Beauty pageant quotes

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◆ Its annoying when girls mistake the gym for a beauty pageant.

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◆ Upon being crowned Little Miss Cherub, a three-year-old girl waved an envelope containing her scholarship at her mother watching from the audience and yelled, Mommy, I got mail!

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◆ Nelson Mandela had been freed and I had a feeling in my heart from God that a black would win. (Carole Gist, Miss USA 1990, on being the first black woman ever to win the Miss USA title)

- Carole Gist99

◆ At that moment, it's kind of like dying. You're ALONE. There's nobody that can do it for you. (Terry Meeuwsen, Miss America 1973, on winning)

- Terry Meeuwsen99

◆ Isn't it a little ironic here? We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a little backwards?

- Jay Leno99

◆ Just being a woman is God's gift. The origin of a child is a mother, a woman. She shows a man what sharing, caring, and loving is all about. That is the essence of a woman.

- Sushmita Sen99

◆ Miss USA is a woman of the new millennium pretty, sexy, intelligent, opinionated, and feels strong about expressing her opinion.

- Shandi Finnessey99

◆ You need a role model who is beautiful, is trendy, and yet is still intelligent and has good moral values.

- Shandi Finnessey99

◆ I love beauty pageants. I love the idea of representing my country at an international level and being able to meet women from around the world who have the same type of goals.

- Priscila Perales99

◆ We were standing together on stage and right before they started calling out the positions, one of the girls said, Best of luck to all of you. But its not about luck, its about one girls destiny... this time, it ended up being about two girls destinies.

- Justine Pasek99

◆ I always have faith in my talent and for that reason I work day to day to follow my professional growth. I know that I have all the tools to be successful. No matter how long or short time may be, it does not matter to me.

- Denise Quinones99

◆ I will never look to others to find my happiness. You dont have to want to be Miss USA or even be interested in pageants for that matter. You just have to have a will to better yourself and make things happen for you.

- Chelsea Cooley99

◆ My life since Miss Universe has been changed a lot. have grown so much as a result of my travels and all my work with HIV/AIDS programs. I'm incredibly grateful for the things I've experienced.

- Jennifer Hawkins99

◆ I hate the whole tall-poppy syndrome. I don't want people to think it's all gone to my head, because it isn't. That's why I'm a little bit stressed, because in the back of my head I'm like, 'When, when, when?

- Jennifer Hawkins99

◆ I think rather than feeling persecuted that youre meeting up with a challenge simply because of the gender you belong to, I think its important to face the challenge for what it is and have your convictions together.

- Aishwarya Rai99