Confessions of a Pageant King

With many of the PPJ gang moving on to bigger and better things, we thought it would be nice to catch up one more time in this special episode. Follow our co-hosts: https://www.instagram.com/msgalaxywales/ https://www.instagram.com/chloelouisedaviess/ https://www.instagram.com/gizzelleuys.gu/ https://www.instagram.com/littlered.s/ --- Be more than just a queen. Make an IMPACT. Join our sorority: ⬇...

Chelsey Rodgers is an attorney, business owner, Miss District of Columbia USA 2008 and now the new Director of Miss District of Columbia USA and Miss District of Columbia Teen USA. To find out more about the pageant or to enter: ⬇️⬇️ https://missdcusa.com/ https://www.instagram.com/brains.and.beauties/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:08 Vincenza and the class of 2008 10:52 From pageant titleholder to page...

I received an email earlier this week from a young girl asking for sponsorship advice. There's no way around it - getting sponsorship is HARD. Especially after the global pandemic. BUT, there are a few things you can do to increase your chances: Know WHAT you want (be SPECIFIC) Know WHY someone should sponsor you (what's in it for THEM?) Make sure you DELIVER what you PROMISED! If you're really st...

Wanted to check in with you guys to see how everything is going, and also to remind you to be kind in ACTIONS, not just words. Email: info@thepageantproject.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thepageantproject.com/subscribe

Twenty-seven year-old Savannah Bethea will represent South Carolina at the Miss Earth USA pageant in January 2022. She majored in studio art at the historic women’s college, Converse College, with a focus in welded sculpture and oil painting. Also a musician, Savannah sings and writes her own songs and is self-taught on guitar and ukulele.   She’s the founder of Jeans for Teens, a textile waste an...

Emma Loney is very familiar with the pageant world, having held 8 state titles. She is the current reigning Miss Oklahoma Earth USA, where she advocates for #LegislateChange, a national initiative she created to help people across the United States to encourage their local and state representatives to vote in favor of environmental protection legislation.  She is a second year law student at North...

Kimberly Keen is a 27-year-old family law lawyer, freelance journalist, model, humanitarian, and environmental activist. She values having a strong work ethic and sense of self in everything she does. During her childhood, Kimberly developed her love of nature and the outdoors. Her father, an avid hunter and wildlife conservationist, would often take her and her sister on camping trips in the dese...

#178 STEVEN RODDY INTERVIEW: FOUNDER - PAGEANT PLANET Steven Roddy, a former model and television host, was the youngest owner of a professional football team at the age of 23. Following the football team, Roddy formed a consulting firm specialising in making brands famous. Steven has consulted for movies, magazines, designers, and actors from Canada to Hawaii. In connection with his consulting fi...

Emma Rose Collingridge is a freelance model and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from a leading British university. After writing her dissertation on rediscovering Medusa’s origins, she was inspired to use her voice to stand up against gender-based violence. Transmuting her own experiences into power, she founded her #DrawTheLine campaign, empowering women through self-defense and con...

Cecilie Dissing is the reigning Miss Earth Denmark and is currently vying for the Miss Earth international title to be decided (virtually) in late November.⠀ ⠀ She is an advocate for mental health having both ADHD and Asperger’s, as well as being affected by synaesthesia.⠀ ⠀ Cecilie refers to herself as being ‘super creative’, has a motorbike instead of a car and started her own business at the ag...

A couple of weeks out from UK Galaxy 2021, we're catching up with our favourite Scot Olivia McPike who will be handing over her Miss Galaxy UK 2020 title after a COVID-impacted reign. Follow our co-hosts: https://www.instagram.com/msgalaxyuk/ https://www.instagram.com/chloelouisedaviess/ https://www.instagram.com/gizzelleuys.gu/ Follow Olivia: https://www.instagram.com/oliviamcpike/ https://www.in...

Nora Emilie Nakken is the reigning Miss Universe Norway and will compete in Israel in December for the biggest title in world pageantry. She is twenty-three years old and works as an entrepreneur and model. She is passionate about encouraging people to talk about mental health issues more openly, starting her own non-profit organisation 'The Bear Buddy' to advocate and raise funds for this. Nora h...

Catching up with the inimitable Filipina/Scot Christina Chalk, Founder of Self Esteem Queens and First Runner-Up at the recent Miss Universe GB 2021 Finals. Follow our co-hosts: https://www.instagram.com/msgalaxyuk/ https://www.instagram.com/chloelouisedaviess/ Follow Christina: https://www.instagram.com/christinachalk/ https://www.instagram.com/selfesteemqueens/ --- Don't just be a queen. Make an...

