Miss Poulsbo!

The process i went through in running for Miss Poulsbo was purely doing. do, do, do, do, and do. I rarely got the privileged of being explained in depth anything. Most of the appearances gave me a 24 hour heads up text saying "Be here at this time in a princess costume" and displayed an address. This was deffinately new to me, i never do anything on a whim i always plan most things to a capital T. Once i began throwing myself into activities i had no time to really mentally prepare for, i began realizing how much i had been missing out on. I like to consider myself a well rounded person. One month in, i realized how much more i had to learn. We had a weekly rehearsal where we talked about each portion of the pageant we had to rehearse and preform. I had no idea in the beginning, but each one of these sections would come to teach me a life long lesson weather it be people skills, confidence, or how rewarding it is to give back to your community in a way you love. Our pageant director did not teach us per say, she just provided experiences for us to engage in that allowed us to gain personal lessons. My favorite portion of the pageant was the appearances where we had the privilege of dealing with children in all sorts of different ways. We got to paint faces and dress up like princesses, which many of the girls believed we were real. it was just pure fun spending time making a difference in kids lives, trying to set an example for them to look up to. The lesson that was by far the hardest process and stood out the most was being a graceful loser. I might as well tell you now before you read my whole paper and realize at the end "all this and you lost?". I didn't consider losing until the night of the pageant. I left that night with the "first runner up" title. Everyone at the after party kept telling me congratulations and i didn't understand why.. i lost. But it turns out losing teaches you something as well. The rest of my story is yet to come...

 

                                          Pageant night with my "little sister" Payton!