Can a new girl with limited or no pageant experience NCGTM?
This is a question I get all the time!
Answer is YES! With lots of proof that this has, and can, happen to you!
When we say ANY girl can be an NCGTM girl, we mean it!
I believe every single year we have had new girls or girls with very limited pageant experience take titles at our WCG finals or NCGTM Nationals! Also at regional pageants this happens all the time!
Going by finals - as we have had so many regionals and prelims I couldn't possibly list them all - but there has ALWAYS been at least 30-50% brand new girls win!
2010 - our first WCG summer finals, where yes, everyone was new to pageants, we had some girls who had done all 3 prelims so did have some practice and a bit if a leg up on the brand new girls at finals, yet in that group we had Robin Sanford (about 13 years old at the time!) come in and take the teen title. I believe our toddler and baby were brand new, and tiny miss was in her 2nd one (had done one prelim).
2011 - WCG summer finals when there had been a few more pageants, at finals we had 2 sisters come in and take the petite and teen titles- first pageant for them ever!
2012 - First set of National royalty. At this point, pageants were getting bigger, we had some glitz going on, coaching was really becoming a bigger thing, and girls were far more prepared. In walked Kristy, who blew us away! First pageant ever and she swept the pageant with one of the highest scores! She just had a aura about her, she flowed on stage, spoke beautifully and was a clear front runner! We also had Marliese take a title, and the only thing she had ever done was a one category Canada Day pageant! Emma was our tiny miss and was also super new at that point. I believe she had done one other, which was more glitzy. Our teen winner Natasha had also only ever done one pageant before, which was also a glitzy type pageant.
2013 - This was our first true Nationals with girls from other areas of the country, and little Sophie from interior BC came in and blew us away and took the tiny miss title. This was a little girl who had never seen or been in a pageant ever! She just had confidence on stage, had a great intro and was super likable! Many of the other winners that year had some experience or limited experience. It was a good range.
2014 - Nationals had a couple of brand new winners! Emily, our teen, was in her very first pageant ever! Roslyn, our young miss, had only ever done one small NCG prelim type pageant out in New Brunsick, as had our Petite Miss Addison - just one small one! Carolyn, our little miss, was from Ontario and had only done about 2 very small local pageants that were very different to NCG. I also believe our tween, Kansas, had only done 2 small local pageants at that point.
2015 - Our little Miss Rory had only ever been in one regional NCGTM pageant in New Brunswick before coming and taking the big title! She had extremely limited experience! Kiellah, our toddler miss, also had only ever done the NCGTM local regional. Our Teen Gaby had done 2 glitz pageants before taking her title last summer. Karen, our Miss, at that point had done a couple of small local pageants.
As you can see, we get a fair amount of girls who are new or have very limited experience as our National winners! Will YOU be one of our 2016-17 National winners??!! We are going into our 7th year!
Also, don't forget we have our AMBASSADOR title, which is given to a girl who embodies the NCGTM spirit, not based on stage scores at all! We also have our new National Canadian Jr. Miss and National Canadian Sr. Miss titles!!! New girls could easily take these too!
#jointheprestige
Sunday 17 April 2016
Friday 15 April 2016
Pageant Headshots
Let's talk Pageant Headshots!
Your pageant headshot is the photo you use for the program and if the pageant has a delegate listing on their website, it will appear there.
I know that pageants require a lot of money and investment, and some newer people might not yet be at the level where they want to invest in this, and that is fine. Take your daughter and your camera outside, use natural light and try a few different tops. Let the wind blow the hair back a bit and just take tons of photos. There is a good chance you will have something to work with! Anyone can do this for free. Selfies do NOT make for a good pageant headshot. A photo of your daughter at the carnival with cotton candy stuck to her face does not make for a good pageant headshot! If you are going to put the time and money into going to a National pageant, but some time into getting a photo that looks like your daughter will at the pageant or interview (to the best of your ability).
It is important to have a photo that looks like YOU and shows your personality or brand. Your photo should look similar to how you will most likely look on pageant day. Your hair and makeup should be done similar to how to expect to look that day or in interview.
It should be a good clear head and shoulders shot. You should not be wearing your crown/sash in this photo. Your headshot can be, or doesn't have to be, what you end up using for photogenic awards.
Judges reference these photos a LOT throughout competition. They often have their program book opened and as they are judging, sometimes they even put notes beside photos to remind them of something. I have seen things like 'red dress, great smile, super cute' or 'made no eye contact, blue dress, scored 32/40' - so they have a baseline to compare other contestants to. You want the judge to look at you on stage and be able to see you in the program right away and not wonder which contestant you are!
What is your brand or image? Your headshot should reflect that! Branding is more for an older pageant girl, but are you the cute, quirky and bubbly blonde? Are you the super serious brunette who loves to read? Are you a go-getter who can't do enough charity work? Are you super scholastic? Are you in the Miss category and consider yourself to be sweet with a bit of sex appeal? What image do you want to portray to the judges? Your headshot should reflect that.
Let's take a look at these photos of Megan. Her image/brand in pageants has always been the likable blonde, who has a sense of humor, but is also quite intelligent (so basically - her - she isn't being someone else - she is being herself).
Here are photos from a session we did. These were some top picks we liked.
