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Subject: Me too!

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Date Posted: 12:49:08 05/31/12 Thu
In reply to: Happy 's message, "This is why I love Beauties of America! At least I can feel comfortable competing with women in my own age group." on 09:49:53 05/31/12 Thu

>>>My opinion? I'm not sure there is one leading title
>>>for the 40-and-up age group.
>>>I always hear people talking about titles having
>>>more/less "value," but frankly, I have yet to see an
>>>actual "grading system" that went any farther than
>one
>>>person's personal opinion.
>>>Mostly, I think what matters is your overall pageant
>>>experience and what works for you, your budget, your
>>>platform, and your pageant goals. That is one of the
>>>beauties of being over 40 - You get more freedom of
>>>choice!
>>>Do I think the prices are getting out of control? It
>>>does seem like directors are placing more and more of
>>>the production costs on the shoulders of the
>>>contestants these days. But part of that goes along
>>>with your overall pageant experience. Do you want to
>>>be in a pageant that is held in a professional
>>>theater, or do you want to be on a community church
>>>stage? I don't have a good answer for that one. The
>>>cost of everything is going up these days.

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Date Posted: 03:25:01 06/01/12 Fri

>>>>My opinion? I'm not sure there is one leading title
>>>>for the 40-and-up age group.
>>>>I always hear people talking about titles having
>>>>more/less "value," but frankly, I have yet to see an
>>>>actual "grading system" that went any farther than
>>one
>>>>person's personal opinion.
>>>>Mostly, I think what matters is your overall pageant
>>>>experience and what works for you, your budget, your
>>>>platform, and your pageant goals. That is one of
>the
>>>>beauties of being over 40 - You get more freedom of
>>>>choice!
>>>>Do I think the prices are getting out of control? It
>>>>does seem like directors are placing more and more
>of
>>>>the production costs on the shoulders of the
>>>>contestants these days. But part of that goes along
>>>>with your overall pageant experience. Do you want to
>>>>be in a pageant that is held in a professional
>>>>theater, or do you want to be on a community church
>>>>stage? I don't have a good answer for that one. The
>>>>cost of everything is going up these days.