She May Not Have A Crown Of Diamonds

but she has a heart of GOLD!

Amy had her pageant tonight, and I'm sorry to say that she did not place at all. This is a first for her in the pageant scene. She looked beautiful and did wonderfully, though. That's all I can ask. And at the end of the day she had a smile on her face. She was overheard telling her friend as we arrived at the pageant:
     "Do you see that girl there? I love her dress and she's really nice. I hope she wins."
The girl she was talking about was one in her category and turns out, the one that was crowned at the end of the night. As she was changing back into her jeans and shirt, we saw a couple of other girls crying and who were very upset. Amy was more interested in getting one of the balloons they had for decoration. I'm sure she was disappointed to not have won anything, but I'll let her tell you in her own words.

How long have you been doing pageants?
I have been doing pageants since I was in kindergarten so about 7 years.

Why do you do the pageants?
Because they are fun and allow me to be myself on stage and during interview. Also, I get to be with my friends from the pageant last year and other pageants.

Are you dissappointed that you haven't won?
Yes and no, because my friends or girls that really should win always become queen.

What do you think the most important thing is that a crowned queen should have?
I think they sould have patience and intelligence to be queen. You need patience for the younger queens and to get ready.You need intelligence to talk to people and understand what the older people are saying.

There you have it. Unfortunately the judges didn't ask her these questions so they have no idea what a sweet and wonderful girl they passed over. That's ok, there's always next year.

My Beautiful Pageant Girl

My daughter has been participating in pageants for quite a few years now. Her dance teacher talked us in to her first one and she loved it so much I couldn't tell her no to the other years. She has never been crowned queen, but she has been 1st runner up, 2nd runner up, and Most Photogenic. She has never left a pageant without some sort of award or prize of one of those three. She enjoys wearing pretty dresses and getting up on stage and she doesn't mind letting me take lots of pictures of her for photogenic contests. This is her dress this year (I didn't make this one, I'm not THAT good at sewing).

So the pic is a little blurry...sorry. I'll have better ones the day of pageant when her hair is all done and stuff too. This year the local pageant is offering the Photogenic and Best Party Dress optional awards and I signed her up for both. She is very excited about the pageant and has been selling her tickets like crazy. (She is required to sell $40 worth of tickets to participate.) I have told her from the very first pageant she entered that whenever she didn't want to do it anymore then she didn't have to. Take a look at her Photogenic pic that we took yesterday!

Isn't she just gorgeous! I'll be sure to post after the pageant to let everyone know how she did!