Stayc Simpson is the reigning Ms Achievement World 2022 and lives in Miami FL USA. She is also the CEO of Gymagination and PageantryNOW. Stayc is a three-time cancer survivor with heart failure. In 2014, she became the first woman to receive stem cells to repair the damage to her heart.  Stayc speaks for the American Heart Association as a survivor and has been featured on The Today Show, and othe...

Cynthia Lau is a twenty-five year old of Chinese, Spanish and Cuban descent. She was born in Holguin in Cuba, but migrated with her family to the USA when she was five. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a master’s degree in business administration from Nova Southeastern University. When she was thirteen she was diagnosed with a gastrointestinal tumor, which taught her to truly live life to the fu...

Miss Earth South Africa Nompumelelo Maduna is a social media specialist by profession and currently completing her honours degree in Marketing Management. Her advocacy is to educate people about environmental conservation, to plant more trees and to promote the use of vegetable gardens in underprivileged areas. She also has a pageant business that focuses on empowering young women and building the...

When I was watching the Miss Earth beachwear competition, Saartje Langstraat's video really stood out... but not necessarily for the reasons you might be thinking. Yes it was an amazing video. Yes the production values were off the charts. Yes Saartje looked amazing and obviously knows how to walk. BUT most importantly, this is a young woman who happens to fit pageantry down to a T. She hasn't had...

Eva Wilson, the current Miss Earth New Zealand, is a 24 year-old Public Health Advisor and Health promoter from Auckland, New Zealand. “My advocacy encourages people to become involved with political spaces in their countries to advocate for policy that protects our environment. Individually, we can all play our part in protecting our environment (for example through recycling or ride sharing).  H...

Phoebe Soegiono was born and raised in Sydney together with her two sisters and brothers. She is of Indonesian ethnicity, prefers weights over cardio and is an avid music lover. Connect with Phoebe: https://www.instagram.com/phoebesoegiono/ --- WE'RE MAKING PAGEANTRY BETTER, SAFER & FAIRER! JOIN THE REVOLUTION: ⬇️⬇️⬇️ http://thepageantsorority.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to di...

For our Halloween special we couldn't have anyone else on except our good friend Miss Eco International 2020 Gizzelle Uys. Just pray that she doesn't see any spiders! Follow our co-hosts: https://www.instagram.com/msgalaxyuk/ https://www.instagram.com/chloelouisedaviess/ Follow Gizzelle: https://www.instagram.com/gizzelleuys.gu/ https://www.facebook.com/gizzellemandy/ --- WE'RE MAKING PAGEANTRY BE...

We often talk about failure. We know that we have to embrace it, not fear it, but that can be tough to do in the moment. In this episode I'm talking about some of my "failures", particularly in the pageant world, and how some of those very "failures" are what led me to being a grand slam pageant coach and judge. Fail fast. Fail forwards. Fail your way to success! WE'RE MAKING PAGEANTRY BETTER, SAF...

OK... if you haven't yet signed up for early access, what are you waiting for? I spent today inviting some very special VIP's to join our sorority. These are the best of the best people I've met over the last five years doing over 200 pageant interviews. And it's not just their pageant titles that make them impressive. It's WHO they are and WHAT they've achieved... as well as what they're GOING to...

How often have you tried changing a behaviour or habit unsuccessfully? How many times have you tried being a morning person, eating more veggies, eating less chocolate or giving up coffee (guilty)? The problem, much like with a brooding chicken, is not the BEHAVIOUR itself. That's just the effect. The problem is the mental and emotional states you habitually find yourself in that CAUSE(or do not c...

After a particularly interesting session with my Miss Universe client, I wanted to drop some thoughts on the importance of knowing your true END RESULT and how easy it can be to get blown off course and fall into the trap of being BUSY versus being PRODUCTIVE. Quick tip - get used to asking yourself 'what's my outcome here?' What's my true end goal? What's my purpose? And you'll be astounded at ju...

Way back when I interviewed Miss Georgia Teen USA 2018 Savannah Miles for the first time, I remember being hugely impressed with her interview skills, especially for someone who was just seventeen at the time. When I asked her for interview tips, she mentioned one thing - control the interview. Fast forward four years and nearly two hundred interviews later, I think I finally grasp what she meant...