5 Rookie Mistakes to Avoid at Your First Pageant
National American Miss Queens at the 2012 National Pageant A first pageant can be intimidating not only to the contestant, but to moms and dads alike. Your only experience with pageantry may be what you've seen on T.V. or in movies. Your pageant paperwork and directors will be a great source of information in preparation of your next pageant, but here are 5 lessons that I had to learn from experience. NAM Texas State Finalists meet at a pajama party 5 Rookie Mistakes to Avoid at Your Next Pageant: 1. Overspending. At your first pageant you'll likely be barraged with a plethora of pageant paraphernalia for sale...mostly having nothing to do with the competition itself. T-Shirts, pins, stationery, totes, roses, costume jewelry, buttons, DVDs, pretty much anything extra will be at the pageant. Don't be hustled or feel pressured to buy any of it if its not already a line item in your budget (which is something you should have, see rookie mistake #2)....