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Monday, May 9, 2016

Attitude Not Worthy of a Crown

In every contest, there would always be winners and losers. For most contestants, preparation matters most. Thus, wannabees undergo training in several aspects depending on the nature of the contest. Some spend much time improving their stance, diction, and even looks. Others enroll in modeling schools to improve their poise and bearing. The luckier ones are taken in by groups who specialize in shaping women to become potential winners in pageants.

The obsession to become a contestant in a pageant could be a life-long goal, or at least the maximum age for joining. Some women have been quite persistent and continue to join every year until they get the elusive crown. On the one hand, others have joined twice or thrice. On the other hand, others have proper timing and preparation, and thus bag the highest recognition upon their first try. Still, others who cannot seem to win in one contest, will try their luck in other similar contests.

Other than brains and beauty, another important aspect is attitude. Contestants are expected to be amiable behind the scenes and to behave with decency before and during the contest proper. Some contests are so strict that contestants get axed even before the actual contest simply because they violated a provision on behaving within the norms of the contest. Yet, once a contestant becomes a winner, she is expected to be courteous and friendly, given the nature of the interaction required during her reign.

When Not-so Popular (NP) contestant won in a contest, everyone was surprised as she overshadowed a Top Contestant (TC). Prior to the contest, TC would always land among the top five in informal polls and contests. By contrast, NP would place in similar surveys, but would not really end up on top. Nonetheless, NP made it without much controversy, whereas TC did not expect that she would not get her goal.

The disappointment of TC was felt when she was bestowed a title below her expectations. Nonetheless, she had to smile a bit to show she was happy. At the backstage, it was a different story. TC threw a fit and she was mumbling that it would have been better not to have received any title, as she would be able to join again. When people realized that TC was very upset, they let her be, as that was the nature of a contest. While winners celebrate, losers either grieve or get mad.

One of the duties as winner is to meet and greet fans and other curious people. Between this event and that of the contest, people thought that TC had already accepted and gotten over her inability to achieve her goal. People were wrong. TC was still feeling so badly that she did not want to join any of the events. TC did not even care about guestings. She was just a sore loser.

When the organizers found out about the plan of TC to be uncooperative, they immediately called her attention and reminded her and her camp of the rules. If she refuses to fulfill her responsibilities, the organizers will resort to legal means. Thus, TC had no choice, as legal matters would cost money as well as embarrassment on her part as well as her reputation. Worse, someone from her camp was overheard saying that TC spent almost half a million just to improve her looks, and still she was unable to cop the major prize.

‘You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.’ – Richard M. Nixon

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