Pageant Participation Quotes

One thing led to another and I was selected from Hyderabad for the Miss India pageant. I remember my mother being really surprised that I wanted to take part!

The role of Miss World is one that my daughter has fulfilled to the best of her abilities.

For the pageants, it was my mother who got me involved in Miss America. It really gave me the opportunity to sing all around New Hampshire. And it was great when I was young, but looking back, it was also unbelievably stressful.

I was studying communications and acting, and I decided over the summer that I wanted to work on my acting skills and perform in a pageant. I didn't have any other way of practicing, so I entered the Miss Rhode Island pageant. I ended up wearing a dress that was a $20 rental. It was too short, and there was a hole in the back of it.

My friend was interning at the Miss India office and asked me to go for an audition. I just wanted to clear one basic round to show it to my friends. 'I'm in this mind space, and I can do this, losers.' I cleared the first round, and then I wanted to do more.

My family took me to church when I was like 4 years old, and I had to be in a pageant, and I was playing Jesus.

I entered the Miss Nigeria in America pageant - yes, it's a thing that existed. This was when I was getting my masters.

When I was in Class XI, I started preparing for medical college, and after that, the Miss India pageant.

Modeling and pageants help me overcome feeling insecure about the way that I look and my height.