MissNorco2010
Norco, CA
Female, 21
In 2010 I won the Miss Norco pageant, beginning one of the biggest journeys of my life. Throughout the year I represented businesses in my town at hundreds of events. The next year, I represented Norco at the Miss California 2011 pageant. While I wasn’t a finalist there, I had an amazing experience throughout the year meeting new people and learning just what I’m capable of. I have discovered a new world of beauty, scholarship, and confidence that I hope to be a part of for as long as possible.
Pageants are about as competitive as any other sport, maybe even worse. In a pageant, there is not a team working together, there is only each girl fighting to be number one. Only one girl wins, and if the other girls have poor attitudes there is a lot of anger and bitterness that comes after that crowning moment. Don’t get me wrong, most of the girls in pageants know the importance of treasuring the experiencing and making amazing friends, but there are several who are very “cut-throat”. This sometimes comes in the form of them having poor attitude and sportsmanship leading up to the competition, but often it even extends past the crowning moment. All too often, the girls not crowned try and instigate the removal of the winner from their title either through pointing out a rule they may have broken or by digging up dirt on them. Before I won Miss Norco, I would have never imagined this happening to me, but sadly my first runner up even attempted to have my crown taken away so that she could be the queen. Luckily, I had worked extremely hard and was proud to walk away with the Congeniality, Committee, High Talent, High Swim Suit, Best Evening Gown, and Best Interview awards, so everyone knew that I deserved the title of Miss Norco and that no one was going to take it from me.
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I have actually never watched the show, and I don’t really care to. I hear from other people how moms turn their poor little girls into tiara seeking monsters, and it makes me sick. I absolutely believe in pageants for younger girls as being a way for them to make friends, learn social skills, and gain confidence, but I don’t think that is the aspect this show is trying to present. I have girls of all ages on my court in Norco, and I know that they do this for fun. During the preparation for the pageant the girls have fun and become friends, and then those who win are a joy to have on court. I think this show should try capturing the side of baby and beauty pageants that I have seen, and maybe they could prevent toddlers from being turned into pageant monsters.
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While I can not answer for ALL pageant circuits, I know that there are no such rules in most pageants. I would like to say that pageants promote young women being them natural selves, but it is also a lot about confidence. While most girls would probably not share truths regarding elective cosmetic procedures, I would bet it is common amongst pageant contestants. Especially those who compete on an extremely competitve (national or global) level. If the judges were to have knowledge of these procedures in some pageants, such as the America pageants, I believe they would be a hindrance for the contestant, whereas if it were a USA pageant, this knowledge may not affect the results as much.
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I personally I am a High School teacher, but I know that all of the contestants I have met have a variety of dreams and aspirations. Pageant girls are some of the most driven women in the world, and pageants prepare us in interviews, speaking, social relationships, and in self-discipline. What I have learned from the pageant world is that it is a great start on your journey to the top and it reminds you that all of your dreams are possible with a lot of hard work!
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The Miss Norco Pageant is a huge tradition in my town that has been running for 62 years now, and it has been a dream my whole life to win it. Wanting the title of Miss Norco and the opportunity to be a role model in my hometown was what got me started with beauty pageants, and I now have the desire to stay involved with them because of the growth and experience I have gained. All beauty pageants are different, but the ones that I have been a part of from the Miss America Organization have been a great way to meet amazing new people and learn a lot about myself as a young woman.
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I have always been pretty naturally fit because I have been a dancer my whole life, but preparing for Miss California has definitely given me a new drive to stay fit and eat healthy. I am blessed to say that I have never had to diet, but now I love to run and exercise on a daily basis. Now I can say that I do feel in-shape and ready for a pageant at all times, and this is all thanks to a discipline that pageant training has taught me. I have seen some girls try to diet just as the pageant approaches, but I personally think it is much healthier and will make someone feel better to just live a healthy lifestyle at all times and always be somewhat pageant-ready.
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The highlight of my pageant career would have to be getting back into dancing as I prepared for the Miss California pageant. I danced for about 12 years, and then quit in order to focus on school and getting an education. It has been a huge void in my life, but dancing and preparing for the talent portion of the pageant competition reignited my passion and soul for dancing. Now that I have started up again, I don’t plan on ever quitting. More than ever, I have realized my love for performing and I even discovered a new desire for choreography.
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