Minnesota Pageant Life

Oh man!! So this weekend was so much fun! Heritage days was a blast and if you don't know what that is...it is our town celebration and Crosby has been around now for 112 years! Sweet! :) Proud of my community! I helped out with our lovely new royalty hand out hot dogs and greet our community!! Haley, Miss Congeniality 2012 and I! Had fun avoiding our little dancing man lol! Love ya gal! Allison, Heritage Day Princess 2012, and I! Hope you had a great Heritage weekend! Ur Awesome! Bailey, Crosby-Ironton Princess 2012, and I! So Much fun judging with you!! Ur Sweet! There was a fun Loon Calling Contest Bailey and I judged and amazing talent! The little guy that won sounded exactly like a loon! He was only NINE!! So deserved first place!  The Loon Calling Contest Trophies! There was also a Frozen T-Shirt Contest! So funny! Plus the trophy for the winning team was insane! lol! Frozen T-Shirt Contest Trophy! Now on to my 2012 Miss Northern La

Ok guys! So here it is! The pageant I think could be for me and It is perfect!! After the Miss C-I Pageant I spoke with the lovely Bill and Vicki from the Miss Brainerd Lakes/Miss Baxter Pageant and they told me to look on the Miss Minnesota website and find an open pageant and they will help me with it! I found one and it is apart of the Miss America Organization! It is................The 2012 Miss Northern Lakes Pageant! I am so excited! BUT!!!!! I need Your Help! If you go to www.missamericaforkids.com/donate/tiffanypaul there you can donate to the Children's Miracle Network (CMN). CMN is the official platform for Miss America! Let's band together and make a difference! I will update yall one things when get put together more! -Tiffany

Well the night went AMAZING and now the results! BUT before I tell you I want to say I am doing better then last year and I am trying my best to keep my smile! I feel God has a reason why I didn't get a crown and I feel I made an impact and that is what I really wanted! The results: Miss Congeniality 2012: Haley Hann Crosby-Ironton Princess 2012: Bailey Swensen Miss Crosby-Ironton 2012: Rashell Rudek But I didn't walk away empty handed! I earned the Best OnStage Question award and the best of them all...even better then a crown and sash!! I earned the Life Achievement Award! And that is all about staying positive through the hard times and coming out a winner! May God bless me as I go on after this pageant and focus on better things and be able to let go! :) I am unsure about my pageant future but sometime I feel I do want to compete again! I will just let the pageant come to me if God wants me to compete again! If I am there is a title out there for me somew

AHHHHH! It is One Hour to pageant and I am so calm right now! I feel ready and I cannot wait to see how this will all turn out! I am so ready for this! I can't wait for the glitz and show what I have to offer to represent the community! So as I am getting ready to sparkle on stage...I am praying for the best and at around 9 pm or so You will know if I get crowned or not! I have a great feeling about this! It's all in God's hands! It's all Good! May God bless us as we are on stage and off! Keep our hopes high and keep them there no matter what happens! 'Til next time! -Tiffany A Pageant Contestant who is living the night that her dreams could come true!

I thought I would share with you my day so far! I woke up very calm and relaxed about the day! I woke up at 5 this morning and had a shower! That is very unusual to get up and running that early for me lol. But no complaints I was able to chat with my parents and really had the chance to chill. I was supposed to meet with the director this morning but she didn't show up so here I am back home doing some things before my first to do for the day! I might write while the day goes on but we will see how much time is left! Blog ya later! -Tiffany

Wow guys. The day is finally upon us. Tomorrow as I go at 11:30am for my hair I will be relaxing and just getting ready for that interview with the judges. Then the actual private interview which last year I did really good on! So I am still nervous but praying before will really help! Then comes time for the night of glitz and inner beauty! We have been practicing time and time again and I am so ready for this night to come. Tomorrow night will be a blast! There have been some some unfortunate times like when my pointer finger nail on my right hand cracked! Also when my zipper broke on my interview top! But I am trying to keep a smile because things sometimes go bad before they can get better!! :) Tonight is the night we vote for Miss Congeniality!! It will be hard for me to choose because all of the girls have a kind heart and it will be a tough decision. Now if you will be wondering what I will be doing that day here is my schedule for fun to know purposes. :D 11:30 I get

