Miss America Predicitions - Pageant Junkies

September 9, 2015 by Junkies 12 Comments

Get Your Predictions HERE!!!

Alright Junkies… Let’s make this simple…

Wanna know our predictions? Then click here to join the Junkie Newsletter!

I’m afraid we’re not posting them on our website or on Facebook – We’re only posting them in the Newsletter this year. Oh – and please read this next paragraph too! 🙂

FYI – Once you sign up, you will need to “confirm” that you wish to receive it… THEN, your Newsletter will arrive between 6pm-7pm EST each day this week. Just make sure you confirm, add us to your address book, and have patience! It’s absolutely worth the wait! 🙂

Whew! Got that out of the way… 🙂 OK, now, in case you’re new to the Junkie Nation and would like to know more about how this works – Here’s a bit of background for you…

Many moons ago, before this blog, website, or even Facebook was born, I was looking for a way to reconnect with friends and family around Miss America week. So, just for fun, I started to see if I could pick 4 states that I thought might win Preliminary Talent or Preliminary Swimsuit at Miss America. Then, I’d send out an email telling them why I thought “so and so state” could win the given prelim. At first, I think people just opened the email because they hadn’t heard from me in a while (lol) – but soon, they began to humor me and play along. In order to suck them into my pageant vortex, I named the email list “Miss America Junkies”. Ever since then, I’ve been posting picks – and each year more and more Junkies join me in my pursuit of the perfect preliminary prediction.

In case you’ve never seen this before, here’s how it goes…

1. Two awards are given on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night… one for Swimsuit and one for Talent (no on-stage awards for Evening Gown or On-Stage Question). Three nights of prelims times 2 awards each night means 6 awards total (who says pageant girls can’t do math? GO STEM!).

2. I’ll select 4 states out of the 17-18 girls who could possibly win.

3. To provide complete disclosure… I’ve only seen 2 of this year’s contestants compete in person. I don’t attend Miss America rehearsals. 99% of our research on our picks is from online research alone.

4. Here’s the Prelim list… for Tuesday, we’re working with Alpha in Talent and Sigma in Swimsuit…

Now – before we get started with my predictions, there are a couple of things I need to point out…

1. The predictions below are my opinions and my opinions only. Sometimes I get it right – and sometimes I’m dead wrong. Of all the years I’ve been making predictions, the best I’ve done is 5/6… Which pretty much goes to prove, I’m not perfect.

2. If your daughter/grand-daughter/sister/best friend’s-baby-sitter’s-car-salesman’s niece isn’t on our short-list as a prelim pick, it doesn’t mean she isn’t talented. It doesn’t mean she isn’t ‘pretty enough’. It doesn’t mean she doesn’t have what it takes… It means, I’m not perfect.

3. Just because we accurately predict a prelim winner – it doesn’t mean she is the next Miss America. Remember, the last 3 Miss America winners (Mallory, Nina, Kira) didn’t win a single prelim – and I’m not sure we even had her on any of our prelim predictions from last year… But she walked away with the crown. Your girl can too.

4. This is supposed to be… (wait for it… wait for it…) FUN!!! Since predictions are the origin of Pageant Junkies, we have a blast seeing if we can accurately predict a winner simply through research and Junkie intuition. Please don’t take it personally if the girl you adore is not listed in our posts…

Our first round of Prelim Predictions will be posted in our Newsletter later this afternoon!!!

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!! First night of prelims is SO FREAKING AWESOME!!!

#BigJunkieLove

Carrie Lakey

September 1, 2015 by Junkies 11 Comments

Miss America Predictions!!!

HEY JUNKIE NATION!!!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! It’s time for the MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR… That time when we hardly recognize anything else going on the world around us – It’s MISS AMERICA TIME!!!

Yes – during “Miss America Season,” you’ll find Junkies across the fruited plain coming together to watch our favorite reality show featuring the best of the best. And by the end of the night, one of them will win the crown!

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Who will it be? Well – Truth be told, I have no idea. But I do know, half the fun is in the guessing!

So in the spirit of searching for the Perfect Prelim Prediction – We’ll once again offer our personal predictions on each preliminary night of competition! If you’re new to the Junkie Nation and don’t know how this works – Just Click Here… (And scroll down past this original post… I promise, it’s all there…)

You’ll see the last several years of Miss America predictions, along with a video outlining how we choose the ladies who make our predictions list (for a full rundown of all state predictions, we’ve got that on a separate page… You’ll have to click here for specific state information).

Last year, we went 5/6 with our predictions – but with a brand new group of contestants, those results are “wiped clean” and we start over this year. I’ll be selecting 4 states (out of the 17 or 18 states competing), who I believe might win the Prelim Award for the given night (Talent and Swimsuit) and then we evaluate the results after the awards are given!

