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Date Posted: 10:35:58 04/01/03 Tue
Author: Anonymous
Subject: Another thing...

that does bug me with the entries of the contests out there...the moms are OBSESSED with pageant pictures. Several of the moms shoot every month. Why spend so much money? Like wasting it eh?
There is one contest where several of the girls have 12 pictures entered. That is like at a pageant...you enter that many and the judges get sick of looking at your child.
There should be a max limit to the number of photos you can enter. All the extra photo entries cost more than the original entry fee. That is insane to pay that and enter 10+ pictures. Another thing that I know of lot of moms wish, me included, is that photogenic didn't count for supreme. There are a few that win supremes who are not supreme quality and they only won it because the photogenic scores pulled them up.
But directors are not going to change that because all that extra cash keeps lining there pockets. They would be stupid to turn away all that extra dough.

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[> You know I have to agree. It seems like all BIG name kids keep winning! I'am actually getting very frustrated. We spent over $800 for new Toni O pics & she cant even win division. And she isnot ugly she is not a big name. THis will be it. No more photo contests. So sick of seeing the same kid win everytime...........UGH -- Anonymous, 19:02:15 04/01/03 Tue


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[> Re: Another thing... -- Anonymous, 20:16:51 04/01/03 Tue

Having photogenic go for overall is no different than sportswear going for overall. A new sporstwear outfit & 4 modeling lessons cost the same as a 2 look shoot with 2 prints. Learning a pro-am (dance) routine is no harder, just a different skill, than being able to take direction from a photographer & look into the camera. Having natural dance ability will increase your wins with pro-am. Being naturally photogenic, will increase your wins with that event. If you want an "even" playing field, you have 2 options:
Enter pageants that give you a choice of optionals for your supreme total & do the ones you are good at
OR
do pageants where beauty is the only thing that pulls for supreme.
Otherwise, it seems to me your complaint is your pictures don't win as much as Sally's do, so all the rules should be changed so your child has a better chance. What kind of win would that be?


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[> [> I agree and the point is... -- Anonymous, 15:59:18 04/03/03 Thu

Beauty should win the supreme not the digital photograph.
We will be entering a few in the next month or two where photogenic does not count for supreme.
We want to win on beauty and let our optional outfit scores help us, not the photogenic.
This is how it used to be and needs to be again.


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[> [> [> Re: I agree and the point is... -- Anonymous, 11:20:54 04/06/03 Sun

I agree. I think beauty should be the only factor in a photo as long as there is nothing else in the photo that makes you not see the facial beauty, but then again that something is needed if there is little facial beauty.


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