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Summary: Choosing a platform for a beauty pageant should come from a contestant's experience, and giving the platform to an audience requires confidence. Learn about choosing platforms from a pageant veteran in this free beauty pageant preparation video.
Erica Saylors is an experienced pageant contestant and judge and a director of local pageants. During ten years of competition, she won noted titles such as Miss Houston 2004, Miss...read more
"One thing that you need to remember about telling the whole crowd what your platform is that you need to stand up straight and have good posture and whatever you do, have eye contact with the judges and the crowd so that you look like you're very confident and you know what you're doing. Now, I'm going to backtrack and tell you how to prepare your platform statement, starting with step 1. "Or 26th contestant, Ashley Elizabeth Charlson". The first thing I want to talk about is how to choose a platform. If you have experience with community service or you're very passionate about helping people, that's really a plus for finding what your platform is going to be. You need to choose a topic that you have interest in and study at and make sure that you know a lot about that specific area. Some examples of some platforms are, Prevention Of Homelessness, The Importance Of Fine Arts Education and Underage Drinking."
eHow Article: Choosing & Giving a Beauty Pageant Platform