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www.MOSTmag.com || FITNESS MAG A ZINE || 115Coach, Speaker, Author, Miss California International 2014WinAPageant.com he pageant industry can be a real mystery. It seems that five elusive judges scoured the nation and swept 50 of the most beautiful women from their towns, threw them in a fully-beaded designer gown and asked them to perform talents of all sorts to see who is the most beautiful of all. Even the winner seems shocked %u2013 a surprising gasp, hysterical tears, and kisses blown to the audience as though she had never expected to win a pageant. If you%u2019ve ever competed in a pageant, you know the truth. Contestants prepare for months and sometimes years to win a pageant. Each one studies current events, learns how to apply fake eyelashes, tries on countless gowns, spends days at the gym perfecting her physique and hours teasing her hair. You know that when the curtain goes up, the music turns on and Miss California glides across the stage in a $700 bikini and 4-inch heels, there are 49 other girls hopping around in spanx with one heel on asking for a zip while painting on new lip color, wiping off butt-glue, and taping blisters before hitting the stage to again glide gracefully as the audience admires her %u2018effortless%u2019 beauty. Effortless? Ha! To be fair, on occasion you may see a pageant winner who hears her name announced and gives a victorious shout as she throws a fist into the air. I happen to like those girls. They treat pageantry more like a sport than a fantasy; the girl with the most points wins. Yet the point system of a pageant is not as objective as a game of basketball. The fate of the contestants lies in the hands of five strangers %u2013 judges, who have the honor and responsibility of choosing a winner. Judges have 30-90 seconds while a contestant is on stage to judge their perception of her. Barely long enough to recover from a sneeze. By Alycia Darby>>>