Pageant Interview Questions are not to be feared! This is the time of the pageant that you can use to your advantage! Youre probably wondering how will talking in front of a few judges or even a crowd of people help you win? Well, many people love to talk about themselves….kids, teens and even adults! The Beauty Pageant Interview Questions session is the time to talk about your passions, your likes, your beliefs and your love for something or another.
Depending on the Pageant that you compete in, many of the pageant interview questions will be related to your goals, beliefs, platform (if youre an adult). However, if youre a child, pre-teen or teen, the questions will be geared more toward your school, your friends, family, favorite foods, favorite things to do, sports, events you attended, volunteer work youve done or how you might represent the pageant organization of the title you are competing for. Though, some pageant organizations have do have platforms you may have to have for teens as well.
Practice with these beauty pageant interview questions to help you win the crown! This of this part of the pageant like going on your first job interview. You want the crown, just like you want the job! Dress the part, look the part, be confident! Look and act like you know what you are talking about even if you dont! 🙂
- Why do you deserve to win this title?
- Why did you decide to compete in this pageant? …
- Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?
- What do you think is the biggest problem facing young people today?
- Do you think that pageantry objectifies women?
- Why is your platform important to you?
Pageant Interview Practice Questions and Sample Answers (Episode 121)
How to Answer Questions Cleverly and Tactfully at Beauty Pageants
The questions judges ask at beauty pageants often test contestant’s ability to react spontaneously. While most girls fare well in other rounds, the question-and-answer round becomes the stumbling block for many. Contestants get nervous when a judge asks a question, and rightly so. A contestant has limited time to think about the question and give their answer, and so it is important to be a good listener.
Understand the question the judge asks and provide a relevant answer. Every question has keywords that can help guide your answer. When you grasp these keywords, it becomes easier to assemble, arrange, and rearrange words to come up with an excellent answer.
If you have a quick wit, it’s an added advantage in the question-and-answer round. At beauty pageants, when judges ask philosophical questions, thoughtful questions, or hypothetical questions, contestants often show a visible change in their body language and fumble with words. Try to answer promptly and maintain your confidence.
21. How can you change the world to make it a better place?
22. Is religion the way to peace?
23. What moment in your life would you pick to change the lives of others?
24. What, according to you, is an ideal partner?
25. What is the biggest challenge young girls face today?
26. If you could change any one of your physical characteristics, which would it be and why?
27. What is the most important lesson for us to learn from life?
28. What is the biggest problem we are facing in our lives today, and how can we solve the problem?
29. How would you define success?
30. Has personal interaction taken a backseat because of social networks?
31. What might be your greatest contribution to the world?
32. How does greed for power affect our world?
33. What, according to you, is the most important part of a beauty pageant?
34. If you had an extra 30 minutes in each day, what would you do and why?
35. What qualities should a woman possess to make a notable difference in the world?
36. Do you think plastic surgery is a good option for people who do not have natural good looks?
37. How important is it for a model to look good at all times?
38. How do you handle disappointment?
39. If you could change something about yourself, what would that be and why?
40. Is social media going the right way or the wrong way, and why?
Advice on Preparing and Practicing for the Interview
You need to be equipped to answer all of these different types of questions at the pageant. It is important to attend a coaching session so youre prepared for any question that comes your way.
Pageant coaches play a pivotal role in guiding contestants in accordance with their personality type. Coaches help motivate contestants, build their confidence, and ensure they believe in themselves. When a contestant works with a pageant coach, she gets a fair idea of what to expect at pageant interviews.
11. How will you use your title to benefit others if you win today?
12. When does a girl become a woman?
13. Why do you deserve this beauty pageant title?
14. If you were granted one wish, what would you wish for?
15. Has the speed of technological advances taken away our emotional connection?
16. Are the youth of this generation more pressured to perform than the youth of previous generations?
17. What is the true essence of being a woman?
18. Is online dating a good thing or a bad thing?
19. What is your philosophy of life, and what do you value most in life?
20. Why is it important to be a multitasker?
Top 25 Pageant Questions Asked in Interview
- Variations of this question:
- Why do you think that you are the best candidate for this title?
- What makes you stand out from the other contestants?
- What makes you unique?
- Variations of this question:
- Why would you make a good ?
- Why should we choose you from the other contestants?
