Beauty Pageant Dress

Do you want your dress to show your age, or make you look a little older if you are competing against girls who are three or four years older than you?

Always choose age appropriate clothing, If you try too hard to look as old as the girls that are 3 or 4 years older, you just end up looking out of place. Judges are almost always informed of the contestant’s age and keep that in mind when they are judging.


What should you wear for casual wear, and should your casual wear suit your age?

Again, always chose age appropriate clothing. And in choosing sportswear you should look at what colors are good for you, how well it fits and if you'll be able to move around comfortably in it. Most importantly, is it something you'll have fun wearing or something you'll feel silly in. If you don't like the outfit how can you make someone else like it?


What should I wear for the Talent Competition?

Once you’ve chosen your talent you need to think about how best to present it. Costuming will help a lot here. And it is definitely a costume you need to think about, not just a “dress” even if your talent is singing or playing the piano. How you look will go a long way towards your goal of entertaining showmanship. Wardrobe choices in this area are critical to success.

Use your costume to set the mood of the talent for judges and audience. It’s all about show business. Mixing images can really deduct from your score in the talent competition. If you are playing or singing a high energy rock and roll song but wearing white chiffon it’s going to confuse the message and judges may take points off your score because they can’t figure out what you are trying to do. Make sure your costume conveys the image of the talent you are performing and matches the genre and mood of the music.

If you are doing classic music, vocal or instrumental, try using black or white, something very “symphonic-looking.” For Gershwin or Broadway tunes go a little showier, add sparkle and glitz. Opera works well with long flowing lines and a dramatic look while Christian sacred music is a more pure angelic look so go with white or soft pastels.

For Singers:

The moment you walk onstage you should set the mood. If possible try to suit your costume specifically to the song but don’t get too literal.

You would not wear a mermaid costume if you are singing a selection from The Little Mermaid (imagine trying to cross the stage in a tail!) but you might wear a gown in sea foam colors that billows and flows around you. One exception to this rule might be kiddie pageants – in some cases wearing a mermaid costume for the talent competition might just be the perfect choice for a little girl!

Classical singers doing opera should set a suitably theatrical mood with historical themes, regal colors, rich velvets, period styling, bouffant sleeves, full skirts or dramatic trains topped off with tasteful glitz. Combine some of these elements to suit the mood of the piece you have chosen. One of the secrets to selling opera with showmanship is to wear a truly spectacular costume that really gets the judges attention. Never sing classical music in a contemporary beaded gown.

If you have chosen a more contemporary song your costumes should still be an extension of the music. Rhinestones and glitz work well here with the right song; Western costumes (not just jeans and a gingham shirt) add to a country performance, a costume which the character might actually wear in the Broadway show sets off a musical theatre tune.

For Musicians:

Keep in mind the unique demands of your talent when choosing a costume to perform in. Pianists are usually positioned so that judges can watch the keyboard – so they may be seeing a lot of your back! Make sure the back of your gown has something to attract the eye. If you are going to
be positioned at an angle have something about the costume to draw attention up to your face. Gowns with tailored or flowing trains and eyecatching detailing on the torso, shoulders and sleeves work well for pianists.

If you play a wind or string instrument you probably use facial expressions more and your costume should focus attention on that as well as your hands. Detailing on the bodice, neckline, shoulders and sleeves helps draw attention to the performer’s face and instrument. Musicians with
energetic numbers should select costumes that compliment body movements.

For Dancers, Gymnasts and other Athletic Talents:

Physically demanding talents such as dance, gymnastics, baton, acrobatics etc. require outstanding costumes that really reflect the theme of the music and the performance. There is a great deal of room for showmanship in this kind of costuming.

For instance – perhaps you are a ballet dancer; there are a number of ways in which you can choose to showcase that talent. If you choose a classical piece with classical music then the most unusually beautiful tutu and headpiece you can find is a good place to start. But what if the music has a “fairy” like quality to it – perhaps you might want to go in that direction and add a “wing” effect to a flower costume. Don’t overlook stage makeup either – a surreal but beautiful “fairy” makeup would certainly make your ballet stand out from the everyday.

