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I used to love watching this pageant as a kid, and now the gals just look weird to me. Every one must have gone to the same tanning salon - they have the same flat blah tan. The body just doesn't tan evenly - they look so 2 dimensional.

This is the one drawback to HDTV.

The good part of the story is - all my bandster friends are way more beautiful than these golden Barbie dolls. :cursing:

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I know a few women who comete in pageants and they all either pay $$$ to have their tans airbrushed on, or have someone in their family who has learned to do it. I don't know any who actually tan, but they will stand there posed for 3 hours while someone airbrushes each individual shade, muscle countour, etc. on their bodies. Usually on top of a sunless tanning product. The stain kind, not the turn you orange kind.

I think pale is beautiful.

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I know a few women who comete in pageants and they all either pay $$$ to have their tans airbrushed on, or have someone in their family who has learned to do it. I don't know any who actually tan, but they will stand there posed for 3 hours while someone airbrushes each individual shade, muscle countour, etc. on their bodies. Usually on top of a sunless tanning product. The stain kind, not the turn you orange kind.

I think pale is beautiful.

The older I get the more I love pale. And there are few things in life that I would do that require standing for 3 hours, ugh. I knew body builders who did that, but didn't realize that pageant contestants did too.

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One of the ladies (one of my cousins' wives) told me they smear Vaseline on their teeth, and just try to slurp-swallow to keep from swallowing the Vaseline. They do it because it makes their teeth look shiny on tv. *barf*

Edited - I think I was on crack when I typed that. Sorry for all the boo-boos.

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I loved when they talked about butt glue to hold the bathing suit in place.

I still don't see how they choose one over another. They kept hyping it up to find the new "IT" girl. I watched the reality tv part of this and really Ms Utah fit the image for me. She is reality - not trained since pottybreaking on how to model, strut, apply makeup, do hair etc.

I ended up disappointed with it - sigh

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You know, people rag on these beauty pageant people, but those contestants work as hard on that stuff as any pro athlete or musician. It's just a different focus.

My sister was involved with that scene back in her teens, and I hung out with her on the weekends during the competitions and saw just how much effort it takes to look and act that way.

(I was also STUPID and completely missed the possibilities inherent in the other contestants. Ah well :rolleyes2:)

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You know, people rag on these beauty pageant people, but those contestants work as hard on that stuff as any pro athlete or musician. It's just a different focus.

My sister was involved with that scene back in her teens, and I hung out with her on the weekends during the competitions and saw just how much effort it takes to look and act that way.

(I was also STUPID and completely missed the possibilities inherent in the other contestants. Ah well :party:)

You mean you had every teenaged boy's dream to have a sister who could get you backstage at the beauty pageants and you missed the opportunity?? :thumbup: LOL!!

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