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Subject: Maybe this will help explain things, it's an update on the daytona teen site Author: daytona fan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 01:09:56 10/28/04 Thu Just to Clarify Statement In the second to last paragraph of the below statement I wrote that I really hope that people take the time to read what we were saying in order to understand where we are coming from. Well obviously with all of the (yet again) negative responses we are getting, we didn't explain ourselves to the best of our ability. Instead of spelling everything out there was a little room for interpretation. So, I would like to explain exactly what we meant in paragraph 10 of the below statement regarding the Top 15 and also paragraph 17 and the fun level. I never said the pageant wasn't fun! Quite the contrary. The pageant is set up to be a fun, amazing experience; Tel-Air runs it that way. They make all of their contestants feel like stars and trust me I know that first hand! We model (and have always modeled) our pageant directly off of what I've learned as a contestant in THEIR pageants. What I did notice this year is that a lot of the girls (again compared to when I competed) where so focused on the things you can't control (like other contestants) they didn't enjoy their time at the pageant as much as they could or should have. Angela and I feel that this is because the preliminary system is promoting (via gossip and message boards) heightened levels of anticipation and expectation, causing some tension within the pageant. Obviously those who are truly prepared for the pageant probably wouldn't even notice. The Top 15...Judges will typically gravitate to the person they feel the most comfortable with. The teen top 15 was a little off, I'm sorry but I don't know what those judges were thinking with SOME of their choices. Personally there were 4 contestants in particular in the top 15 that blew me away, I think they did an amazing job and hands down deserved to be there. Nakia, who did make the semi-finals, is an amazing young women who I think will go very far in the Miss division. She is a great titleholder and I truly adore her but truth be told she was reluctant to embrace what we teach; she went off of her past pageant coaching rather than our pageant coaching. So, our statement was more directed toward her placement in comparison with our other girls placement. Obviously we wanted to avoid posting that in a statement about our own titleholder and tried to leave the reference vague. So again, to clarify, the judges were looking for something we do not and will not teach because what we teach didn't make the Top 15!. For Nakia to make the 15 and not Tiffany, Heather or Kendra (who is the poster child for what we teach) made us question WHAT WE TEACH versus what the judges are looking for. This is in no way meant to be an insult to Nakia, Victoria, or any of the other contestants. I hope that this will help to clear some things up. Again if you have questions regarding anything we've posted please e-mail us at info@missdaytonabeachteen.com [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: Maybe this will help explain things, it's an update on the daytona teen site (NT) I still take from your posts that you felt Kendra should have done the best of your contestants. I am glad you aren't my director 06:45:02 10/28/04 Thu you guys are unreal. i'm starting to see what they mean about bashing these directors. they don't favor kendra, they are saying that she is a perfect example of what they teach to the girls they coach. i think they favored kendra compared to heather and tiffany (who they were coaching out of the goodness of their hearts). i would expect them to favor nakia and kendra as their title holders. (NT) -- wish they were my directors, 09:15:51 10/28/04 Thu Thanks for the clarification. Not everyone is going to agree with the judges interpretation, and I am sure the judges didn't even agree with EACH OTHER. That is pageantry and I think we know that and they know that. I still think these directors are good people who provide a tremdous service to their communit. and their hearts are in the right places. I wish them well and hope that they find a better fit with whatever system they end up in. And I personally would love to have any director who is so passionate about what is important to them. (NT) -- Everyone needs to just back off! :-), 09:34:26 10/28/04 Thu This is true about the judges not even agreeing with each other. Know for a fact that one judge was overheard telling Victoria that she was his pick and another was overheard telling a different girl that she was her pick! (NT) -- So I guess that is the point of a panel...to blend different opinions together, 12:58:35 10/28/04 Thu Re: Maybe this will help explain things, it's an update on the daytona teen site (NT) -- If you choose to coach contestants then you cannot favor one over another or you are not doing the best for any of them., 12:33:18 10/28/04 Thu They weren't favoring one contestant over the others. I don't know where you are getting that. (NT) -- and coaching girls for free who aren't their titleholders, why would anyone criticize that, 13:45:40 10/28/04 Thu Re: They weren't favoring one contestant over the others. I don't know where you are getting that. (NT) -- Read both their posts and yes they are., 17:29:11 10/28/04 Thu