Glitz Vs. Natural

Bella has been a mostly natural pageant competitor, however we have dabbled in some glitz pageants. There is something about the sparkly dresses and the beautiful pictures (that usually dont even look like the kids to begin with) that draws me in. We have had lots of fun at the glitz pageants we have attended but they have been lots of work as well! They are also about 10 times more costly and though Ive heard you can win lots more money at a glitz pageant, we have yet to do it. Our luck is better in naturals. I like that in a glitz pageant it is nearly impossible to leave crownless, but at the same time I like that at a natural pageant my daughter has a slimmer chance at a title, lol, more competitive I guess. I definitely feel the draw for
bigger and better which is what glitz offers. Giving all girls the chance to trump not only their age group but larger age groups and all contestants. Its pretty neat. As far as awards go though, we have recieved just as much at a 50.00 natural pageant as we have recieved at a 500.00 glitz pageant. I am glad that Bella and I have gotten to share these experiences and we have pictures from several pageants glitz and natural that will last a lifetime. But if I had to chose, it would definitely be natural. I absolutely love that she does well wearing her Sunday best dress looking exactly the way Bella always looks =) I love that she when she wins its because of what she really looks like and not the talents of a makeup artist, or how many swarvoski crystals I could glue onto her dress or how talented our photo retouches were. I also like that she only has to go onstage once instead of multiple changes and redoing her hair and makeup. For older girls 10 and up who chose to do this I completely see what draws them in but as far as Bella is concerned, I think we will stick with naturals from now on. We definitely cannot hang with those Glitzy girls! We like our naturals too much!

Pageants and Modeling

Well our pageant break lasted approximately 6 weeks! Lol, Bella will be competing in Adorable Miss Gulf Coast June 17th and 18th. FUN~It will be very different from what we are used to, as we usually do natural pageants and this one is glitz. And a national glitz at that! LOTS of experienced competition. Bella really enjoys the stage and we have been working on some new pageant moves that she is having lots of fun with. She loves loves loves for me to put makeup on her lol so no problem there! She is always digging in my eyeshadow and asking me to put lipstick on her, she is too funny. This will be very interesting. Wish us luck!!

While on our break from pageants, I decided to look into modeling for Bella. She was quickly picked up by several placement services including: Gooma Models, Ellie Bean and Models and Adora Models. She has already modeled and been featured by one Boutique~Simple Joys Bowtique and has more jobs in the works now. She really enjoys playing dress up and posing for the camera. She is SUCH a character.