Pageant for Your Platform… or Platform Only for the Pageant?

Why are you doing Internationals? No honestly… why? Are you doing the pageant for your platform… or the platform only for the pag…

Choosing a Platform

How do you choose a platform? Well that's easy, you don't! The platform should choose you! For instance, what is your sto…

Your Platform Statement

If you are lucky enough to make the top 10 at nationals, the first thing you will compete in is Onstage Question! Remember that t…

Spreading Yourself Too Thin

No one likes to say no to a really great opportunity. I know it is really hard to pass up an appearance that would promote your p…

Appearances Outside Your Platform

One of the biggest aspects of the International Pageant system is definitely the importance of community service with your platfo…

Soles4Souls Travel with Mrs. International: Guatemala

“Ma’am, Your plane is leaving right now. We will have to put you on a different flight.” It was 5 in the morning and I was stan…

Hard Yet Joyful

Recently I saw a quote that reminded me of our journey in pageantry with our platforms. I have a deep appreciation for the arts a…

Your Competition

As the pageant gets closer, you are going to start noticing new photos of contestants on the national websites! You will also mos…

Platform Page Preparation

As the countdown continues to two fun filled weeks in Jacksonville for International Pageants and your preparation checklist cont…

Hashing Out the Hashtags

You have seen it by now, but how often do you use it? Which social media platforms are best to use it on? We are talking the “#” …

Soles4Souls International Pageants Shoe Drive

Soles4Souls has launched an initiative to collect 1,000,000 shoes this year by April and you are all invited to help out to Give …

Platform Development

I have been receiving a lot of private emails asking for my help with platform development. In order to keep all of the informati…

Travel With Mrs. International S4S Haiti - Part 2

Thank you for joining the journey to Haiti through the International Pageant Blogs! Our travels rounded out visiting Gonaives, Ha…

Queens Questions

2015 Contestants the Mrs. International pageant will be here before you know it, I am so excited for all of you! I have been rec…

More Than Just Talk...

Heading in to the office, crown and all! This afternoon was spent at CASA Lake County.  I sat down with our Executive Director, T…

My Goals

My platform is my life. It effects every choice that I make on a daily basis and has completely altered the way I view my health.…

FAQ

As I have interacted with a variety of current and future contestant over the past year, I am frequently asked, “How do you make …

International Queens in the News!

Mrs. Iowa International 2013, LaSheila Yates Mrs. Iowa International severed as a guest columnist for the Southeast Iowa STEM New…