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10 Tips To Get More Contestants To Your Beauty Pageant

  Any pageant organizer knows that finding contestants to enter your pageant (and pay for their entry fees) can be one of the most challenging tasks for organizers.  Your pool of contestants makes up the face of your pageant, and the...

07, January 2023

Ten Tips To Run A Profitable Beauty Pageant

  Running a profitable beauty pageant has many similarities to planning any successful event and whether you are a competitor, pageant director, or simply a fan who dreams of organizing and managing your own pageant, there is a lot to lea...

21, November 2022

15 States That Have Never Won Miss USA

Since its founding in 1952, Miss USA has crowned one lucky lady a year to represent the country and live out her dreams. Although most states have taken home the coveted crown, there are some states that have produced several Miss USAs. State...

02, October 2022

Setting (and achieving) Pageant Goals

Here we are - the dreaded final quarter of the year. It’s a barren wasteland of abandoned planners and empty Ben and Jerry’s containers, where once-beloved pageant goals are pushed aside, only to die slowly…pitiful and forgotten. ...

01, September 2022

Diet vs. Exercise: Which Deserves The Weight Loss Title?

By Guest Writer, Amanda Nighbert, Registered Dietitian.   We’ve all been there: the 5:45am spin class, swathed in Lycra, pedaling and panting like the Demagorgon from Stranger Things is on our heels (and hoping our lungs don&rs...

19, August 2022

101 Pageant Tips (for First Time Contestants)

So you've signed up for a pageant and you don't know where to start preparing... Or, maybe you haven't signed up yet but you're trying to pick a pageant to participate in. The pageant world can be overwhelming when everything is ...

04, February 2022

Pageant Dresses: How to Style, Pose and Walk

Your pageant dress will not win you the competition but it can certainly be the reason why you lose the crown. Pageant dresses are among the most iconic parts of pageantry, but your dress alone will not win you the crown. If you make the wrong cho...

02, February 2022

How to Succeed in Pageant Interview

Pageants are won or lost in pageant interview. If you've spent any time at all in pageantry, you've heard this saying at least once. And for good reason - pageant interview is probably the most important competition of ...

29, January 2022

Pageant Paperwork & Resume (Examples, Templates and Tips)

Everything that you do in a pageant is about communication, including and especially your pageant paperwork. The very first place that you begin that process of communication occurs long before you ever set foot in the interview room or on stage. You...

12, May 2021

The ULTIMATE Guide to Pageant Shoes

There are hundreds of pageant shoes out there, so how do you know which pageant shoes are right for you? Picking the wrong pageant shoes can distract from your perfectly planned out outfit. Likewise, picking the right pageant shoes can give you that ...

10, May 2021

Top 10 On Stage Pageant Questions (and Answers)

Oh, the dreaded on stage question.  Jaws theme music should be playing in the background as contestants feel like they are walking the plank.  Coaches and directors try to reassure us that it is not a life or death situation, but we have se...

08, May 2021

How to Answer "Why Should You Win This Pageant?"

"Why should you win this pageant" is one of the most common questions that pageant interview judges like to ask, so you should always be ready for it regardless of what pageant system you are competing in. There are three primary approaches...

07, May 2021

Beauty Pageant Statistics

Knowledge is power. That's why we wanted you to know all about the beautiful planet of pageantry. We've compiled a comprehensive list of interesting and vital facts for you to learn more about our industry. From coaching to prize packages to ...

06, May 2021

Pageant Talent: The Complete Guide

Pageant talent is one of the hardest areas of competition. You need to be both technically proficient and highly entertaining. From deciding what pageant talent to perform to picking out the perfect outfit to highlight your skills, how do you kn...

05, May 2021

The 10 Toughest Pageant Interview Questions (and How to Answer Them)

We've seen the blunders live on stage when a contestant pulls a question but they have no idea how to answer it. A million thoughts are running through their minds and usually they have nothing to do with the question. The same thing can happen i...

04, May 2021

How to Set Goals (and Achieve Them)

We always talk about the details of how to perfect your walk, how to do your pageant makeup or what to wear for competition, but there is a much larger part of pageant prep that needs to be discussed: pageant goals. Without setting goals each year, m...

04, May 2021

How to be a Successful Titleholder

We hope that our new guide, “How to be a Successful Titleholder” will become the go-to guide book for your incredible reign! One of our main priorities at Pageant Planet is to empower every titleholder in the industry by giving them ...

03, May 2021

Pageant Dictionary: Beginners Guide

Pageantry is an industry with its own language. If you're new to the glitz and glamour of pageantry, you're likely unfamilar with all of the terminology you'll need to know. Let us at Pageant Planet be your pageant concierge and conn...

02, May 2021

Skin Care Routine for Beauty Queens

You've heard a million times that having a skin care routine is so very important. If you're here, you probably know your skin is one of the most important aspects of our look as pageant contestants. We here at Pageant Planet understand ...

02, May 2021

How Do Judges Score Beauty Pageants?

Wouldn't you like to get into the mind of a pageant judge and know exactly what they are looking for? Know exactly how they score the contestants? While we can't read minds, we can give some insight on how exactly judges score beauty pageants...

30, April 2021

7 Best Ideas for Pageant Talent

Many pageants are now requiring contestants to perform a talent on stage as part of the judging process. This often worries some girls if they can't figure out their talent. I promise, even if  you think you aren't talented, you have the...

30, April 2021

12 of the Most Shocking, Random, and Difficult Interview Questions Ever Asked

Disclaimer: The interview questions from this article are real, but many are controversial and not appropriate for contestants under the age of 18. If this applies to you, we recommend searching for another interview article to help you prepare. ...

28, April 2021

Top 15 Most Influential Women in Pageantry

Our mission at Pageant Planet is to connect and expand the pageant industry, with the ultimate goal of motivating ALL girls to participate in pageants. We believe that the world of pageantry is for everyone who wants to be a part of it, and that the ...

28, April 2021

15 Famous People You Didn't Know Were Pageant Girls

We all know the poster children for post-pageantry success: Oprah Winfrey, Gretchen Carlson and Halle Berry, but there are a vast number of women in Hollywood who got their start in pageantry. Pageantry is an excellent training ground for the enterta...

26, April 2021