The interview portion is always the most
dreaded segment in a beauty pageant.
Ask any pageant candidate and chances
are, she would agree.
Can you imagine being asked personal
questions & sometimes for intimate details about your life and you have to
answer those questions in front of so many people?
Compounding the fear is the thought of
answering the question in English which is not exactly our native language not
to mention the sheer fright of speaking in public.
Combine all those factors and you have a
potential disaster bound to happen
with MJ Tadem during 2011 Miss Panglao Pageant |
2005 Miss Earth Alexandra Braun Waldeck of Venezuela |
Sometimes, it's really a head scratcher
when it comes to how the judges score the interviews.
There are certain candidates with
seemingly perfect English and yet score very low during the interviews.
Conversely, there are candidates who
bomb at the interviews and there are some who couldn't quite make heads nor
tails about subject & verb agreement and yet run away with the Best in
Interview awards
From past experiences, I have come up
with the following DO's and DONT's in pageant
interviews:
1. Never ever sound rehearsed in other
words, do not sound like a robot and mouth off a litany of obviously memorized
answers or spew out motherhood statements just to earn extra points
2. Speak from the heart and express what
you truly feel about a subject or issue
3. Be spontaneous and be sincere with
your answers
4. Hey, it's perfectly okay to make
mistakes during the interviews. It's how you rise from the situation that
matters. Any hint of vulnerability would endear you to the judges and audiences
alike
5. Express yourself in the dialect or
language that you're most comfortable with
6. If you don't understand nor hear the question being asked, then ask for the question to be repeated again
7. Judges look for a hint of vulnerability in a candidate, so show them you're human by being honest. If you're nervous, confess it to the audience and trust me, they will come to your defense.
8. Don't be too serious like you're lecturing the judges and the audience. Be charming and be sweet
9. Please do NOT wrap up your interviews with "That would be all, I thank you". Hello, we are now in the 2nd millennium
2006 Bb Pilipinas- World Anna Maris Igpit & 2008 Miss Earth Karla Henry |
FARAH FAYE MIAN: ONE OF THE BEST IN INTERVIEWS
I really like it when a girl lets her personality shine through with the way she handles and expresses herself during the interviews.
Candor, spontaneity, sincerity AND personality projection are judged in this segment.
If I were to be asked who I consider as one of the most memorable girls that I have interviewed in pageantry, I would have to say Farah Faye Mian, the girl who gave Tubigon its second Miss Bohol Sandugo crown in 2011
Farah & I just hit off during the interviews |
And
to the members of the audience who are watching, please try to be a little
understanding and give the girls a break.
IT IS NOT easy to be onstage and to be talking at the same time
To our beauty pageant aspirants, remember this:
"Speak
to express not to impress"
Good luck!
Photo Credits:
Hwan Mendoza
Larry Go
Raymond Buslon
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