Not all pageants are created equally, ladies! Plus size pageants are happening these days and in this episode I am talking with the amazing Natalie Carley, the founder and International Pageant Director of Miss Voluptuous Pageants. Natalie Carley is the International Director and founder of Miss Voluptuous Pageants living in the English City of Colchester. Making history as the first plus-size exclusive pageant to crown titleholders across the world through MVP's unique Directorship program, the...
Aug 17, 2022•31 min•Ep. 202
Aug 10, 2022•10 min•Ep. 201
In this episode, we are talking with Jackie Blankenship, Mrs America 2022! She is holding nothing back in this raw and real interview with me today on all things pageant and real life! Jackie Blankenship is Mrs America 2022. Jackie was born and raised in Michigan where she lives with her husband and their 6 year old daughter Greenleigh. Jackie is a morning radio show host, co hosting “The Gray & Green Show” on 105.3 HOT-FM- they are Michigan’s first 2 woman morning team! When Jackie isn’t wo...
Aug 03, 2022•40 min•Ep. 200
What do pageant judges look for during your mock pageant interview questions and answers? I’m sure you are wondering this before every mock pageant interview you go into! Pageant judges are looking for 3 very specific things in your mock pageant interview and in this pageant training, I am giving you those 3 things PLUS my pageant tips on how to ensure that you are reaching the expectations of the pageant judges. Listen to this episode to the end to be ready to crush your mock pageant interview ...
Jul 27, 2022•8 min•Ep. 199
Don’t be over prepared when it comes time to answer your pageant interview questions! Maybe you have been spending a ton of time on your mock pageant interview in preparation for the big pageant interview questions and answers. I get it. You want to please the pageant judges and give them what they are looking for in a pageant interview…but did you know that you can actually be setting yourself up to be OVER prepared for your next round of pageant interview questions and answers?! In this pagean...
Jul 20, 2022•7 min•Ep. 198
Are you wondering how to win a pageant?! You are probably spending a lot of time thinking about the pageant interview and what the judges have for pageant interview questions. Believe it or not, the pageant interview is less about the pageant interview outfit and more about how you answer the pageant interview questions. In this pageant training, I am giving you my tips for your mock pageant interview to help make sure you are 100% prepared and ready to answer the actual pageant interview questi...
Jul 13, 2022•8 min•Ep. 197
So, you want to win a pageant. Maybe you’re new to the pageant world or maybe you just haven’t found the right pageant yet. Choosing the right pageant for you can be more difficult than you think! If you’re not choosing the right pageant for you then the chances of winning a pageant are not very high. In this episode, I am sharing my best pageant tips and tricks for how to choose a pageant or pageant system that is the best fit for you! If you’ve been hitting a wall when it comes to choosing a p...
Jul 06, 2022•47 min•Ep. 196
Are you ready to Win A Pageant and walk away as a pageant titleholder?! In this pageant training, I am sharing how to BE the pageant titleholder in order to win a pageant. You HAVE to BE and DO as a pageant titleholder to actually win a pageant title. Once you do those three things, the pageant judges will take note and see the confidence you have going into a pageant. In this episode I am sharing my pageant tips and explaining exactly how you can do this so you can pageant walk away from your n...
Jun 29, 2022•17 min•Ep. 195
Pageant makeup for dark skin is completely different from pageant makeup for light skin! I obviously don’t know much about dark skin pageant makeup, let alone dark skin everyday makeup! This is why I have invited the amazing Ceylone Boothe Grooms in to talk about the differences in dark skin pageant makeup and the challenges that women of color face in the pageant industry. In this episode, Ceylone is giving her top 5 pageant makeup tips for women of color! Ceylone Boothe Grooms is a Brand Ambas...
Jun 22, 2022•31 min•Ep. 194
Are you new to the pageant world? If you’re a pageant beginner, this is the number 1 thing you need for success in your pageants. In this episode, I am sharing my pageant tips and giving you the very first thing you need to have in order to start paving your way to winning a pageant! Listen to this episode for the key to pageant success…from the pageant interview to your pageant walk, THIS will give you the answer of how to win a pageant! Subscribe: Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube ...
Jun 15, 2022•9 min•Ep. 193
Are you ready for your pageant interview?! If this is going to be your first pageant interview and your first time walking into a pageant interview room, you’ll want to give this episode a listen! Trinity Pearson is giving you her top 10 insider pageant interview tips and tricks for walking into a pageant interview room. If you are ready to win a pageant, she has all of the secrets you need to hear. This will help you feel incredibly prepared for your pageant interview and you will walk in with ...