However – the only way you’ll see my predictions this year, is through the Junkie Newsletter. Normally, the Junkie Newsletter is sent every Sunday – but during Miss America Season – we send several “special edition” updates throughout the week of competition. If you want to receive the Junkie Newsletter, you need to click here to sign up and we’ll make sure you’re on the list!!!
FYI – Once you sign up, you need to “confirm” that you wish to receive it… THEN, your Newsletter will arrive later in the day. Even though it’s a Sunday Newsletter, we’ll forward our ‘latest copy’ to ALL of our new sign-ups around 6pm EST every day. Just make sure you confirm, add us to your address book, and have patience! It’s worth the wait!

Teresa Scanlan, Miss Nebraska is crowned Miss America 2011 during the Miss America pageant, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

And there you have it! If you’re already receiving the Junkie Newsletter, there’s nothing you need to do – you’ll get our special edition predictions as well! I’m afraid we won’t be in Atlantic City this year… So, all of these predictions will be based on on-line research only… But it certainly doesn’t take away from the FUN – So make sure you click here to sign up – and don’t miss a single prediction!

Until then – Junkies are anxiously counting down the days until the BIG NIGHT!!!

WHO WILL BE MISS AMERICA 2016????

It’s not that long – until we find out!!!

#BigJunkieLove

Carrie Lakey

May 6, 2015 by Junkies 2 Comments

How Do You Choose The Ladies on Your Top 5 List???

Alright, Alright, Alright!

You talked me into it… Founding Junkie, Carrie Lakey officially goes on video to explain EXACTLY how we select the young women for our “Here’s Who To Watch” list. Also – Carrie offers a few tips regarding how you can find yourself on the list in the near future. 🙂 ENJOY!!!

So – That’s it! That’s how we do it!

Now that you know the secret – Do you have any burning questions about how to build a Pageant Brand? If so – we’d love to hear from you! Just send us a quick email at ThePageantJunkies@gmail.com!

All questions are welcome – We look forward to hearing from you!

#BigJunkieLove

Carrie Lakey

September 14, 2014 by Junkies 5 Comments

FINAL PREDICTIONS for MISS AMERICA 2015!!!

THE DAY HAS COME!!!! OH MY GOODNESS – IT’S SOOOOOOOOO EXCITING!!!!

Tonight we crown a new Miss America – the equivalent of a Pageant Girl’s Christmas Morning!!!

Even though The Junkies weren’t in Atlantic City this year, I must say, it’s been great fun watching from afar! In some ways, it’s a little more relaxing – it’s so hard to blog when all you want to do is meet fellow Junkies and run around on the beach! Seriously – if you’ve never seen Miss America live in person, Junkies HIGHLY RECOMMEND you attend! Start saving your pennies, tell your family that’s what you want for your birthday, and make plans to go! It’s everything you love about your state pageant week, times 1000! You’ll never, ever regret it!!! 🙂

Ok – for all our new Junkies, here’s the way the pageant will breakdown tonight!

– After the “Parade of States” and the introduction of Nina Davuluri, we’ll find out who is named “America’s Choice”. It’s possible the state chosen is also one of the judges favorites – but America’s Choice is the lady who finished with the most votes.

– Then, the judges will be announced…

– Next, the ladies with the Top 15 cumulative scores will be named the Top 15. All 16 ladies will then compete in Swimsuit.

– Although Miss America usually has a few tricks up their sleeve regarding the ‘elimination rounds’ – here’s what’s happened in years past… The 16 contestants will be narrowed to 12 – and those 12 ladies will compete in evening gown. Again – something may be different from here forward – based on whatever Miss America decides to do this year.

– Then 12 contestants in Evening Gown become 10 contestants in Talent (two girls are left sitting on the chairs with Chris Harrison).

– After Talent, the Top 10 are narrowed down to the Top 5. The Top 5 then answer the ever-popular “On-Stage Question” and the judges rank each of the Top 5 according to their personal preferences.

– Nina takes her “Final Walk” – and Chris Harrison will announce the runners up and our new Miss America!!!

However – BEFORE THE SHOW STARTS – Make sure you’re tuned into the Miss America Pre-Show! This year, they’re actually going to show us live shots of back-stage where the girls are getting ready for the big show – AND there’s bound to be some other hilarious things take place! Junkies aren’t 100% sure, but we think this is where the “Hot Pageant Dads” will be featured – You won’t want to miss Dena Blizzard (former Miss New Jersey, comedian and hostess) in this pre-show event! THAT’S when the real show begins!!! 🙂

Also – be sure you’re following your favorite contestants on Instagram… Miss America has alluded to the fact that there will be a ‘surprise’ during the telecast tonight that’s announced on Instagram! Wonder what it could be???

