World Peace!

So Last weekend I was a judge for the Miss Pleasant Grove Pageant! I was so excited! Not only did I get to judge the talent, swim suit, and evening gown competition, but before hand I got to do all the interviews with the rest of the judges. I have never been a "pageant girl" and I have made my fair share of comments joking about the pageant walk, the air head answers to on stage questions, and yes, even every pageant girls true desire for "world Peace!"

However, I did grow up watching Miss America with my sisters, and afterward we would float around the house, imitating the "pageant wave!" There are alot of jokes out there about pageants, but after this experience I have to say I do have alot more respect for the process these girls go through. They really do learn alot about public speaking, and community service, and lets admit, it takes alot of confidence to walk around a stage with only a bathing suit on!

They each choose a platform where they dedicated their time to community service. They are beautiful, tough, and humbly open them selves up to being critiqued, which is a hard thing to do... but a great way to grow.

They were a talented bunch of girls. Piano players, singers, and dancers! You could tell how shy some were, and how out of their comfort zone this was for them. Watching how their confidence grew throughout the process was truly inspiring. After watching the pageant I wanted to go up and give them all a big hug!

Some of you may have done pageants when you were young, and to you I say Congratulations! Congratulations, for putting your self out there, and being so courageous, sharing your talents, and desiring to work with the community! So after a fun filled day of working with those girls, I can honestly say I am happy to have participated in such a great scholarship program,(not a beauty pageant!)