There is a big difference between beauty pageants and modeling. Pageant kids are raised believing that the spotlight is on them; what they look like, what they can do, and what they look like as individuals. They are taught to sell themselves. Unfortunately, in the world of real fashion, it’s all about the product and selling it. While fashion and runway models need to have specific aesthetic qualities and skills, their primary goal is to make a product look good, excite the customer, and make them want to buy.
Pageant moms are known to be extremely competitive. Everyone wants to be on top of the game, know the most about the industry, win the most titles and crowns, and have the most beautiful, talented, and peace-loving son in the entire world. But what these moms don’t realize is that they’re giving their kids false hope when they promise that one day all the late rehearsals, dance lessons, American history lessons, and hair pulling will be worth it. . This is not the case. The dreams of so many young pageant princesses are dashed when they discover that all those years of intense training; bouncing rhythmically down the runway, smiling with all their teeth and flicking their hair cutely as they wink and flirt with the audience, he has actually molded them into exactly what a fashion agency isn’t looking for in a couture model.
A great deal of time, effort, and money is put into beauty pageants. Many pageant moms will hire pageant and dance coaches, both at great expense. They will then spend a fortune on outfits for each of the different rounds. Elaborate and custom-made ball gowns, one-piece swimsuits, costumes, props and stage props for talent show, coronation gowns, etc. Then there’s the tall foot, 30-inch long hair pieces, custom molded tooth fins to hide any baby/imperfect teeth, copious pairs of diamond-encrusted shoes, false eyelashes, bottle after bottle, and tube after tube of bright pink blush, thick stage foundation, lipstick and gloss. All of this is used to enhance the pageant princess’s features, body, and overall image and make them look as unrealistic as possible, all in the hope of being crowned Pageant Queen.
Fashion designers will also spend a tremendous amount of time, effort, and money on a fashion show for their clothes. This money will be used for lighting, sound engineers, stage support, models, stylists and make-up artists and hairdressers, all aimed at ensuring that their garments attract the public of buyers and celebrities.
Unlike the pageant girls, the runway models aren’t trying to steal the show. The goal of a fashion show is to sell clothes, not people. If the model blew kisses, she danced around the stage like a fairy, she distracted the audience and didn’t fit the dress well, the designer wouldn’t sell her clothes and therefore she wouldn’t have a business. This is why pageant girls find it difficult to transition from beauty queen to supermodel.
So if you are a pageant queen and hope to one day become a model, you need to make sure you fully understand the difference between the two. If you love being the center of attention, can take the stage without a full face of paint and a hairstyle higher than a little boy, you may have to accept that the world of modeling is not for you.
