Sweetheart Competitions

[33girl]

In these "pageants" to determine sweetheart - who chooses the men who are going to compete?

[BabyPiNK_FL]

The chapters usually try to get men from each fraternity chapter to apply. Sometimes more than one from each chapter compete (depending on the pageant). I don't know if they've ever cut people because the money that they pay to apply usually goes to charity.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

In these "pageants" to determine sweetheart - who chooses the men who are going to compete?

Yea, I’m confused. Does each chapter choose a few people to be their potential sweetheart, and then the men compete for the title? Or is there a big pool of guys, and random ones will win for different chapters, regardless of whether the chapter really knows them or not? Or something else completely?

Personally, I think that having a competition for a privilege such as this is kind of crazy. We have always chosen our sweethearts after carefully considering who has continuously been supportive of the chapter in a variety of ways. Last semester, my chapter’s sweetheart graduated, and the sisters have had a few people to choose from to be the next one. But they recently decided to hold off on choosing a new one until the end of this semester, as all of the sisters don’t feel that they truly know each of these guys well enough to make an informed decision. They don't want to quickly pick someone just to have a sweetheart... and they shouldn't. I just think that leaving it up to fate might produce less-than-ideal results. And IMO, it takes away from the meaning behind the title.

[PANTHERTEKE]

Anyone can really participate in these pageants, but the people that usually do are close with chapter members and actually have a chance at winning the title. It's not like random GDIs compete and have a chance of winning.

ETA: You have to fill out an application and sometimes pay a fee to participate.