I was in our pageants in high school.
We lived in the deep south and all the girls were encouraged to participate.
It was brutal.
I was also a debutante.
(Does that count? I feel they were similar experiences so yes, I do)
Didn’t realize how super messed up that tradition is until I was a grown ass woman.
Have you ever been in a pageant?
What do you think of them?
I’ll think of some pageant stories to share.
I was in them growing up and it’s all in who you know where I’m from. Only people with money and a name won.
I think they should have them without announcing the name.
True that.
The same horse face, rich girl won all our pageants.
She wasn’t even cute!
Made all of us sooo mad.
I don’t think much of beauty pageants. Physical beauty fades over time as you get older. What matters is the person you are.
They held such contests for high school and college freshmen (both male and female, separately of course). I never took part though, even though invited by older girls and even a teacher 
I just didn’t feel comfortable in the limelight.
I was in a beauty pageant when I was young. I felt pretty confident that I would win the trophy or whatever. During my catwalk no one was looking at me. It seemed like they were distracted and I never knew why but during the next girls walk she had everyone’s attention. I believed I had the best walk but they gave the trophy to someone else and I won 2nd place. Till now I still see myself as the best and idc what distracted others from seeing me. I know the truth.
I don’t think we even have that here. I haven’t seen it. I think this would be frowned upon in the circles I grew up in, especially for younger girls. All this dressing up and attention for their looks seems weird, especially if there is a lot of pressure. But I don’t know what it is really like, I only know them from American tv shows. So I can’t judge.
What is the debutante thing?
I have never paid attention to them on television as I fail to understand the reasoning behind them. We never had them in schools where I live.
I was in a pagent for men in high school. I was dressed in a purple tuxedo.
I don’t like it when people become too superficial and shallow and self obsessed.
It’s unattractive to me when someone is obsessed with themselves more than anything else in a stuck up nasty way.
Nowadays all the beauty contestants have had plastic surgery which is cheating anyway.
I don’t think it’s good.
Every one is beautiful to someone or has something positive about them.
Even the most horrible people would have some nice or positive.
When I was 13 before I d colour my hair purple the boys in school were asked to vote prettiest girl in class and also who has best tots and who is sexiest so there were several things to vote for.
All the guys voted same girl best tits in class she had huge tits and the guys loved them.
A few guys five or something voted me prettiest in class.
I couldn’t take the compliment back then and I got along beautifully with everyone in class til I started hanging out with punk girls who dominated and suppressed me.
I liked them but they didn’t treat me well nor did they treat me with respect.
I became more timid and the people in my class didn’t like me anymore or we didn’t hang anymore.
I had much more positive relationships with the other ones who treated me with kindness and respect and who I lau
I had a girlfriend that did one as an adult. She was super vain she ruined a trip to disneyland once because she had a pimple. I dont like what it teaches girls. Nothing wrong with trying to look good male or female but when thats what you put first i dont think its healthy there are a l o t more important things in life.
I think they encourage people to focus on all the wrong things.
I think the pageants that focus on young girls are kinda creepy in their intentions.
I find the whole beauty pageant thing pretty bogus, honestly.
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