits you and enter :)

Step 2. Now that you are entered in the pageant, you need to start preparing! Hiring a pageant coach is a very wise thing to do, especially if you are really wanting that crown! They give you amazing advice and insight on walking, interview questions, and so much more! Also, exercising and eating healthy is a necessity; a toned body always looks amazing on stage!

Step 3. If your system is platform based, make sure you are involved in your chosen platform. Also, choose your talent and practice practice practice! You should also be quizzing yourself on interview questions, and practicing your different walks whenever you have the opportunity!

Step 4. The best part, find your dress! Don't listen to the myth that white dresses always win, because it isn't true! Find the dress that makes YOU feel amazing. If you feel confident in it, you will do 10 times better! Also find your interview outfit, whether it be a suit, or fun outfit. Lastly, make sure you have your swimsuit, based on your system it may be one piece or two piece, so make sure you ask!

Step 5. Days before the competition, make sure you are waxed and tanned! If tanning in a bed is not for you, a spray tan is the way to go! Many believe that a tan is not necessary, but the bright lights on stage will drown you out without one!

Step 6. When packing for the big day, make sure you have everything that you will need, you wouldn't want to forget your butt glue and have your behind slip out in the middle of your swimsuit walk! As a seasoned pageant queen, here are some things that you will need that aren't always told to you!

-a steamer, your dress always finds a way to wrinkle

-extra jewelry (gold and silver)

-BUTT GLUE (hint - works for competition sashes to stay on as well!)

-fake eyelashes (multiple sets!!)

-baby wipes (trying to put on your gown with butt glue still on = not fun)

-vaseline (no ashy legs aloud!)

-safety pins (your dresses always somehow are too big on the day of competition)

-double sided tape

-cute and stylish outfits for every day that you are there!

-when offered to you, get the hair and makeup services, it makes the day much less stressful

Step 7. When pageant day/weekend/week comes, just relax and go into it with confidence and looking to make new friends! It is so much better going into it calm and with a positive attitude than going into it only looking to win. The girls you meet at the pageant are going to be lifelong friends, thats how this all started for The Tiara Teens!

Step 8. If you don't win, be happy for the girl who did! Nothing looks worse than being the girl who has a pout on her face. If you do win, be grateful, not snotty. Pageants are an amazing learning experience, and are what you make of them!

 xoxo TTT