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    A Peek into the World of Pageants: Miss Alabama Outstanding Teen

    The girls I’ve met through Miss Alabama and Miss America’s Outstanding Teen organization have become some of my dearest friends. I just competed for the title of Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen. Although I did not walk away with the pageant title, I had the best weekend of my life, and I got to witness one of my dearest friends getting crowned.  The weekend layout is super busy, but it’s a good busy. The phases of competition include a private interview, fitness, talent, evening gown, and an onstage question.

    Image of Sophia Porrill at a pageant.

    Months before competition begins all of the girls involved meet at orientation.  It was such a daunting day for me, being my first orientation. Everyone I met the day of orientation was so nice and understanding. Everyone arrives in shifts. First, you turn in all of the paperwork and then you head back to get headshots taken for the judges’ books.  After you get your headshot taken you get sized for your fitness outfit. After you get done with all of that, then you wait for the meeting to get started.  During the meeting, we draw which number we will compete with and the director goes over the rules.

    Two months later we check in the Friday night before the pageant.  Friday night is such a crazy night! Over half of the girls interview on Friday night, then the last few interview on Saturday morning.  Also Friday night you practice your talent, run through fitness, and you learn the opening and closing numbers. I interviewed on Saturday morning, which in retrospect was a good idea for me.  At orientation, everyone picked their spots, and when picking their spots they found out when they competed. I liked the order I competed and I think it was best suited for me.

    On Saturday, all of the girls competed in the preliminary competitions, and then on Sunday, we found out who the top 20 were.  Although my name was not called for the top 20, I still had the best weekend. No matter win or lose, rain or shine, the girls I competed with on the Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen stage will forever be my dearest friends.  The directors and volunteers at the Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen pageant are some of the absolute best people I’ve ever met. They work so hard to make sure that everything goes off almost perfectly, and they are some of the most hardworking people ever. I am so thankful that I got to work with them at the pageant. To say that the Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen organization shaped me into who I am today is an understatement. When I think back to the past year, I am so happy that I got to do it with the best girls ever.

    Want to know more about Pageants? Check out “The Life of a Pageant Girl!”