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

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Date Posted: 10:41:54 05/23/08 Fri
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

Okay listen up everyone. I won this pageant at the local competition level and won Miss Photogenic. I then competed in the Nationals Pageant in Orlando and my fee was paid for. However, I must say that we were extremely disappointed when we arrived in Orlando to find that the last two years of winners were all competing against each other. (That saves the company money by being able to have one pageant for them all.) I've never seen so many girls in one age group competing against each other in any legitimate pageant. Also, I used to work for Nationals years after my win. I interviewed girls for this pageant and we were basically told to interview the girls, but every girl gets picked to compete. EVERY GIRL. Even if we know they don't really have a chance at winning. This pageant is focused on the money and that is all. It isn't a stepping stone to Miss USA or Miss America or anything like that so I'd steer clear.

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[> Re: Cities of America by Nationals, Inc pageant -- Anonymous, 19:12:59 02/12/09 Thu

We participated in Ohio and it was definitely a rip off. I actually knew one of the judges (we used to work together) but he did not know my daughter. I contacted him aftwerward to find out more. He judges for other pageants incl Miss America. He said that they got very little instruction at this pageant, and that judging for this pageant is kind of an afterthought. More of a cattle call. The man that was the "chorographer" was an old guy in a sport coat (because he is fat) with a goatee who gripes and shouts at the girls. Not professional, not appropriate, not even good at what he does. The stage is just a theater stage, there is no good setup, very unimpressive. It looks like they just showed up that day and said "start!" The show itself is boring and repetitive. The ask the exact same inane question of 300 girls in a row. Unbelieveable. There were no suitable dressing room facilities for the girls. Only changing are for about 15 girls, plus a dark hot hallway which was the unsecured and unprivate dressing area for 300 girls. they sat on the dirty floor in their long dresses waiting for up to two hours to go on stage for 5 minutes. Very sad. I tried to put a good face on it, but my daughter was crying and disillusioned. She saw how phony it was and she was only 12.
I also saw a press release on the girl that ended up winning nationals and did a posting. The "sporty car" is a tiny little car of little value. It is pretty much winner take all, and it is not that much to get. The supposed "$20,000" at our city pageant was mostly discounts off the purchase of a modeling course. It was not real awards - just puffery. They sold our names and phone numbers to a modeling company who then called us and pressured us to come in and "be discovered" whilst paying $1,200 for a modeling course. The sad thing is that so many people fall for this pageant and get scammed. We did. This pageant is indeed a scam and is not the real thing.

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