| While beauty pageants have gotten a bad name over | | | | Most of the teen scholarship pageants allow girls to |
| the years, there are some great pageants out there | | | | register for the competition online or through the mail. |
| that help women further their academic aspirations. | | | | You'll usually be required to send a picture and an |
| The California Teen Scholarship Pageant is one such | | | | essay or completed questionnaire in ahead of time and |
| pageant that isn't all about beauty or modeling, it's | | | | then a judging panel will determine who will go on to |
| about helping women further their education, build | | | | compete in the actual pageant. Teens that do not get |
| confidence, and even give them a leg up on helping in | | | | into the pageant the first time they apply should not be |
| their local community. These pageants really are much | | | | deterred; instead they should plan to apply again the |
| different than your traditional teen pageant or beauty | | | | following year. These scholarship pageants really are a |
| pageant and are worth looking into for every woman. | | | | great way to help pay for school, which we all know is |
| The great thing about scholarship pageants is that they | | | | extraordinarily expensive. |
| don't focus on beauty alone. Of course, judging does | | | | If there is a teen in your life that needs to build some |
| include beauty and poise, but it's not just about beauty. | | | | self-confidence or could use some help paying for |
| In fact, these scholarship pageants usually do not have | | | | college, a pageant such as the California Teen |
| a swimsuit or talent judging, which is a load off of most | | | | Scholarship Pageant is a great idea. This pageant is all |
| girls' minds. In fact, pageants like the California Teen | | | | about rewarding the girl that is going places, to make |
| Scholarship Pageant usually judge on grade point | | | | college more affordable and reward her for all of her |
| average, poise, beauty, and overall personality and | | | | hard work. The most traditional aspect of these |
| aspirations. This means that every teen, whether she | | | | pageants is the evening gown round, which only |
| has been in pageants all of her life or this is her first | | | | requires that the teens wear a long dress. The teen |
| one. | | | | can pick any type of dress that she wants, so she |
| In fact, teen pageants such as the California Teen | | | | feels comfortable and is able to portray her |
| Scholarship Pageant encourage young women from all | | | | personality. The evening gown round is done to help |
| backgrounds and all experience levels to get involved. | | | | the judges determine the teen that is able to carry |
| Most of the teens that get involved with these | | | | herself well in every situation. |
| scholarship pageants are first time pageant | | | | Many teens are looking for a way to get noticed, to |
| competitors. California pageants report that many of | | | | pay for college, and help build their resume and |
| the girls compete once and come back the next year | | | | self-confidence. Pageants such as the California Teen |
| with a couple friends so that they can all compete and | | | | Scholarship Pageant can help a teen do all of these |
| hopefully win a scholarship to help them to go the | | | | things, and more. These scholarship pageants really |
| school of their choice. The great thing about this is that | | | | are a confidence builder, and can be the one thing that |
| good portions of the teens are on an even playing field, | | | | catapults a young woman to a place where she can |
| so that anyone truly can win. You don't have to be the | | | | succeed and do the very best at whatever it is she |
| most beautiful teen in the state to win this pageant, | | | | wants to do. |
| because it's about so much more than that. | | | | |