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Much like JohnsDGsweethrt, I twirled and entered a blue bazillion pageants with twirling. I was Miss Western Frontier 1982. Good grief!
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I am thinking of entering an MA local, but I don't know the first thing about it! Anyone with know-how, please PM me!

I've never ran in a MAO prelim but I have good friends that run 3 prelim pageants to Miss Hawaii.

Turn for the Judges is a decent pageant resource that lists names for current titleholders for every pageant out there. In addition to that, they also provide links at the bottom of the page so you can contact the local pageant people. Not all prelim pageants have links to websites, but you can use the few out there to point you in that direction. If those don't help, then I'm sure you can find a contact person at http://www.missil.org Good luck!

Thanks for those links, OTW.
I also wanted to point you all to a pageant column that my dear friend Jimmy does.
http://missworld.pageantgossip.com/2...earpoodles.htm
It's called "Dear Poodles" and he is a darling! :D

I competed in local pageants in Southern California. My biggest honor was Miss Photogenic. :D

I competed in the 1991 Bolingbrook/DuPage Township Junior Miss program. (It was called Young Woman of the Year at the time, they changed it back to Junior Miss a few years later.) It was an absolute blast! I won a runner-up award for talent. It was funny, I completely was not expecting to win anything so when they called my name as the winner, I just stood there. They called it a couple more times until the girl next to me elbowed me and said "Hey, that's YOU!" :D

I was the 1997 Franklin County Fair Queen. My biggest responsibility was to draw the winning ticket number every night at the grandstand shows and take photos with the winning livestock and their handlers.

Alas, I didn't do so well at the State Fair Queen competition, but I had fun! :p

I am the Miss Bojangles Laser Light Show 1986. Not a formal pageant, mind you, but I beat out the other 15 or so girls on the band bus to state marching championship that year, so it was special to ME.

Just sent you a PM

I have never been in a pageant but I have dated girls that have . . . just thought I would include that.

I should clarify...I know all the bare bones pageant stuff...how to enter, what I need to do, etc. I am just trying to figure out all the unwritten rules.

I think pageants are stupid......but thats just my personal opinion. :)

Hootie...to answer your question, not yet, but I have been too busy at work to make calls during normal hours...Thanks for all your help, and here is my next round of ??? for all the pageant-savvy out there:

1. Everyone sings as a talent. How do I make myself stand out? How do judges feel about an original song? Have you ever seen anyone be successful with a non-musical talent (dramatic reading or something)?

2. Everyone in Illinois has to have a platform related to violence prevention this year. I think I am going to go with domestic violence. How do I make my platform unique when every woman is probably choosing the same thing? How much of the interview is about the platform, and how much is about other stuff? What is the other stuff?

3. I was planning on a sporty swimsuit; should I go sexy instead?

4. My interview suit is very conservative--black and modest. Is this the norm, or do girls go with more high-style evening-type suits?

5. The score breaks down into interview, talent, swimsuit, eveningwear and poise. What is poise? Are they judging me during the production numbers?

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