Is it modelling?
I am not that type.
It is very difficult, I saw picture of last year's winner.
I am into sports...
I doubt I can ever win.
I am writing this blog in an attempt to answer some of the doubts people always have in mind, in the simplest possible way.
1-First of all, a pageant is not only a competition, it is an experience to enjoy and celebrate being a girl/woman with pride.
2-A pageant also gives a platform where you can deliver message through poetry or speech, or if you have a special talent, you can perform too for appreciation and for the love/art of doing it.
3- It is not true that ‘Miss India’ pageant winners are always the one in best of their shape. But sometimes pageant becomes a motivation, inspiration for participants to take care of them and be physically fit. Usually I see participants get more fit after winning/or getting title because that really motivates them. This kind of thing also happens to those who just enroll.
4-I cant mention the name here, but we had a Mrs winner who was size 8 when she won the pageant and then within an year she lost so many pounds, and became size 4. Be and inspiration for others and getting inspired from them, is another motive of connecting to others through a pageant.
5-Participation in a pageant is fun too, getting yourself pampered and getting professional makeup, hair done, and learning catwalk etc--- and performing on a glamorous platform- all that is a kind of celebration and experience. Even little girls like to dress up, it is a natural phenomenon.
6- For winners and title holders, a pageant becomes a gateway to enter a life of glory and to be seen as a role model for society---an unforgettable moment of Crown and sash and number of opportunities.
7- 'Miss India New England' pageant contestants and winners stand out among other such contests because of a training/guidance provided with registration following Miss India USA and Miss India Worldwide pageant system started by Dr Dharmatma Saran and Mrs Neelam Saran of IFC NY. This includes Ethnic dress round, Evening Gown and Introduction, Talent, and On-stage Questions.
Hope you enjoyed reading the above simplified version of pageant participation.
