Alright world, time for me to bust some myths about beauty pageants and those who are involved in them. Let's be honest, there are many stereotypes associated with beauty pageants, and I myself am guilty of believing them. Watch out, cause if you decide to do a pageant then everything you think you know will be turned up-side down!

Myth #1

"Pageant girls are all air heads who are only good for looking pretty" 

Some of the smartest people I know I met this past weekend! They're in college, they're straight A's, they're polite and classy and just all around smart people =] And they have so much ambition and so many goals in life! How can someone be ditsy and have such drive?!

Myth #2 

"They're so stuck up and self-absorbed!" Pageant girls are the farthest thing from stuck up. Actually, they're just as insecure if not more so than the rest of us about their appearance and speaking properly. The only difference is they've learned to love themselves through any flaws they have, and that we can't all be perfect. And they've learned to be confident in who they are. You want a reason to find flaws in yourself? Try being in a room of 50 other girls who in your eyes are completely flawless and drop-dead gorgeous. Then see how hot you feel. Truth is they feel about you how you feel about them. 


                                                     Myth #3 "they're the meanest girls you'll ever meet"            Lies. That's all I can say is LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES. These girls are the most caring, friendly, warm-hearted group of teenage girls you'll ever meet! Everyone wanted to help each other and was cheering for everyone else!  They're the most willing to curl each others hair and share make-up and give tips on how to pose and just everything wonderful about a girl. They are the farthest thing from mean!  

 myth #4 "They're completely fake!"

In a room full of fake boobs, fake eyelashes, fake nails, fake tans, and fake hair, are the realist girls out there. So maybe they (we?) use a few false products to enhance ourselves and be a tad bit closer to feeling perfect, but c'mon, who doesn't? We just happen to be stereotyped and judged for it.

Bottom line? I loved it, had an amazing time, made some true friends and just had FUN! Yeah, it's a bit stressful and tiring, but was it worth it? without a doubt! Would I do it again? In a heart-beat (I'm planning to). You go in there with all the prejudices and preconceived notions that have ever existed about pageants and their participants, but I guarantee by the end of LUNCH the first day you'll realize everything I have about them. I am not the same person I was just a week ago, and it's thanks to those amazing girls at the pageant <333

~Rocky