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Miss Teen Canada, An Internet Celebrity
Beauty pageants are not dead. They are back, stronger than ever. The controversy surrounding them has subsided, and the darkness has dissipated in the dawn of a new online reality. Talent shows breed web communities and beauty pageants can really amplify corporate social media initiatives.
The Search For Miss Teen Canada - World is the first to adopt social media into the very core of its existence and become in one sense, a digital beauty pageant. Right now fifty two teenage girls from across Canada are blogging about their preparations to come to Toronto and compete in person at the John Bassett Theatre in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Saturday July 25th 2009.
The contestant blog army is a very potent weapon that pageant organizers can use to
1) advertise their website and related events
2) promote spoonsors and charity as they communicate with the public in a whole new way.
This year, for the first time in history, all of the Miss Teen Canada finalists, selected from all over Canada, are blogging about their experience at the pageant on their own On Sugar blogs. Anyone can go and read these free blogs, and you will find links to them in the contestant profiles on the MTC-W website under the tab marked, MTC-W Finalists.
Here are some of the contestant's blogs:
http://kylawills.onsugar.com/
http://wendyhuang.onsugar.com
http://karmenguillas.onsugar.com
http://oliviawolter.onsugar.com
http://cassandratracy.onsugar.com/
http://taylorstronski.onsugar.com/
http://genevievejones.onsugar.com
http://annissacheyne.onsugar.com/
http://chelsaedurocher.onsugar.com/
http://sarahstriga.onsugar.com/
http://azlynnyablonski.onsugar.com/
http://alexandrahanasz.onsugar.com/
http://jessicacatorc.onsugar.com/
http://genevievetucker.onsugar.com
http://taralynwolfe.onsugar.com
The Search For Miss Teen Canada - World is the first to adopt social media into the very core of its existence and become in one sense, a digital beauty pageant. Right now fifty two teenage girls from across Canada are blogging about their preparations to come to Toronto and compete in person at the John Bassett Theatre in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Saturday July 25th 2009.
The contestant blog army is a very potent weapon that pageant organizers can use to
1) advertise their website and related events
2) promote spoonsors and charity as they communicate with the public in a whole new way.
This year, for the first time in history, all of the Miss Teen Canada finalists, selected from all over Canada, are blogging about their experience at the pageant on their own On Sugar blogs. Anyone can go and read these free blogs, and you will find links to them in the contestant profiles on the MTC-W website under the tab marked, MTC-W Finalists.
Here are some of the contestant's blogs:
http://kylawills.onsugar.com/
http://wendyhuang.onsugar.com
http://karmenguillas.onsugar.com
http://oliviawolter.onsugar.com
http://cassandratracy.onsugar.com/
http://taylorstronski.onsugar.com/
http://genevievejones.onsugar.com
http://annissacheyne.onsugar.com/
http://chelsaedurocher.onsugar.com/
http://sarahstriga.onsugar.com/
http://azlynnyablonski.onsugar.com/
http://alexandrahanasz.onsugar.com/
http://jessicacatorc.onsugar.com/
http://genevievetucker.onsugar.com
http://taralynwolfe.onsugar.com
Distorted View & My Pageant Woes
Got back to listening to the Distorted View podcast and got a good laugh. I really wanna recommend the show to my friends, but they'll probably think I'm sick, especially as a girl to listen to such nasty stuff. But I love it! I don't know why most girls are so uptight, or pretend to be so. We shouldn't have to restrict our thinking and pretend to be proper at all times in this day & age.
