Confessions of a Pageant King

Topic sent in by Emma Connor:

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I would love the topic of appearance to be discussed 🙌🏻

Why does it seem that have long lucious hair seems to be 'preferred'?

Why aren't small tattoos acceptable?

Size/we…

I wanted to open up the discussion about the Australian Golden Sash Awards and whether you thought they were a positive or negative thing.

From the feedback I've received from this live, both publicly…

At the tender age of nineteen, Rachael Evren has already been competing in pageantry for seven years.

She recently captured her first international title in the IJM system which had somewhere in the v…

Maria Torres’ journey in pageantry begun when her mother entered her in a pageant without her permission. It didn’t take long for Maria to catch the pageant bug.

Fast forward to today and she is the C…

As I mention in the intro to this podcast, I was attending a pageant that I’ve been to several times over the years, and I couldn’t help but notice how much smaller the audience had gotten since I’d …

There were more than a few people who were unhappy when Sarah Marschke was announced as Miss World Australia 2019. 

Did they have a point?

Let me know what YOU think in the comments below. Keep it resp…

Monique Shippen is a teacher, musician, singer-songwriter and fervent advocate for causes such as the environment. Not only is she a National Finalist for Miss International Australia 2019, she is al…

Sydney resident Sara Copeland is a relative newcomer to the pageant scene having competed in the Miss World Australia NSW Preliminaries and now being a National Finalist for Miss International Austra…

You sometimes hear that someone had a difficult childhood, but you probably don’t hear that they moved between twenty-six different foster homes growing up.

That’s the story of Darian Lenton.

It was cl…

Nikia Rockley hails from Perth where she is currently finishing up her final year of high school.

She’s hugely passionate about animals in general but cats in particular, is a gaming fan like a couple…

With close to a decade’s worth of pageant experience and an estimated FIFTY competitions under her belt, you’d understand why Brooke Cochrane had to take a break from pageantry.

She came back with a v…

I first interviewed Olivia Raffaele some two years ago (before The Pageant Project even existed). We discuss pretty much everything in this in-depth interview from women’s rights to the correct pronu…

Denika Donnelly has one of the most amazing back stories of anyone I’ve ever interviewed. She’s proof that you can turn your life around no matter how dark it may seem.

TIMESTAMPS 

· 0:46 Denika’s page…

Emily Egan is a fierce advocate for body positivity and gender equality as well as being an avid martial artist.

I caught up with Emily in the lead up to Miss Galaxy Australia 2019.

TIMESTAMPS

· 0:51 Em…

I’ve interviewed pageant girls who nerd and pageant girls who drift, but I’m not sure I’ve interviewed one that does BOTH!

Chantelle is also volunteering with TWENTY-SEVEN different charitable organis…

Jazmine Alessio is your typical extraordinary girl next door balancing her pageantry with work, family and soon to be study.

She advocates for The Heart Foundation after losing her grandfather to a he…

I like genuine people who can laugh at themselves and come with a side of quirky. That’s why I was excited to get a chance to interview Ruby Adamson.

Philanthropy and charity are supposed to be at the…

Jasmine Farlow is not only one of the people I respect most in the pageantry world, she’s also one of the most experienced. Obviously she’s competed herself somewhere in the vicinity of thirty times,…

I initially met Rachel Gallagher through the Miss Australia Continents pageant in 2018, her first ever pageant experience.

What caught my attention was actually her field of study: female leadership, …

Maddy May has definitely been through her fair share of tough times. And then some.

I’ve always said adversity builds character. People who have depth rarely achieve it easily.

The thing that struck me…