Hi Misty, my name is Tori Nicole Winters. I have been doing female impersonation off and on now for about 14 years. I hold a few titles but nothing major. It seems like every time I enter a local pageant, I never win. Are pageants rigged??

YES OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!!!! some of them are OBVIOUSLY RIGGED and some of them not so Obvious. But just like EVERY Sterio type there are things that break the mold to remind you that There are NO ABSOLUTES........

SO YES there are SOME RIG-A-TONI Pageants..... but there are also pageants that are FAIR and JUST.

the thing is opinions are subjective. I recently did a pageant and I KNOW I did my best... and OF COURSE I felt I should have WON for I was the BEST ME that I COULD BE and of course I saw faults in the other girls backstage... Talent costume didnt fit was wrinkled evening gown too tight and bulging seems busting etc... but maybe thats not what the judges saw on stage. When you have 5+ different people watching maybe only one notices the gowns hem was frayed in the back etc.

and there are two different types of judges... Some are VERY TECHNICAL.... Too long too short... wrinkled .. didnt fit etc... and another is an EMOTIONAL Judge ... IT made me happy... It Felt Good etc... the trick here is to appeal to both of them for if you are CLEAN Technically and Emotionally stimulating.. they might over look your flaws.....

BUT YES.... I have been to pageants that were OBVIOUS RIGATONI DOWN!!! where the girl that won should not have placed top 10 by anyone's standards... and when a pageant gets a reputation for being fixed good luck getting contestants to invest their time, energy and money in something that they will never win.

BUT all that being said and DONE... DONT GIVE UP ON PAGEANTS... especially being EVERY TIME YOU DO ONE you get BETTER.... and if you do a bit of research before you enter you may find if its worth your effort or not - BUT BEWARE Of Promoters that promise their pageants to EVERYONE just to get contestants. That is EQUALLY BAD :( but if you do a pageant like this just DO YOUR BEST and hope the judges agree with you :)

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