Why are you chasing the crown? Why are you willing to sacrifice boyfriend time, food, energy and even a year of college in order to win the title? Until you can honestly, and openly identify your personal "why" you will not win.
That's a pretty bold statement isn't it?
Sure you might win some local pageants but in order to win on a national level you need to know why you are competing. I have been taught and I firmly believe that when the "why" is BIG enough the facts don't count.
The fact that you might not be the "beauty queen type" or that you may not have the perfect body or the best interview will not hold back the girl with a strong enough "why".
"Why?" ...I am glad that you asked :)
What you do on stage is not nearly as important as what you do off stage when you are not competing...that is where pageants are won and lost. So many girls make the mistake of believing the lie that their performance on the night of the pageant determined the outcome.
I don't agree. How you prepare mentally and physically the nights prior to the pageant will determine if you win. This is where your personal "why" is so important.
If you can identify that the reason "why" you are competing in pageantry is to earn money for college, to become a famous model or to simply have the status of wearing the crown then you can fall back on that desire when you don't feel like training for your pageant. This will push you to train harder and longer when other girls slack off.
Furthermore, if you know "why" you are competing in a pageant you are no longer a contestant. You are a woman with a cause. You are someone with a goal.
Martin Luther King possessed that type of goal.
Mother Teresa was that woman with a cause.
Adolf Hitler was a man with that kind of drive.
Regardless of their reason, these people knew what they wanted and "why"...and for better or worse they shook the pages of history.
You can also....if you know "why".
Take out a piece of paper right now and write down the reason why you want to win your pageant. If you can write it out then I challenge you try to dig deeper to see if that is the REAL reason or the superficial one that you think people will accept.
If you can't then I challenge you to keep asking yourself "why" you want to win until you discover the real reason you want the crown so badly.
That's a pretty bold statement isn't it?
Sure you might win some local pageants but in order to win on a national level you need to know why you are competing. I have been taught and I firmly believe that when the "why" is BIG enough the facts don't count.
The fact that you might not be the "beauty queen type" or that you may not have the perfect body or the best interview will not hold back the girl with a strong enough "why".
"Why?" ...I am glad that you asked :)
What you do on stage is not nearly as important as what you do off stage when you are not competing...that is where pageants are won and lost. So many girls make the mistake of believing the lie that their performance on the night of the pageant determined the outcome.
I don't agree. How you prepare mentally and physically the nights prior to the pageant will determine if you win. This is where your personal "why" is so important.
If you can identify that the reason "why" you are competing in pageantry is to earn money for college, to become a famous model or to simply have the status of wearing the crown then you can fall back on that desire when you don't feel like training for your pageant. This will push you to train harder and longer when other girls slack off.
Furthermore, if you know "why" you are competing in a pageant you are no longer a contestant. You are a woman with a cause. You are someone with a goal.
Martin Luther King possessed that type of goal.
Mother Teresa was that woman with a cause.
Adolf Hitler was a man with that kind of drive.
Regardless of their reason, these people knew what they wanted and "why"...and for better or worse they shook the pages of history.
You can also....if you know "why".
Take out a piece of paper right now and write down the reason why you want to win your pageant. If you can write it out then I challenge you try to dig deeper to see if that is the REAL reason or the superficial one that you think people will accept.
If you can't then I challenge you to keep asking yourself "why" you want to win until you discover the real reason you want the crown so badly.
Remember, "A wish becomes a want, becomes a need, becomes a got."
With your crown in mind,
Steven Roddy
Thanks Steven!! Just took out a piece of paper to do some "WHY" soul-searching.
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