6 Components of Pageant Health

In a general view, health addresses multiple dimensions that can help you achieve your full potential and experience life to the fullest. Overall health will provide you with balance and wellness in your life. Beauty pageants are clearly focused on beauty, and it is false that unhealthy is beautiful in the pageant world. In fact, I feel that success in pageantry is almost reliant upon strong health. Naturally you need to be in shape and most likely at a certain weight for the swimsuit competition, but health is about more than diet and exercise. Your mental, emotional, social, environmental and spiritual health also play a role in your pageant well-being.

First of all, the most acknowledged component of health is physical health, related directly to the body. With physical health, you want to develop good knowledge of nutrition and fitness. You can put your knowledge to good use by creating a diet plan and fitness regimen that is effective and possible to remain faithful to, enlisting the assistance of a professional if needed. The physical health dimension is obviously important for looking good in a swimsuit and in the rest of your pageant wardrobe. Physical health also includes making good decisions with substances such as alcohol and cigarettes. Remember to read your pageant contracts thoroughly, to prevent making negative choices to the best of your ability, and to make positive decisions that will not inhibit your physical health.

Mental health describes maintaining mental stability and reality. You want to be mentally present in every moment of the pageant. During preparation, a sharp mind is crucial to making the most of your efforts. During the competition aspects of the experience, regulating your stress effectively and remaining focused will keep you at the top of your game. You also want to exercise strong intellectual capability while answering tough interview questions. Finally, learning and growing from the competition gives you the opportunity to continue the development of your mental health.

A pageant can be an emotionally overwhelming experience, especially if your emotional health is not kept in check. Good emotional health means that you understand how to appropriately express your feelings and regulate healthy thoughts. Emotional health is key to keeping yourself pulled together even during intense moments of competition. It is not about holding everything in, but in releasing your energy in a constructive and positive style. Your emotional health also includes your self-esteem. Any successful pageant contestant will emphasize how important it is to be confident. If you do not believe in yourself, it is very difficult to persuade the judges to believe in you. Express yourself in a way that you would be proud of, and make sure to compete with confidence in your ability to be successful.

You are connected to many people during the pageant, so your social health may determine their impact upon you. Social health is usually more of a factor in non-competitive settings, but the influence can be carried with you into the competitive field if it is strong enough. Your social health is defined by your interaction with others, no matter the people or situation. During the pageant, you can try to build up a wall around yourself to block out the rest of the world. But such severe avoidance is unhealthy and quite impossible. You have to deal with family and friends supporting you at the pageant, judges and pageant staff within the pageant, other contestants, and possibly additional social sources. Why not take advantage of these connections and make each interaction a meaningful one? You can truly benefit from strong social health when you give to others and receive their love and support in return.

Your environmental health addresses your role in society. I believe that environmental health is fabulous to strengthen through your platform or community service. With an active involvement in a cause you are passionate about, you assist in making the world a better place. Your contribution to society can elevate your sense of peace and well-being. Finally, your beliefs, morals and convictions involve your spiritual health. You want to be aware of your opinions about delicately controversial issues and understand your own spiritual direction. Your views do not need to be modified for any pageant system. However, your values should always be expressed respectfully. Your spiritual health is usually expressed during your interview responses.

I encourage you to make striving for overall pageant health one of your goals. You can become the best contestant you can be by maintaining a balanced lifestyle. With good health, you can effortlessly radiate happiness, intelligence, grace, beauty and other lovely qualities during the competition and in every day life as well. I wish you the best in your pageant goals and dreams!

-Miss Pageant Prep