Paula Mae Kuiper was only 19 when she became Miss Wisconsin 2013.  And while that didn’t stop her from making the Top 12 at Miss America – She says she learned A LOT during her year (like how brutally honest your siblings can be!).  Hear the whole story, and her encouraging words for those who are competing in pageantry today, on the Pageant Junkies Podcast…

On one hand – The Hunger Games. On the other hand – Miss America.

Miss Missouri 2015, McKensie Garber thinks they might have a thing or 2 in common… And in today’s podcast, McKensie shares her pageant journey, some killer advice for contestants, and an awesome story about the day she met Betty Cantrell. 🙂

It’s incredibly rare.  As a Triple Crown winner, Alexis Duprey served as Miss New Mexico, Miss New Mexico USA, Miss New Mexico Teen USA – AND she was the 1st Runner up at Miss New Mexico’s Outstanding Teen!  As far as we know, she’s the closest anyone has ever come to winning these 4 state titles – which is especially crazy when you hear what happened at her very first pageant ever!  Listen here…
 

She’s short, she has an unusual platform and a non-traditional talent.  And despite all of this – Miss Oklahoma 2011, Betty Thompson went on to finish as the 1st Runner Up at Miss America 2012. And in today’s podcast, you’ll hear what she told Laura Kaeppeler when they were the last two ladies holding hands, standing on-stage…  Plus, Betty talks about what she wishes she would’ve known before starting her own pageant journey on today’s Pageant Junkies Podcast…

Five times competing at Miss South Dakota. Getting honest about her past. Discovering a new angle which brought new life to her platform. Trust me, if you’re competing in pageantry, you will be inspired by what Miss South Dakota 2015, Autumn Simunek had to overcome in order to make it to the Miss America stage. It’s all on today’s Pageant Junkies Podcast… #Strong