Re: Cities of America by Nationals, Inc pageant -- THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

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Date Posted: 04:22:42 07/25/07 Wed
Author: Anonymous
Subject: Re: Cities of America by Nationals, Inc pageant
In reply to: 's message, "Cities of America by Nationals, Inc pageant" on 06:55:45 06/20/03 Fri

My Daughter participated in the local National, inc competition this past weekend in Buffalo, NY. I had a bad attitude going to the information session thinking that there would be modeling agency's, etc there trying to solicit business, but it was exactly as it said. Simply information with no pressure what so ever. The pageant can certainly be costly but everything is explained very clearly. There are no surprise costs. There are probably expeses involved with putting on the production besides the obvious that we don't know about, and lets face it, this is a business, they need to make a profit. We don't think twice of paying probably triple what it costs stores for the clothes we buy. I personally was impressed with how well the pageant was organized from the information session through the production. All questions were answered and the information booklets were very well writted and explained every detail. As the previous post states, kids don't win every game they play in. As heartbreaking as it is for the kids that don't win or place, that is part of life and hopefully they will give themselves credit for getting up there on that stage in the first place. More guts than most adults have!! The other thing that I liked about this pageant (and honestly, I don't have anything to compare as this was her first pageant) is that it is truely personality based. There were no drop dead gorgeous "beauty queens" up there. Just everyday kids doing this for the excitement and experience. For most, this was their first pageant. No one was overly made up to look 10 years older and they were really judged on personality, poise, etc. I love that!

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[> Re: Cities of America by Nationals, Inc pageant -- Anonymous, 08:38:25 10/17/07 Wed

WELL CLEARLY I RECEIVED THE SAME LETTER AND WAS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE...I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THIS IS ALREADY STARTING TO BE FUN FOR ME....FOR THISE OF YOU WHO ARE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THIS PAGEANT I MUST SAY YOU SOUND PRETTY IGNORANT.....MAYBE YOUR DAUGHTER DIDNT HAVE WHAT IT TOOK TO BE CROWNED OR MAYBE YOU DIDNT HELP HER WELL ENOUGH...THEREFORE SHE DID NOT GET CHOSEN.....CLEARLY IF THERE WERE CONTESTANTS THAT DID GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS AND SAID IT WAS NOT A SCAM THAN OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE PEOPLE TO VOUCH FOR THIS PAGEANT AND IT IS NOT A SCAM..SO STOP EMBARRASING YOUR SELF AND YOUR DAUGHTER(S)...

-16 YEAR OLD TEEN-

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