Last
month’s pageant left me feeling empowered and excited for life. The Miss New
Jersey USA 2014 pageant made me realize a new love and passion: pageantry. A
week after the Miss New Jersey USA 2014 on October 18th – 20th,
I started planning for the 2015 Miss New Jersey USA pageant.
I
know what I need to do to stand out this year. So far, I’ve lined up two
pageant coaches and one speech coach. I have my heart set on designing my
evening gown and know exactly what I want for my interview dress. If I can find
what I want for my interview in stores, I will purchase it, if not I would like
to design that as well. However, I have yet to find someone with exceptional
sewing skills and knowledge of pageant wear that will be able to help me finish
these projects. Please contact me if you have any suggestions!
Because
I am taking on additional coaching this coming year, my budget for this year’s
pageant is a few thousand dollars higher. I’m trying to keep the same budget
for my wardrobe. But I know the cost of what I will need is still going to add
up.
My
goals for the next few weeks are to set up appointments for the rest of the
year with my three coaches, find an evening gown designer – who is also a
highly skilled seamstress, get new headshots done with a photographer
experienced with modeling, and lastly I must draft my fundraising letters! I
plan to raise close to $5000 for this year to cover at least 75% of the
pageant. I will be hitting up all of my favorite spots in the Princeton and New
York areas and business owners that I know, so hopefully that will drum up some
success for me!
I have a PayPal account
link on this website and am accepting donations! If you know of a business that
could use some cheap advertising, please let them know. Any of my sponsors will
have their name or business name listed under my name in the pageant booklet.
Wish
me luck! Any support that you can offer me in this process will help greatly!