Jun 08, 2022•23 min•Ep. 192
191: Keeping the Faith with Shaylyn Ford, Mrs. World Shaylyn Ford is a wife, mother, make-up artist, philanthropist, and newly crowned Mrs. World. She's a professional makeup artist who has worked in every setting from movie stars to Make-A-Wish projects. Her love for helping others feel beautiful and valued extends to every part of her life. She also serves as a charitable director and volunteers with the Tim Tebow foundation to bring services and events to special needs families. As a mother o...
Jun 01, 2022•44 min•Season 2022Ep. 191
190: What a Pageant Director Wants with Amber Renee of USOA Pageants Amber Renee, a native of San Diego, found her forever home in Oregon in 2015. In 2018, Amber joined the United States of America’s Miss Pageant system team as one of its very first state directors. Taking a head first leap into the industry, Amber took on directing as her full time job in January 2020. She has since become director for USOA’s Washington, Utah, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona and California pageants. Amber was awarded Un...
May 25, 2022•34 min•Season 2022Ep. 190
189: Tying Together Your Brand with Amanda Brady, Mrs. Utah American Amanda Brady is the newly crowned Mrs. Utah American. Amanda has been married to Ty for over 21 years. They have 5 children and have built a million dollar business. Amanda is the host of the podcast “Be the Good” and creator and board member of many charitable organizations. She has also personally sponsored over 85 young athletes to compete in sports like football, horseback riding, cheerleading, lacrosse, and bodybuilding. A...
May 18, 2022•53 min•Season 2022Ep. 189
188: The Truth about a CONFIDENT Pageant Body with Krystal Quagliara Krystal Quagliara has been a Health and Fitness coach since 2004. She is the author of "The Playful Journal" and hosts "The Playful Life" podcast, which features tips and interviews to help you lead a playful life! Krystal's background in pageantry reignited her passion for performance allowing her to become a professional model, film actress and stage performer touring with several music acts. Living in Chicago has inspired Kr...
May 11, 2022•1 hr•Season 2022Ep. 188
187: Making the Most of Your Pageant Title with Nancy Liles Nancy Nguyen Liles is the current Mrs. Petite USA 2021. As a pageant coach, judge, and national titleholder, Nancy is passionate about helping ladies up-level. She is the mom of two toddler girls, Fire Captain’s wife, and First Generation American trilingual entrepreneur. She has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Inc.com. She is the owner of Sweet T Salon in Raleigh, and has her MBA in Leadership from DePaul University...
May 04, 2022•58 min•Season 2022Ep. 187
Episode 186 : Set & Achieve God-Sized Goals with Trinity Pearson Trinity Garner Pearson is a certified life coach with over 25 years of expertise in the pageant industry as director, coach, contestant, and mom. Through competing in organizations such as Mrs. International, Mrs. America, Mrs. United States, Miss America and Tennessee’s Young Woman of the Year, Trinity is a true testament of how pageantry not only teaches you lifelong skills, but can support your dreams financially. Residing i...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2022Ep. 186
185: What to Pack in Your Pageant Winner’s Go Bag Today we're talking about your pageant winner “go bag.” You've probably heard of a go bag before, but maybe not in pageant context. A go bag is something that you have quick and handy, so when you've got to go really fast, you can grab the bag and it has the essentials right there. You can probably start to imagine what this might be like for a pageant winner. Immediately after winning a pageant, you are often swept up into the very next; thing w...
Apr 20, 2022•8 min•Season 2022Ep. 185
Nicole Coker is a podcaster, digital creator, and author/illustrator. She has been in the pageant industry for over 7 years as a judge, emcee, social media content host, and titleholder in several systems including USA National Miss (UNM) and International United Miss. She is the founder of Live Courageously podcast and Youtube channel reaching over 15 countries and the author of the Amazon book “A-Z Coloring Book of Courageous Characters.” She is a master’s architecture student at Clemson Unive...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 2022Ep. 184
183: 9 Makeup Etiquette Tips with Mrs. Jennifer Lloyd Mrs. Jennifer Lloyd won a state title in 2005 as a "Miss". Now, sixteen years later, at the age of 42, she is competing on the International stage as Mrs. Korea World. After a busy lifetime career as a professional model, Jennifer decided to check out the view on the other side of the lens, by becoming a professional photographer. Jennifer is fast becoming the go-to pageant headshot photographer. She has always loved every facet of the beauty...
