Summary: How to direct rehearsals for a beauty pageant; get professional tips and advice from an expert on how to organize and direct a successful pageant event in this free fashion video.
"You want to schedule at least four rehearsals and no less than that. You can either go like this, if you want to go like this.... When you have a rehearsal, you want to explain every single detail to the contestants, from from to back so that they understand completely what's going on. If there are any confused girls, any confused contestants, encourage them to ask questions so that when it comes to the night of the pageant you don't have this deer in the headlights looking contestant, because she wasn't paying attention in rehearsal time or she didn't understand something. Finally, it is important to have a dress rehearsal the night before the pageant so that you can run through everything from front to back and make sure that everything flows smoothly so that you're not caught off guard the night of the actual event. I would prefer this way, to your left, turn to your left, and then you count, one, one thousand, two, one thousand, three, one thousand, turn back around..."
eHow Article: Directing Beauty Pageant Rehearsals