Category: Miss Pageants

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VIDEO: Morgan Woolard on “How to Handle a Tough Pageant Loss”

Introducing thePageantGuy.com's guest blogger -- Miss Oklahoma USA 2010, Morgan Woolard. Based on her own experience competing in pageants, Morgan will offer her personal insight in a video series addressing pageantry's tough issues.

Have you ever been disappointed after competing in a pageant? Have you ever had your heart broken when your name wasn't called? Have you ever struggled with your decision to compete again?

In this video -- drawing on her experience as 1st runner-up to Miss USA 2010 -- Morgan Woolard covers the topic "How to Handle a Tough Pageant Loss" by using these three approaches:

1) Have a Proper Perspective

2) Have a Healthy Mentality

3) Have a Detox of Self

Stay tuned for more videos featuring Morgan tackling pageantry's toughest topics!

P.S. As you watch this video please feel free to share -- in the comment box below -- your own personal experience dealing with a Tough Pageant Loss and how you overcame it!

-Will the Pageant Guy

Morgan Woolard is Miss Oklahoma USA 2010 and 1st runner-up to Miss USA 2010.  Morgan also held the title of Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 2006 and placed in the Top 15 at the Miss Teen USA 2006 pageant. Morgan is currently a youth leader, speaker, model, and a student studying Broadcast Journalism at Oklahoma State University.  You can follow her on Twitter: @MorganWoolard

   

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VIDEO: Kate McCaughey – Miss Rhode Island USA 2011

As performed by country music artist Billy Gilman:

"I remember her, shakin' off the dust.
She could walk the walk, she was one of us
When she went away, I went down that day.
Tried to cheer her, said you won't be missin' much
All that I remember when I think of her back then.
Is a fast talkin', fun lovin' girl we called a friend...Hey, Little Suzie..."

Who's Little Suzie?  Fast forward 7 years and the girl who was once Little Suzie is now the reigning Miss Rhode Island USA 2011, Kate McCaughey.  Correctly pronounced "Mah - Ca (as in castle) - He", I admit I had a butchered Kate's last name a few times 😛  No worries though, as you'll see in this exclusive thePageantGuy.com interview -- Kate is definitely a good sport and a "fun lovin' girl I'd call a friend!"  Be sure to keep an eye out for Rhode Island's Kate McCaughey as she "walks the walk" this summer at Miss USA 2011!

-Will the Pageant Guy

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VIDEO: Brittany Brannon – Miss Arizona USA 2011

From the words of Brittany Dawn Brannon - Miss Arizona USA 2011:

"I was born and raised in Paradise Valley, Arizona! I have always been submersed in the arts. I have played violin and piano since age 5, and was in orchestra all throughout high school. I have done classical ballet since I have been two years old and was accepted to the America Ballet Theater.

It had always been my goal to go and dance professionally in New York at ABT, however a foot injury that took place when I was 17, prevented me from dancing ever again.

With faith that everything happens for a reason, I instantly began to look for the next opportunity..."

Whether it's visiting a new continent, steering the wheel of a racecar at 170 mph, or working "Inside the Beltway" in DC...this bright-eyed Arizona beauty does not let the opportunities of life pass her by. Watch this one-on-one interview with Miss Arizona USA 2011, and learn more about Brittany as she seeks her next opportunity -- competing for the crown of Miss USA 2011.

-Will the Pageant Guy  

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VIDEO: Claire Buffie – Miss New York 2010

As spoken by Miss New York 2010, Claire Buffie in her "America's Choice" video:

"...those experiences as Miss New York have been unforgettable.  But what I have to remember is that at the end of the day, I come home and all this comes off.  The sash comes off, the earrings come out, and what I am left with is just me. And that's where I see the importance of just being.

BE who you are, BE confident, and BE real.  BE the nerd who works at the Genius bar at Apple and then comes home to watch Dancing with the Stars with her roommates.

BE the change you wish to see in the world and be PRESENT in the moment.  That's what I am, that's I strive to be!"

I was able to catch up with Claire back home in New York to talk about her Top 12 finish at Miss America 2011.   Check out the exclusive thePageantGuy.com interview with Miss New York 2010, Claire Buffie -- sash off, being real, and in the moment -- but WITH earrings on 😀

-Will the Pageant Guy  

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AUDIO: Cris Crotz – Miss Nevada 2010

As I leave today for the Miss America pageant in Las Vegas, I think about the best Vegas trip I've ever had...which was my most recent.  Last time I was in Sin City, I rode shotgun with Miss Dallas USA 2008, Christina Campfield, on the most ridiculous ride known to any living thing -- Stratosphere's Insanity.  Needless to say they named the ride correctly.

Soon I'll reunite with the chance to see my life once again "flash before my eyes"...but not before being greeted by the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign reminding me what this Miss America weekend has in store.  As the state of Nevada welcomes me to their fabulous city, I gladly welcome the fabulous Miss Nevada 2010, Cris Crotz to thePageantGuy.com.

We certainly appreciate the self proclaimed "accidental beauty queen" spending time with us to interview despite her busy schedule!  It's certainly no accident that Miss Nevada 2010 will be competing for the Miss America crown this Saturday night.  Best of luck Cris!

-Will the Pageant Guy

This audio interview was conducted by thePageantGuy.com's guest blogger, "Pageant Mike" of TexasPageantScene.com.  Mike is the co-owner of TexasPageantScene.com, a website dedicated to covering Texas pageantry. Through a camera lens, Mike has captured rare and memorable moments of hundreds of pageant contestants in the Miss USA and Miss America pageant systems.