if you've been around long enough, you must realize that not every pageant is pure at heart. Directors play a huge roll in helping choose, or at least influencing judges. I witnessed such a thing at a major pageant before the interviews were over. I saw a list of the top 5. The director rushed to grab it so no one saw it, but I did. Who should I tell? Who should I accuse? if I write it on a voy, people accuse me of sour grapes. So, most of us just shut up and move on. -- Ms. & Mrs. Elite or Classic Board

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Subject: if you've been around long enough, you must realize that not every pageant is pure at heart. Directors play a huge roll in helping choose, or at least influencing judges. I witnessed such a thing at a major pageant before the interviews were over. I saw a list of the top 5. The director rushed to grab it so no one saw it, but I did. Who should I tell? Who should I accuse? if I write it on a voy, people accuse me of sour grapes. So, most of us just shut up and move on.

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it's very sad

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Date Posted: 02:44:32 06/09/12 Sat
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[> [> Subject: I feel the same way.
Author: :-( [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:48:00 06/09/12 Sat

[> [> Subject: I was a judge at a major pageant and was told by the director to just relax and have fun, because the scores didn't count. She had already selected who she wanted, in so many words, and we should just enjoy the show. How would I tell the public that? I'd be laughed out of the business. That pageant still goes on, too. And when I see girls entering I cringe, wishing I could tell them what I knew, but I"d be considered a wack job. Suffer in silence, I guess, or just plain get out of pageantry.

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what would you do that would work?
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Date Posted: 03:40:12 06/10/12 Sun

[> [> [> Subject: This is why pageantry gets a bad name.
Author: Sad [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:43:56 06/10/12 Sun