Beauty Pageant Tips

Series Summary

P.T. Barnum brought the first beauty pageant to America in 1854, and during the 1880s, there were many photo pageants held by newspapers around the country. Miss America is the nation’s largest pageant and began in 1921. During World War II, pageant beauties sold bonds, and pageants were held to entertain the troops. Beauty pageants consist of competition in areas such as talent, judged interviews, swimsuit and evening-wear modeling and platforms. In this free video on beauty pageants, an experienced model and beauty queen explains a variety of beauty pageant tips. Find out about beauty pageant hairstyles, makeup, clothing and responsibilities. Get tips on picking beauty pageant dresses, gowns and swimsuits. Learn how to answer beauty pageant questions and how to avoid beauty pageant scams. Anyone interested in becoming a beauty queen can benefit from the information in these free videos.

Video Transcript

"Now I'm going to tell you some basic beauty Pageant tips. The main thing is to look presentable, twenty four hours. Whether you're going for breakfast or just anything. If you're going for an event, it doesn't matter, which event it is. If it's a sponsor event. If it's just a fun night out. You can have fun and it looks like fun. But you're always being watched. And it's a show, a pageant. So you should look your best. And anyway, it's good to appear good in front of the other girls. So that they might not, so that, they don't get any ideas of you being any less. Than they are. If everyone els is wearing makeup, you really should be wearing makeup. You should always look a little more than the other girls. That's how the judges will, just spot you from the group. Other basic tips, don't make the mistake for going for breakfast. Really, without makeup. It's a really, it's a really big thing. Because the judges usually are staying at the same hotel. So if they see you with your hair all, a mess. And without makeup, with your flip fops, in the breakfast table. That does not, going to look good. Especially, next to a girl with high heels and hair all done. And makeup done. Other tips, avoid cat fights with other girls. Be nice, be polite. Remember the etiquette. Don't get involved in all that cat fighting. It's going to happen but you can stay. You can stay out of it and avoid it. Don't take sides if there's a, if there's a fight between the girls. Keep your eyes on the prize and your own performance. And representing your country. Everyone's going to remember that. Which country you are from. Because we often call each other by country names. And they just go, hey! Miss Finland. And they're not, they won't necessarily not say my name. So they're always going to remember that. That girl from that country was rude to me. So it's really important for your country reputation. To maintain yourself, in all levels."