Anyway, I brought myself to watch the pageant last night and felt so cheated for some of my friends. Some of the results are so fixed it makes me sick, but relieved at the same time because I finally realized I didn't lose because I lacked something, but lost because I didn't fit into the execs' plans. The girl I feel most cheated for is not that close to me, but she was excellent in all the segments and definitely deserved to be in top 10 if not placed, but she didn't get anything! I actually felt worse for some of them than for myself when I got cut. Later though, I read in an online newspaper that the "losers" had dinner w/the execs after the show and were discussing their options of getting signed as actresses. I felt better for them then, but started regretting that I didn't take the chance to audition cuz I was being a lazy ass as usual. This morning I read that one of the top 5 contestants (non-winner) said she's already signed a 1-yr contract and didn't mind working from the bottom up. I'm happy for her but jealous at the same time because I didn't have the courage nor the willingness to work for so little in hopes of becoming a successful actress in the future. She's very well-educated as well, but is still willing to give up 2 yrs (the time she said she'd give to try becoming successful) of her life to work as a low-paying actress. I'm slightly mad at myself for not being as courageous and optimistic, but if I can do it over again, I'd still choose to come back to the U.S. and make a decent living off of my degree and get a jumpstart on my career instead of working my ass off for so little. Another reason for my decision is that my family doesn't support me at all because they think only people without good education would dive head first in the entertainment industry. I can't disagree with that more! But what I do know is it's hard to live so far from family w/no support, and barely make enough to live nicely (I admit I'm spoiled...ugh). I absolutely loved the spotlight and the opportunity to sing and meet the stars, but it was tiring having to look your best 247. Merely getting a zit was insanely nerve-racking! Being the free spirit that I am, they can't pay me enough to suffer that kind of constant emotional disturbance, that is, unless I win the pageant, then I WOULD be paid enough because I'd get instant endorsement deals and a shitload of prizes (like a brand new apt so I won't need to pay rent on the measly salary!) Oh well, I guess it was never meant to be (like my mother said). Hopefully I'll find a good man to marry (my current bf...or not ;p), start a family, and never regret making the decision I made. I'm already thinking I'd be very envious of that girl when she becomes a big star.
Got back to listening to the Distorted View podcast and got a good laugh. I really wanna recommend the show to my friends, but they'll probably think I'm sick, especially as a girl to listen to such nasty stuff. But I love it! I don't know why most girls are so uptight, or pretend to be so. We shouldn't have to restrict our thinking and pretend to be proper at all times in this day & age.
Anyway, I brought myself to watch the pageant last night and felt so cheated for some of my friends. Some of the results are so fixed it makes me sick, but relieved at the same time because I finally realized I didn't lose because I lacked something, but lost because I didn't fit into the execs' plans. The girl I feel most cheated for is not that close to me, but she was excellent in all the segments and definitely deserved to be in top 10 if not placed, but she didn't get anything! I actually felt worse for some of them than for myself when I got cut. Later though, I read in an online newspaper that the "losers" had dinner w/the execs after the show and were discussing their options of getting signed as actresses. I felt better for them then, but started regretting that I didn't take the chance to audition cuz I was being a lazy ass as usual. This morning I read that one of the top 5 contestants (non-winner) said she's already signed a 1-yr contract and didn't mind working from the bottom up. I'm happy for her but jealous at the same time because I didn't have the courage nor the willingness to work for so little in hopes of becoming a successful actress in the future. She's very well-educated as well, but is still willing to give up 2 yrs (the time she said she'd give to try becoming successful) of her life to work as a low-paying actress. I'm slightly mad at myself for not being as courageous and optimistic, but if I can do it over again, I'd still choose to come back to the U.S. and make a decent living off of my degree and get a jumpstart on my career instead of working my ass off for so little. Another reason for my decision is that my family doesn't support me at all because they think only people without good education would dive head first in the entertainment industry. I can't disagree with that more! But what I do know is it's hard to live so far from family w/no support, and barely make enough to live nicely (I admit I'm spoiled...ugh). I absolutely loved the spotlight and the opportunity to sing and meet the stars, but it was tiring having to look your best 247. Merely getting a zit was insanely nerve-racking! Being the free spirit that I am, they can't pay me enough to suffer that kind of constant emotional disturbance, that is, unless I win the pageant, then I WOULD be paid enough because I'd get instant endorsement deals and a shitload of prizes (like a brand new apt so I won't need to pay rent on the measly salary!) Oh well, I guess it was never meant to be (like my mother said). Hopefully I'll find a good man to marry (my current bf...or not ;p), start a family, and never regret making the decision I made. I'm already thinking I'd be very envious of that girl when she becomes a big star.
And The Winner Is...
There's talk of a MindSay pageant over at 3rdPlanet's blog.
First, TattooedJen was talking about how she couldn't compete with 3rdPlanet, then 3rdPlanet gave an ode to TattooedJen and now... now...
Alright. Now I'm interested in participating. A pageant would be so much fun. Then we can have people vote on different skills and swimsuit competitions and Q & As... but in order for me to be in the running I suppose I should finally show a picture of myself. *gulp* I've been avoiding this for so long, I've been afraid of disappointing people. You know... people think the best of you when they don't see you and all... alright, enough stalling... here's my picture.
I know I'm not as ugly as I think I am at my worst times but I'm not sure I am pageant competition material either. You tell me.
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