OK! Before we get to our picks – Here’s one final reminder for everyone…

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times… THIS YEAR IS SUPER-CRAZY-COMPETITIVE and under other normal circumstances, lots of girls who won’t make the cut tonight, might’ve made it during a different year (without this much competition). We’ve agonized over our list… It’s really hard to choose… but that’s why we play the game! Don’t forget, just because we don’t choose your girl, it doesn’t mean she isn’t smart enough, it doesn’t mean she isn’t talented enough, it doesn’t mean she isn’t pretty enough! It just means Junkies aren’t perfect 🙂 Our goal is that each and every woman competing feels encouraged by our posts – Which is why we love this saying…

If we pick your state tonight – We hope she proves us right!
And if we don’t pick your state tonight – We hope she proves us wrong!

And with that! Here’s our picks for MISS AMERICA 2015!!!

Top 16:
ALABAMA
KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPI
IOWA
OREGON
TEXAS
PENNSYLVANIA
OKLAHOMA
NEW YORK
CONNECTICUT
FLORIDA
OHIO
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
NORTH DAKOTA
ILLINOIS

Non-Finalist Talent Awards:
INDIANA
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
NORTH CAROLINA

Top 10:
OHIO
ARKANSAS
KENTUCKY
FLORIDA
OKLAHOMA
NEW YORK
CONNECTICUT
IOWA
MISSISSIPPI
OREGON

Top 5:
FLORIDA
CONNECTICUT
IOWA
OKLAHOMA
KENTUCKY

I honestly feel like any of these 5 girls could win the crown tonight – and would make a WONDERFUL Miss America! In fact, I’m trying to picture each of them in that moment of ‘shock and awe’ when the winner’s name is announced and she can’t hardly believe it! Truthfully – I have no idea which of these 5 girls is going to win tonight… So, in a strange twist… I’m not going to predict who will win Miss America 2015… Instead, I’m going to predict the 1st Runner Up 🙂

1st Runner Up
KENTUCKY

DON’T BE MAD!!! LOL!!! I’m still picking one girl to finish in a specific position!!! 🙂

Here’s the deal… If Kentucky finishes as the 1st runner up, then I’ll be uber-thrilled! And you know what? If she wins it all – then we’ll consider that a Big Junkie Win as well!!!

GOOD LUCK LADIES!!! ALL THE BEST!!!

#JunkieLove

September 12, 2014 by Junkies Leave a Comment

THURSDAY NIGHT PRELIM WINNERS

WELCOME BACK JUNKIES!!!

BIG CONGRATULATIONS to last night’s winners – AMANDA SMITH from PENNSYLVANIA in Talent and JADE KENNY from MARYLAND in Swimsuit!!! Aren’t they lovely???

Amanda Smith just has this perfect quality to her voice… She’s been super-successful at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music, a highly acclaimed fine arts program in Pittsburgh, PA. We just love it when ‘natural talent’ like hers hits the stage and comes home with the win! CONGRATS AMANDA!

Jade Kenny was the very first contestant to compete in Swimsuit last night – and obviously, the judges decided they didn’t like anything else better than her! She’s also the lone contestant the Junkies didn’t pick this year – which goes to show, your fate is ALWAYS in your own hands, not ours 🙂 CONGRATS JADE!!!

And JUST LIKE THAT – the Preliminary competition for Miss America 2015 is complete!!! Here’s a full list of your winners this week!

BIG CONGRATS to all the ladies in the competition this year! After 2 weeks together and so little sleep (not to mention emotional stress and lack of chocolate) – I’m sure the majority of our contestants woke up feeling relaxed and happy that the prelims are over! For them, the next 2 days – are all about the FUN!!! 🙂

There’s a Big “Miracle Mile” event going on tonight in Atlantic City… And of course, THE SHOW US YOUR SHOES PARADE on Saturday Night!!! No word yet on whether or not the Parade will be televised… We’ll do our best to keep you posted!

In the meantime… I hope you’re making your selections for the Top 16 (Top 15 plus America’s Choice)!!! The Junkies made our first list last night… Although we must say, we started with 23 girls and had to whittle it down to 16 – WHICH WAS INSANE!!! Usually, we have around 18-19 girls to choose from, but I’m telling you, this year is CRAZY COMPETITIVE and this thing could go in a million different directions!

So – here’s the deal…

YES – We will be posting our predictions for Top 16, Top 10 and Top 5 (although Miss America tends to throw in ‘twists’ when it comes to the broadcast, so you never know if we’re going to see exactly those breakdowns or not…). That post will come on Sunday – because we need all the help we can get between now and then to decide – LOL! 🙂

Until Then – BIG JUNKIE HUGS and BIG JUNKIE LOVE!!!

Look Out – MISS AMERICA 2015 IS ONLY 2 DAYS AWAY!!!!!!