Not Too Late For Pageants

  Noelia Voigt, Miss USA 2023 Resigns  In the early hours of Monday, May 6th, 2024, Noelia Voigt the current Miss USA 2023 made a shocking announcement to the world and pageant community.     Read her shocking statement:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6oIKIYLDGG/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=2d500c83-9b2b-445f-9e2f-ee4bdc703e60   Noeliavoigt/Instagram   Noelia announced that she would resign from being Miss USA 2023 due to putting her mental health first.   She states, " Eternal gratitude fills my heart when I think about the platform I was given to make a difference, the feeling of achieving a lifelong dream, and connecting with people all over the world, just as I said I would do on the Miss USA stage." “Deep down I know that this is just the beginning of a new chapter for me, and my hope is that I continue to inspire others to remain steadfast, prioritize your mental health, advocate for yourself and others by using your voice, and n...

MISS UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION: MOVING BACKWARDS, NOT FORWARDS      "They can compete, but they cannot win."     That was the statement that shook up the whole pageant community when this was stated in a leaked video from October 2023, where the new Miss Universe owner, Anne Jakrajutatip said, "T he trans women, women with husbands, divorced women… now that we changed the age limit, they can now [participate]."  Anne also stated, " This is a communication strategy because they can compete, but they cannot win."  The MUO CEO responded to the leaked video, "The maliciously edited video was out of context and used to manipulate other people which led to the public confusion, misunderstanding, misinterpretation and wrong conclusion."  However, Miss Universe Nepal 2023, Jane Dipika Garrett posted to her Instagram story that she knew it was "rigged."   "Honey, I knew it was rigged from the moment I was on stage. I realized us 'inclusion...

  WHY DID I CHOOSE TO COMPETE IN A PAGEANT?  Today I will be discussing why I decided to apply to a pageant and compete.  There were TWO MAIN REASONS for me when I entered the MISS WISCONSIN USA 2023 Pageant.  So Let's Hop Right In:  To Overcome My Anxiety and  To Gain Experience and Personal Growth  Overcoming anxiety is not easy. At all. I was diagnosed with severe anxiety in 2020. Before the diagnosis, I felt I had anxiety but not that bad.  I was obviously wrong.   When I was younger, I hated public speaking, especially by myself. I never wanted to do a speech or presentation by myself without someone with me. I never understood why that was, I just assumed that it was fear and I'd get over it over time. That did not happen.  It got worse and worse, all the way up to my diagnosis.  I had taken a class my freshmen year that helped a little, but not a lot.  A year goes by and my anxiety has not gotten any better or worse...

  AND THE NEW MISS UNIVERSE 2023 IS. . . . . Miss Nicaragua 2023, Sheynnis Palacios!!! On the MISS UNIVERSE Organization (MUO) website, it states,   " Sheynnis Palacios is a 23-year-old mental health activist and audiovisual producer from Managua, Nicaragua. She usually prefers to be behind the camera, but she’s come out of the wings because she believes in finding solutions for as many of the world’s problems as she can.  As a problem-solving kind of person, she put herself through the communications program at her university by working in her mom’s snack business. When the business faltered in an economic crisis, her mother migrated north to find a better job, and she became the economic and emotional support for her grandmother and young brother.  Her cause this year will be mental health, which stems from her own experiences with anxiety.    Coming from a country where this issue is rarely addressed, she started an accessible initiative called “Und...

Thank You, President Paula Shugart  Last night at the YouTube Live Stream of the 72nd MISS UNIVERSE National Costume Show in El Salvador, Paula Shugart announced the end of her tenure as President of the MUO Organization.  “I can’t think of a better place than in this country and on this magnificent stage to announce the end of my tenure as the president of Miss Universe. I have decided that this Saturday will be my last show,” she said. Shugart has been the Miss Universe Organization's president since 2001, after joining as vice president in 1998. Her responsibilities included supervising the annual Miss Universe broadcast as well as all business transactions. The president praised the MUO organization for all of the experiences and pageant performances she was a part of and stated that her departure does not mean farewell. "I stayed because of my belief in El Salvador and my love for the Miss Universe brand. I always passionately believe Miss Universe is not about any one on...

The NEW MISS USA AND Runner-Ups ARE: MISS USA 2023 is MISS UTAH USA 2023, Noelia Voigt!!! Photo Credit: Carlos Velez 1st RUNNER-Up for MISS USA is MISS HAWAII USA 2023, Savannah Gankiewicz. Photo Credit: Daria Pershina 2nd Runner-Up for MISS USA is MISS WISCONSIN USA 2023, Alexis Loomans. Photo Credit: Carlos Velez 3rd Runner-Up for MISS USA is MISS PENNSYLVANIA USA 2023, Jasmine Daniels. Photo Credit: Austin Ryde   4th Runner-Up for MISS USA is MISS TEXAS USA 2023, Lluvia Alzate. Photo Credit: Grant Foto MISS TEEN USA and Runner-Ups: MISS TEEN USA 2023 is MISS NEW JERSEY USA 2023, UmaSofia Srivastava!!! Photo Credit: Jessielyn Palumbo 1st Runner-Up for MISS TEEN USA is MISS  NEW YORK TEEN USA 2023, Stephanie Skinner. Photo Credit: Carlos Velez 2nd Runner-Up for MISS TEEN USA is MISS PENNSYLVANIA TEEN USA 2023, Maggie Ross. Photo Credit: Studio RM Photography 3rd Runner-Up for MISS TEEN USA is MISS TEXAS TEEN USA 2023, Haylee Puckett. Photo Credit: Grant Foto 4th Runner-Up for...