- Why should we select you as the next Miss (Teen, Ms, Mrs) ______ ?
- Why do you deserve to win this title?
- What do you like most about yourself?
- Variations of this question:
- What will you do if we crown you the next Miss (Teen, Ms, Mrs) _____?
- Why did you decide to compete in this pageant?
- Why did you start competing in pageantry?
- What do you want to get out of this pageant?
- Variations of this question:
- Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
- What goal do you want to have achieved when you are?
- Further explanation: The majority of the pageant questions you will be asked in interview will be from your pageant paperwork (unless you live in the UK or other countries that do not have paperwork). Out of these pageant questions the vast majority of pageant questions will be centered around the “interesting facts” section of your paperwork.
- Variations of this question:
- Tell me about yourself (this is almost always asked first in the UK)
- Variations of this question:
- If you could meet (have lunch with) any person in history who would it be?
- Who is the person you look up to the most?
- What celebrity do you idolize?
- If you could be anyone else besides yourself who would you be?
- Do celebrities have a responsibility to be positive role models?
- Would you say that you are a good role model?
- Variations of this question:
- What will be the first thing you do should we crown you Miss (Teen, Ms, Mrs) _____ ?
- What will be the first thing you eat after the pageant?
- What’s the first thing you will do after the pageant is over?
- Variations of this question:
- What do you want to do for a living?
- Are you working your dream job?
- Where do you want to go to college? (Teens)
- What do you want to study in college? (Teens)
- Variations of this question:
- Tell us about a challenge that you experienced and how you overcame it.
- Tell us about your biggest disappointment and how you bounced back from it.
- Variations of this question:
- What do you think is the biggest problem facing young people today?
- If you could give your younger self one piece of advice what would that be?
- What do you think is the biggest problem facing teens today?
- Variations of this question:
- With the current negative media attention about pageantry, what advice would you give someone on the fence about competing?
- Do you think that pageantry objectifies women?
- Have you experienced criticism for competing in pageantry? If so, how did you handle it?
- What would you say to someone that says pageantry degrades women?
- Variations of this question:
- How do you handle peer pressure?
- Tell us about a time when you had to overcome peer pressure to do the right thing
- Variations of this question:
- What kind of obstacles did you have to overcome to compete in this pageant?
- Did you hire a pageant coach to help you prepare?
- Who helped you prepare for this pageant?
- What was the hardest sacrifice you had to make when preparing for this title?
- Variations of this question:
- Why is your platform important to you?
- Why do you think your platform is important?
- Variations of this question:
- Is technology hurting our communication skills?
- Is social media bringing people together or causing separation?
- Is texting hurting our communication skills?
- Variations of this question:
- If you could have any superhuman power what would it be?
- If you could have the powers of any superhero what would it be?
- Variations of this question:
- If I were a genie in a bottle and could grant you any one wish what would that be? (Note: You better wish to win the crown!)
- Variations of this question:
- Tell us about your biggest weakness.
- What is your biggest flaw?
- Variations of this question:
- What is your favorite food?
- What is your favorite dessert?
- Variations of this question:
- What is your favorite television show that you have to watch weekly?
- What is your favorite book?
- Variations of this question:
- What is one thing that we would not know about you just by looking at you?
- Variations of this question:
- How will you handle the responsibilities of the crown on top of your job, family and marriage? (Mrs / Ms contestants)
- How do you plan on juggling the responsibilities of the crown with the demands of your current life?
- Variations of this question:
- Describe to us your dream vacation.
- What has been your favorite place you have visited?
- Tell us about your favorite family vacation.
- Explanation: You will experience judges who will ask you random pageant questions based on their vast knowledge in politics, history or their occupation that you do not know. Practice what you will say when a judge asks you something that is outside of your knowledge base. Hint: It’s ok to tell the judge that you don’t know. Your goal is to win a beauty pageant, not be a walking encyclopedia.
- Explanation: Current events are so time sensitive that you knowing what is popular would not add value to this article. I will list some of the subject matter most talked about in interview but the best way to practice your current events is to read, “Pageant Daily”.
- States legalizing marijuana
- Same-sex marriage
- Affordable Health Care Act (United States)
- National Debt (United States)
- Donald Trump
- Headline News. If three or four news channels are covering a story within a week of your pageant then you will be asked for your opinion on the story.
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