08/07: Ontario Miss Mid-West & Princess Pageant
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Our neighbour Barb is the owner of the Ontario Miss Mid-West & Princess Pageant. Earlier this summer, when Barb found out that Ed was the photographer for the Snowbird Airshow she asked if he would takes the photos at her pageant. Ed of course said yes.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this pageant. I have memories of bathing suit contests and talent shows from the beauty pageant that were televised when I was much younger. Of course, the movie Miss Congeniality always springs to mind when the word pageant is mentioned. Well, it turns out that pageants have really changed over the years. For starters the word beauty has been dropped. At least at this level of pageant it's all about poise, personality and public speaking. The contestants in the Miss category choose a charity, write a speech to explain why they chose the charity and if they win they will spend time over the next year hosting fund raisers in support of their charity.
The show began with a dance number preformed by the contestants in red and white attire. The theme for the pageant was Happy 150th Birthday Canada. Before the audience arrived the contestants posed for a photo. One of the things that I found very interesting was that as soon as a camera was pointed at a contestants she would pose and smile --- it seemed to be an automatic reaction.
The new queen and princess were crowned by last years queen and princess.
Here they are Miss Mid-West Queen and Mid-West Princess.
Our neighbour Barb.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this pageant. I have memories of bathing suit contests and talent shows from the beauty pageant that were televised when I was much younger. Of course, the movie Miss Congeniality always springs to mind when the word pageant is mentioned. Well, it turns out that pageants have really changed over the years. For starters the word beauty has been dropped. At least at this level of pageant it's all about poise, personality and public speaking. The contestants in the Miss category choose a charity, write a speech to explain why they chose the charity and if they win they will spend time over the next year hosting fund raisers in support of their charity.
The show began with a dance number preformed by the contestants in red and white attire. The theme for the pageant was Happy 150th Birthday Canada. Before the audience arrived the contestants posed for a photo. One of the things that I found very interesting was that as soon as a camera was pointed at a contestants she would pose and smile --- it seemed to be an automatic reaction.
The new queen and princess were crowned by last years queen and princess.
Here they are Miss Mid-West Queen and Mid-West Princess.
Our neighbour Barb.