The count down has officially begun! I have 6 days until I compete for Miss California! It is so totally crazy to think that for the past 10 months I have been preparing for this and the time has just about arrived for me to but hard work to the test. Through the rollercoaster to get here, the ups and downs and the stressing out because of last minute wardrobe changes I feel completely ready. I am mostly excited to compete because the whole weeked is just going to be so much fun. I love being on stage and I love public speaking.
The most difficult thing for preparation has been dieting. Oh all the cookies I have resisted and wish I could have had. All those times going out to dinner ith my friends and watching them eat burgers, nachos, pizza, among all the other fried and cheesy and delicious food I wish I could have eaten while I ordered my tiny salad with no dressing, no cheese and no croutons lol. It is a hefty price to pay but so totally worth it because I have never felt more healthy nor have I ever been so fit, thin and tone in my life. that being said, you better believe that the day after the pageant I am going to pretty much spend it gorging myself with the delcious food I have been resisting for months :)
I am really hoping I win because I really want to bring awareness to my platform. That is the most important thing about competing in pageants to me. If I win, it will give me an even bigger voice and more opportunities to educate people about Multiple Sclerosis and the importance of finding a cure. I have been working with Kim and Christine at the MS Society who have both been just wonderful by letting me do so much to be involved with the MS society because they recognize the passion I feel for making a difference in any way I can.
Overall, I have worked really super hard to compete for this title but I know that all of the other beautiful young women I am competing against have been working just as hard and are just as passionate about their platforms as I am. I truly feel this group of ladies that I am competing against are beautiful on the inside as well as the out and I will gladly and proudly congratulate her with poise and grace if God decides that day that she is the one to be crowned over me. I think pageantry is truly a sisterhood and such a wonderful way to make new friends and connections with girls that have common interests. Most importantly though, I view pageants not necessarily a competition agaiinst someone else but a competition with yourself.
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