At 19, she was the 1st RU at Miss Oklahoma. Then, she moved to New York to be mentored by the best tap dancers in the business. Now, she’s an award winning choreographer for Broadway, TV, Film – And pageant contestants! In fact, Shea Sullivan has choreographed dance routines for numerous contestants, including Miss America 2013, Mallory Hagan! How does she create incredible pageant choreography? Find out – on today’s Pageant Junkies Podcast…
Our Summer Throwback Series continues – And today we speak with Allyson Kearns, Miss Minnesota 2002, about her pageant journey AND her amazing career as a television producer with The Oprah Winfrey Show, TLC and now NBC! How did Allyson overcome the dreaded “pageant stereotype” when trying to establish herself in the workplace? And what do her friends think of her time at Miss America, now? Find out (and get some killer career advice) on today’s Pageant Junkies Podcast!
On her 3rd trip to Miss Iowa, and right before she aged out, Cathy Lemkau was thrilled to win her state title! But her happiness quickly came to an end when the judges told her that she would be in the bottom 25 at Miss America. What in the world did she do to go from “the bottom 25” in those judges’ minds, to being a double prelim winner and 1st Runner Up at Miss America??? Let’s just say, this podcast is killer. Listen and learn… There’s crazy amounts of wisdom inside…
Today we kick off our “Summer Throwback Series” featuring titleholders from the 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s! We’re thrilled to start this series with Tricia Leines Pine, Miss Oregon 1996 and 2nd Runner up to Miss America! In today’s Pageant Junkies Podcast, Tricia does a marvelous job of describing the “give and take” that happens as you enter a major competition… She says, although it’s important to prepare as much as possible, you also have to “surrender the outcome.” What does that mean? PLENTY! You don’t want to miss a minute of today’s podcast!
In the pageant world, every time you fall short of your goal, it’s easy to see that experience as “a failure”. But Taylor Kinzler, Miss Massachusetts 2012 says, “You can’t count mistakes or missed opportunities as failures – you have to count them as opportunities to grow.” It’s so true – No wonder Taylor was Miss Mass OT 2008 and a non-finalist Talent award winner at Miss America! 🙂 Catch her full list of “failures” and how she chose to use those experiences as opportunities to grow, on today’s Pageant Junkies Podcast.