Sample Pageant Questions

1. What have you done to prepare yourself for this pageant?
2. How did you become involved with your platform/topic?
3. What can you tell someone who would like to get involved with your platform/topic?
4. How many people are affected by your platform/topic?
5. How would you encourage the media to play a larger role with promoting your platform/topic?
6. How would you encourage others to donate their time or money to your platform/topic?
7. What role does the media play with your platform/topic? Is it a positive or negative role?
8. How do you plan to raise awareness about your platform/topic?
9. How would you take your platform to a "National" level?
10. Why do you feel the public needs to know about this issue RIGHT NOW?
11. What are the 3 most important things I need to know about your platform/issue?
12. Whose your greatest role model?
13. What do you feel is an important value of character?
14. In a nut shell tell me about you.
15. What makes you smile?
16. Why do you want to be Miss Teen Idaho, Miss Idaho or Mrs. Idaho International?
17. Pageants get a bad rap- how do you respond to people who are negative about pageants?
18. What do you hope to accomplish with your platform?
19. What have you done so far with your platform?
20. Define a lady.
21. Who is the current Miss Teen International, Miss International or Mrs. International?
22. What is their platform? You can find this out on the national web site....
23. What is your proudest accomplishment?
24. What famous woman do you most admire?
25. What makes a marriage work?
26. How do you deal with conflict in a relationship or marriage?
27. What if any age group is affected the most with your platform/issue?
28. Where does Idaho rank with the other states with your platform/issue?
29. What can you do to change this?
30. How do you plan on balancing family life (school, work, etc...) with the responsibilities of Miss Teen, Miss or Mrs. Idaho International and finding time to promote your platform and the International system?
31. What do you take for granted and why?
32. Would you say people all over the world are different or the same?
33. How do you define success?
34. What do you feel makes Idaho special?
35. If you could change one thing that happen in your life what would you change and why?
36. What do you feel others see as your best quality when looking to you as a woman?
37. What role do you feel you play as a woman in today's society?
38. What do you hope to gain from participating in this pageant (besides the crown)?
39. Describe your community.
40. Describe your state.
41. What is the most important thing you can tell us about your family?
42. What qualities do you look for in a friend?
43. What is your definition of beauty?
44. What is the best advice you have ever received?
45. Would you recommend this experience to a friend? Why?
46. What is your definition of a winner?
47. How do you turn a negative experience into a positive experience?