Crown & Pageantry
Rehearsal Week: A Realistic Schedule
Rehearsal week is long days, cold food and a lot of waiting. A working woman's schedule for surviving it with your energy and your voice intact.
10 March 2026 · 1 min
The pageant world
Crown & Pageantry
Everything I learned walking towards a crown, and everything that happened after it was placed. Preparation notes, rehearsal habits, wardrobe decisions and honest reflections on what pageantry gives a woman beyond the sash.
Crown & Pageantry
Choosing a Pageant Gown When You Are Plus Size
Most gown advice for plus-size women is written in the language of hiding. Here is how I choose a stage gown that photographs well and lets me breathe, walk and turn.
3 March 2026 · 2 min
Crown & Pageantry
What Happens After the Crown
The crown is the photograph. The title year is the work. What the months after a win actually ask of you, and how I decide what to say yes to.
24 February 2026 · 1 min
Crown & Pageantry
How I Prepare for the Pageant Question Round
Thirty seconds, one microphone and a question you did not choose. The question round is where preparation becomes visible, and it is the part most contestants leave to luck.
17 February 2026 · 1 min
Crown & Pageantry
What I Learned Preparing for My First Pageant
I entered my first pageant as a finance lecturer in her thirties, with a doctorate, a full teaching load and no idea how to walk in heels on a raked stage. Here is what the preparation actually looked like.
10 February 2026 · 2 min