So as I am writing this blog when it is 2:30 AM!! I have truly bonded with these gals. We watched the 2010 pageant dvd and It prepared us like majorly for how it is going to be. Yes I did compete last year in this same pageant and know what it is like...yet I did forget how it felt up there. Eyes on you and you are being judged for a title you have been dreaming about. All you can do is try your best!! This is a blast and I love these girls like they are my true sisters. Sadly we all can't be crowned but IF I am crowned I would be proud and happy to be crowned to any of the girls. If I am not crowned I will be so proud and happy for those whom earn it! Lets hope and pray for the best for us all! And that these come together perfectly! Ok so I will be logging off and chatting with you later! God Bless! -Tiffany A Pageant Girl who has bonded with her fellow contestants that she feels like they are her sisters! *Copyright of this pic goes to Rashell! Left to right: Sienna

As this week now is the 2012 Miss Crosby-Ironton Scholarship Pageant, the nerves are calming and I am ready to get into the pageant. Today is the 'Royal Sleepover' for the girls at the Holiday Inn! I am so excited to spend time with all the girls but I am not happy about the price we have to pay each for the room! And that one for sure can't make it because of the price! I just can't wait for this pageant! When I am not in practice I am excited and ready for this pageant. But when I am in practice I feel down and not ready! It's not because of the girls. It is because of the others.I know they are trying to help but it brings me down and makes me feel unprepared. Am I the only one that feels like this during a pageant practice?:) Now to close off because I have my niece and nephew here and it's hard to focus on this blog lol! I filmed and edited this video the other day and it is kinda cute lol. Enjoy! 'Til next time! -Tiffany A pageant girl who is

Wow this pageant is coming so close and stress is building!! I am so excited but I have shed my tears! When we are just learning the pageant opening number...THIS PAST WEEK! ugh and I am so confused on what I do and how the footwork works. my my! All I can say is May God help us all! Seriously. Now for the stress area of this pageant...I have tried to stay composed but I have broken down. Once when I was practicing my talent that was fine. But then the comments from the director brought me down. We had no microphone at the time and so possibly I wasn't as clear and loud as I could be if I had one but she told me that I needed to speak more clearly and louder. Since I had speech therapy when I was younger, I took it to heart and it hurt majorly. I spoke to Lori about it and now it's all good. I was just hurt horribly and I felt it was unneeded for her to say infront of everyone to say how I needed to improve and tell the rest how great they were. Yes they did do amazing bu

Ok guys as I was sitting in this Cafe this morning having breakfast, I was bored and I couldn't get on the internet on my laptop so I wrote a little message and I want to share this message for you. Enjoy and I will blog ya later! :) -Tiffany A Pageant Contestant who loves who she is and loves to impact lives in a positive way. The Message: Oh man as this pageant is getting closer I am finding myself to be so calm and ready for the competition though it isn't really a competition because I feel so connected with these gals. I thank God for the amazing opportunity I have been given to compete. I never would have thought that I would be a pageant girl...like I have seen them throughout my life of Miss America, Miss USA, and Miss Universe but I would never have thought I would be in the pageant systems. I have met amazing people and have seen amazing places and have experienced the most awesomest things. I wouldn't change it for the world!! I made a list of what I wou

My, My, My...2 weeks until the 2012 Miss Crosby-Ironton Scholarship Pageant! I am getting SO Excited but SO Nervous! I am just thinking back from how I was in the same position last year. The the Nerves and Excitement! Now it is all about what you bring to the table and being there for your fellow contestants. Whom to me are like buddies...Sisterhood is being developed! Tonight was the 2012 Miss Aitkin Pageant! It was a blast. Though the storm didn't help much haha. Thanks so much to the lovely Miss Bailey for giving me a ride home...driving and storms and still recovering from Lasik from a little over a month ago isn't a great idea. You only learn that lesson once! :D But congrats to those who got crowned at the 2012 Miss Aitkin Pageant! You will have a great year ahead of you. As time is getting closer to our pageant...practices are being held...and as we continue to be there for each other...I see there is nothing we can't do...and whom maybe crowned I know I will b