Winning Social Media

At any given moment, we can look around and see people glued to their phones. Good, bad, indifferent… it’s just a fact of 2017. S…

Friendship Over Competition

Miss International Week was one of most beautiful, exhilarating, and nerve wrecking experiences of my life. Throughout the week, …

The "Pageant Girl" Label

I want to start our time together with a funny story. In November, I traveled to Africa to host True Beauty Movement workshops an…

Dear Miss International 2015

Miss International 2015 - Congratulations beautiful lady! You did it! Once you get over the shock and reality has set in that you…

Saying Goodbye

As many of you know, I've been competing in pageantry for the last 9 years of my life. My first pageant ever was in the Inter…

Titlewear

Envision dozens of girls in heels walking across the street carrying lots of heavy bags. The sweat begins to come, but only to ce…

The Power of Google

What comes up when you Google yourself? In case some of you are not aware, the judges get your information well before pageant we…

The Non- Believers

Often times in pageantry you encounter people who are unfamiliar with the pageant world and don’t quite understand why you partak…

Pre-Conceived Notions

Hello Ladies! I hope everyone is having a great weekend! I wanted to take this time to address something that happens a lot in li…

Autograph Cards

Hello Ladies! Hopefully most of you have read your handbooks by now and are familiar with the autograph cards! You will want to b…

Fun Fashion

With only a couple of months left until the pageant I hope you are all having a fantastic time picking out your wardrobe! My favo…

Your Press Release

Working in the Nebraska Athletic Department for a decade helped prepare me in many ways for Mrs. International. One of those prep…

Haiti International Pageant 2015

I had such an amazing time at the 2015 Haiti International pageants! The pageant took place in Brooklyn New York and I was an off…

International Queens in the News!

Mrs. Australia International 2015 - Piper O'Neill Mrs. Australia Piper O'Neill talks getting into shape two months after …

Crown and Sash Etiquette

There is a time and a place for the pageant crown and sash! Sometimes it is obvious when you should wear them and other times it …

Tips to Engage the Media

I have received a few questions recently on how to engage with the media, and while I’m not an expert by any means, the engaging …

The Beauty Queen Mold

I spent so many years of my life thinking that I had so fit into a stereotyped mold of a “beauty queen” I thought my hair had to …

The Perfect Face

One of my first appearances as Miss New York International at a very public blood drive gave me a real wake-up call.  It went wel…

25 Things About Me!

1. I competed in my first pageant when I was three years old. 2. My favorite kind of movies are the sappy chick flicks that wil…

Raiders of the Lost Art: Thank You Notes

I will admit, as a child writing thank you notes was the most difficult, boring, and tedious task ever!  I mean, as a seven year …