EXQUISITE POISE

By Carli Eubanks, per. 3, 11-16-11

When I was a young girl I would

watch America’s Next Top Model

every night with my mom. Tyra

Banks was my hero and I always

knew I wanted to be a model from

the day I started watching America’s

Next Top Model.

One summer when I went to check the mail

there was an envelope with my name on it.

When I opened it I saw that it was an invitation

for me to audition to be in a beauty pageant. I

was so excited, I begged my mom to let me go

until she finally agreed to take me.

When we arrived at

the pageant I was

extremely nervous. I

had spent an hour

picking out my dress

and getting ready. I

felt ugly compared to

all the other girls they

were so much prettier

than I was.

I felt ashamed that I had even entered

the pageant try outs everyone else was

so beautiful and intimidating. When I

finally built up the nerve to talk to the

girl who was sitting next to me she

actually said she liked my dress. I was

so happy she liked my dress that I had

a giant grin on my face up until we had

to go to our interviewers.

When it was time for the interviews I

sat down at a round table that one of

the woman was sitting at it. She

asked me all sorts of questions with

a never ending smile. I couldn’t help

but look away I tried to look her in

the eyes when I answered her but I

couldn’t.

I answered all the questions I was asked and

tried my hardest to keep eye contact.

Afterwards we lined up for our pictures to be

taken, thankfully my new friend was waiting for

me. When it was my turn I had trouble doing

the pose the cameraman wanted me to do.

About a week later I got a call from

the beauty pageant people saying

that if I wanted to I could compete in

the beauty pageant. I was ecstatic but

I had to decide if I should join or not.

I had to decide if I wanted to go through the

same stress I had that nigh or just forget it

and be able to relax. It was a really tough

choice because they actually believed in me

but then again I didn’t like to be under that

pressure.

In the end I decided not to be in the beauty

pageant it just seemed like to much stress

and extra work for me at the time because I

was already struggling in math and didn’t

need another distraction. I was also too

afraid that I would lose.

As a result of that day I became more

confident in myself. I still practice so that if I

ever have the chance do something like that

I can. I learned that meeting new people and

trying new things is not as scary as most

people make it out to be.