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Date Posted: 16:37:45 07/01/07 Sun
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You enter a pageant in hopes of winning, but even if you do not go home with the crown, you have gained more self-confidence and enhanced your ability to speak to others in a mature, professional way (assuming there was an interview!). You probably even practiced some social skills when meeting with other contestants, pageant staff, etc. So, in essence, you have won something. These things will help you throughout your life.
Still, you must also learn to lose and to lose gracefully. Unless you are extremely lucky in life, you will not "win" every job you apply for. You will not always be perfect. You must learn how to pick your head up and move on from things you may see as negative events.
So, crown or no crown, you have learned something from pageantry. My point is, with pageants that award queen titles to EVERYONE, there is no opportunity to learn to lose gracefully! IT'S OK NOT TO WIN EVERY TIME--Such is life!
MY OPINION: Pageants should continue with the tradition of awarding ONE QUEEN, and her court of runner-ups. Sure, it's great to get a gift of a trophy for participating or something else, but it should not be necessary to AWARD everyone! If you do not win the crown, PICK YOUR HEAD UP AND MOVE ON...different pageant, different day, different judges.
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