C’yana Tavae

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What’s your Pageant History?

Share your pageant history here! Win or lose— or in between— seeing your journey helps you see your growth! Here’s a snapshot from my first title to my latest!

1. Miss Maryland USA 2017 (state finalist, did not advance to the semi-finals)

2. Maryland Miss 2017 Princess America (first title won, advanced to National competition)

3. Miss Teen Maryland United States 2017

-1st Runner Up

4. Princess America National Miss 2017

-2nd Runner Up

5. Miss Washington County 2018 (Miss Maryland America preliminary)

6. Miss Maryland 2018 (America)

-2nd Runner Up

-Preliminary Talent Award Winner

-Preliminary Swimsuit Award Winner

7. Miss Maryland Cosmos United States 2019 (advanced to National Competition)

8. Miss Cosmos United States 2019 (did not advanced to semi-finals)

- State Costume Winner

9. TBA

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Pageants, Pageants and Pageants

A question I get frequently is “what do you get out of doing pageants”?

At the start of it all back in 2016, when i competed for the Miss Maryland USA 2017 title, it simply was just because “my mom told me to find a way to win a scholarship”. I didn’t but I walked away with a huge sense of accomplishment. I had one month to prepare due to finding out about it so late in the game that I emptied out my savings, had multiple study lessons with my mom and youtube, watched all I could on the Miss USA and Miss Universe organization, and put on the best smile I could because I knew I was meant to wear that crown.

I didn’t win. In fact, I didn’t even make the semi-finals. I cried— silently but passionately. Not for the sake that I didn’t walk away with a crown but because the feeling I felt on that stage was incomparable to anything I’ve ever felt before. I felt like I found something that connected me to something bigger than my dreams (at the time) could have ever imagined.

So, what do I get from participating in pageants?

The chance to say “I did that” and the people I will continue to meet. Because the biggest regret I will never have is saying “I wish I did it”.

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