Apr 06, 2022•49 min•Season 2022Ep. 183
In this episode, I want to talk about a question you’ll be asked either in an interview setting or in your pageant paperwork, and this is: what is a fun or interesting fact about you. This may seem simple, but it can actually be pretty overwhelming. Most times you want to use some interesting, weird thing. Like “I can touch my nose with my tongue. Or “I have a double jointed elbow.” Or “I was born with a unicorn horn.” But these things are a bit crazy! The thing that you want to use as your meas...
Mar 30, 2022•7 min•Season 2022Ep. 182
Carrie Boller Bio Carrie Prejean knows what it feels like to be victimized for her beliefs, ridiculed for her faith, and disparaged for speaking the truth. Carrie is proud of her Conservative Christian roots which has molded who she is today. A former model, Miss California USA and first runner up in the Miss USA Pageant in 2009, she came under fire for her personal convictions and her courage to exercise her First Amendment freedom of speech. Carrie dared to stand up for her faith, and is known...
Mar 23, 2022•31 min•Season 2022Ep. 181
Today I want to give you two very specific strategies that can help maintain your confidence about competing in a pageant even when you've got naysayers and chase the dream that God has given you. Strategy Number 1: This strategy is called “Re-framing” you may have heard of this before. It's very common in self-help and self-development to reframe something is to basically look at it in a different way. What I want you to consider is reframing your pageant competition. Though you're running for ...
Mar 16, 2022•9 min•Season 2022Ep. 180
In this episode, I'm going to walk you through five real reasons that women lose pageants and I'm going to give you some specific guidelines on what you can do about it. We’re going to start broad and work out way to the more common reasons. The most common reason women lose their pageant is they simply don’t have ‘the look’, mostly because they haven't discovered what this pageant is looking for as the main spokesperson for their pageant. In order to win, you have to show up with your complete ...
Mar 09, 2022•12 min•Season 2022Ep. 179
In this episode of Win a Pageant, Alycia Darby is joined by Levi Roseman. Levi Roseman studied Government and Public Policy at Dartmouth College and has worked in the Department of Education and for his Congressman in Washington, D.C. In addition to coaching pageant contestants, he advises political candidates, authors, and influencers in the United States and Canada. Levi shares the top three pageant current events topics that pageant contestants will need to be aware of in 2022. Alycia and Lev...
Mar 02, 2022•34 min•Season 2022Ep. 178
A legacy project is like a platform, but there's specific things that we do to make it even better. Something that you can actually use to then leverage for your interview, for media appearances, for on-stage questions. It just makes everything so much easier! Watch the Video on YouTube Here: https://youtu.be/om4nUvWGtEA ©2020 Zimnoch Enterprise, LLC | All Rights Reserved. Win A Pageant®
Feb 24, 2021•6 min•Season 2020Ep. 177
Feb 03, 2021•11 min•Ep. 176
I’ve got to talk to you today about how opportunity passes. This is one of my favorite trainings to do during the free week, which we just wrapped up. I remember learning this specific lesson with my dad, who I love and adore, and who has taught me so many wise, wise things. Watch the Video on YouTube Here: https://youtu.be/WUlJnbaNxog ©2020 Zimnoch Enterprise, LLC | All Rights Reserved. Win A Pageant®
Jan 18, 2021•15 min•Season 2020Ep. 175
I am such a big believer in goal setting because I truly believe that setting a goal is like taking the dreams that God has given you and writing them down on paper. And I truly believe that God has given you very specific dreams. You, specifically! Specific dreams to achieve, but it's your job to now achieve those things. Watch the Video on YouTube Here: https://youtu.be/G51AIECbXiA ©2020 Zimnoch Enterprise, LLC | All Rights Reserved. Win A Pageant®...
Jan 06, 2021•9 min•Season 2020Ep. 174
Let’s talk about confidence! Specifically, how you can become more confident preparing for your pageant. So confidence, as you know, is wildly important for pageant women, because in order to win your pageant, you have to be able to portray that confidence. Watch the Video on YouTube Here: https://youtu.be/995wXxJ9mag ©2020 Zimnoch Enterprise, LLC | All Rights Reserved. Win A Pageant®
Dec 30, 2020•10 min•Season 2020Ep. 173
