Agency Quote by Maria Menounos

I am so not a pageant girl, but I signed up for the Miss Junior Florida contest because I thought it would be good…

— Amanda Latona

Yes, my pageant career was incredibly short. I started at 19 and was done at 21. I started by competing for Miss California Teen,…

— Meagan Tandy

Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and…

— Anonymous

My teachers encouraged me to audition for some professional work during our summer vacation. I landed my first job. It was for the National…

— Didi Conn

I saw pageants as a way to be a role model. I think that was always very important to me, to live my life…

— Hannah Brown

I was fortunate enough to be one of those stories where I was scouted on the street by somebody and actually refused to go…

— Evangeline Lilly

I had to quit triathlons, I continued to be active and worked in advertising agency .

— Kristin Armstrong

When I was a teenager, me and a couple of my friends entered a couple of modeling competitions just for fun, and one of…

— Abbie Cornish

I would never do another one but at the time it was fun. (On entering a beauty pageant contest)

— Tiffani Thiessen

I wasn't the typical pageant girl - I was a little more nerdy, and they gave me a voice. I created the Queen of…

— Joyce Giraud

My aunt was a fashion model and I happened to go to her agency with her, one day, when I was five. A talent…

— Ellar Coltrane

I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts.

— George Miller