Perhaps you pick a piece of music that you can still choreograph classic ballet steps to but that isn’t normally thought of as “ballet music.” Think about hip hop or patriotic jazz or even country. Can you see yourself doing ballet to those kinds of music? If so I hope you can also see yourself clad appropriately in a “hip hop” outfit, a jazzy little red white and blue dress or sparkly western wear – with toe shoes!

Remember, the total picture is the key. Use your costume to set the mood of your talent competition choice.

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Beauty Pageant Contests

Beauty Pageant Contests

What Kinds of Beauty Pageants Are There ?

There are more than 700,000 beauty pageants in the United States alone. These pageants range from local competitions designed to draw more people into a retail sales store, to county fair queens, to product promotions at a national level. They include major national contests such as the famous Miss America pageant all the way down to online photo contests for babies,


Child Beauty Pageants or Children Beauty Pageants

Beauty Pageants aimed at children and babies came into existence during the 1960’s and the latest estimates suggest that today 3,000 pageants attract 250,000 children per year.

Most child beauty pageants break competition levels out by age ranges. Category titles differ from pageant to pageant but generally fall into groups similar to this:

Babies (from the time a child can sit up independently until age 2)

• Toddlers (ages 2 – 4)

• Little Miss (ages 5 – 7)

• Junior Miss (7 – 9)

• Pre-Teen (10-12)


Natural vs. Glitz

There are two different kinds of child beauty pageants, each with a different image and emphasis.

Beauty Pageants which could be categorized as “natural” emphasize a family orientation and encourage participants not to use heavy make-up, hair pieces, tight costumes or talent performances inappropriate for the child’s age range.

Beauty Pageants which could be categorized as “glitz” emphasize a glamorous orientation and encourage participants to utilize beauty aids such as makeup and hairpieces, rhinestones and jewelry, mature costumes and talent performances to show off the child’s appeal.

Most national children beauty pageants have a presence on the World Wide Web and can be located by entering “child beauty pageants” into any major online search engine.


Teen Beauty Pageants

Teen pageants are similar to Adult pageants with the exception that some of them have a “scholarship” component and contestants are required to submit a transcript of their grades and/or write academic inspired essays.

Generally scholarship pageants do not have a swimsuit category included in the competition.

Most of the pageant tips included in the remainder of this book can be applied to winning a teen pageant as well as an adult pageant.

The evening gown competition for teens generally calls for a dress that is not as glitzy as a child’s pageant dress and yet not as sexy or mature as an adult gown. Thus, teen pageant gowns tend to be more like very special prom dresses.

National teen pageants that fall into the “scholarship” category and emphasize personal development and leadership include America’s Junior Miss Program, America’s National Teen-Ager, and Miss Teenage America.

‘TEEN magazine’s Miss Teenage America Pageant is a mail-in pageant which judges leadership, community service, scholastic achievement, poise and appearance.

National pageants that could be categorized as “glamour” pageants for teens include Miss Teen USA (which is a part of the Miss Universe pageant system), Miss Teen All American and Miss Teen America.

There are many other pageants out there and most can be accessed through any major search engine on the internet.


Adult Beauty Pageants

The cultures of individual pageants are different. Miss America, a volunteer-based nonprofit organization that emphasizes the scholarships that winners receive, tends to choose winners with high scores in the interview, intelligence and “platform” (community service and public speaking)
categories.

Miss Universe, a beauty pageant system now owned by Donald Trump which includes the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants as well as Miss Universe, focuses on beauty and swimsuit competition and tends to choose winners who are “sexy.”

Additional pageants which also fit the “glamour” culture of beauty contests include Miss World and Mrs. America among others.


Other Pageants

There are pageants for just about every kind of contestant imaginable including married women, seniors, plus size folks, and boys and men. While none of these is as popular as the pageants listed above; they are available and a concentrated search will soon turn up opportunities to fit any competitor!

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