Your pageant headshot is the photo you use for the program and if the pageant has a delegate listing on their website, it will appear there.
I know that pageants require a lot of money and investment, and some newer people might not yet be at the level where they want to invest in this, and that is fine. Take your daughter and your camera outside, use natural light and try a few different tops. Let the wind blow the hair back a bit and just take tons of photos. There is a good chance you will have something to work with! Anyone can do this for free. Selfies do NOT make for a good pageant headshot. A photo of your daughter at the carnival with cotton candy stuck to her face does not make for a good pageant headshot! If you are going to put the time and money into going to a National pageant, but some time into getting a photo that looks like your daughter will at the pageant or interview (to the best of your ability).
It is important to have a photo that looks like YOU and shows your personality or brand. Your photo should look similar to how you will most likely look on pageant day. Your hair and makeup should be done similar to how to expect to look that day or in interview.
It should be a good clear head and shoulders shot. You should not be wearing your crown/sash in this photo. Your headshot can be, or doesn't have to be, what you end up using for photogenic awards.
Judges reference these photos a LOT throughout competition. They often have their program book opened and as they are judging, sometimes they even put notes beside photos to remind them of something. I have seen things like 'red dress, great smile, super cute' or 'made no eye contact, blue dress, scored 32/40' - so they have a baseline to compare other contestants to. You want the judge to look at you on stage and be able to see you in the program right away and not wonder which contestant you are!
What is your brand or image? Your headshot should reflect that! Branding is more for an older pageant girl, but are you the cute, quirky and bubbly blonde? Are you the super serious brunette who loves to read? Are you a go-getter who can't do enough charity work? Are you super scholastic? Are you in the Miss category and consider yourself to be sweet with a bit of sex appeal? What image do you want to portray to the judges? Your headshot should reflect that.
Let's take a look at these photos of Megan. Her image/brand in pageants has always been the likable blonde, who has a sense of humor, but is also quite intelligent (so basically - her - she isn't being someone else - she is being herself).
Here are photos from a session we did. These were some top picks we liked.
I love this photo of her. It's fun, and has great energy. We just didn't feel it was "You want to meet me" and we also felt it was more 'Hey im the fun blonde' and not Meg's total pageant image and brand. This photo HAS done well with photogenic competitions though.
This photo is pretty, her hair looked fabulous -but it was a bit too serious for Meg.
This photo was one of the photographer's picks, but we felt it didn't show her personality.
This is the photo we ended up using. Good eye contact, relaxed, pretty, draws you in and makes you want to meet Megan and see what she is all about! It shows her personality well.
I hope these tips help! Happy shooting!
Monday 4 April 2016
Fun in Saint John NB!
What a whirlwind of a weekend!
I flew from Vancouver to Saint John on April 2nd, leaving at 1:35pm - flight was on time to my connection in Toronto, flight was on time leaving Toronto - things were off to a good start - BUT - then just as we were boarding our SJ flight in TO, they announced there was heavy fog in SJ and they were sending us to Fredericton! WHAT??!! Nooooooooooooo! I need to be in SJ to run the pageant for 11am! In panic I look up bus schedules, flights - nothing was any good. So I figured just relax and have a nap, and see what happens. If all else fails there is always hitch hiking right?? :)
I had a fantastic flight from Vancouver to Toronto, nice upgraded premium seating makes these longer flights so much more enjoyable. Air Canada also has great tv and free movies, and I ended up with an amazing seat mate who turns out to be an amazing (almost famous!) choreographer from Vancouver, who was heading to TO to choreograph a big show for 10 days! I didn't even watch a movie, we chatted for probably 3 out of 4 hours! He was fabulous!
Had a great bulkhead row to myself on my next flight- always makes for a good flight :)
They announced about 3/4 into our flight that we would be landing in SJ and not Fredericton - HUGE sigh of relief! I fell asleep for the last bit of the flight knowing I didn't have to worry!
Arrived in SJ around 1:15am and the hotel had sent a cab for me! I went outside and there was no one with a sign - just a guy yelling "Liz McKinnon - are you here?" LOL! He was great and super talkative on the 15 min trip to the hotel.
We held the pageant at the Amsterdam Inn Quispamsis - I actually asked the cabbie how to say that and it is 'Quis-pam-sis' - just as spelled out - go figure LOL.
Checked in and what a cute little hotel this was! Such friendly staff at 2am - not sure I could be that friendly at 2am! lol.
When I got into my room I found a lovely surprise gift! That was fun!
I went to bed but couldn't sleep - it was only 10pm to me - so I laid awake until about 5:30am - and then got up at 8:30 to get everything ready.
Hotel had a great breakfast- had a waffle. I was so lucky that I had Helen on the other end who went in the day before and set everything up! That sure helped! Thank you Helen and Rebecca!
I only had a few things to do, and then on a whim, a few of the moms, the judges and I decided to switch the room around a different way so we had a blank wall in the background! With only 19 girls, we were on a lower budget, so bringing in a professional big backdrop couldn't happen - but we flipped it around and used the crown table as a backdrop! All worked out!
Was so much fun to see all my NB girls again - another year older, getting so grown up! Also met some amazing new girls!
Pageant ran on time - thanks Kelda for bringing me lunch!
We have a new set of NB Royalty!
Baby miss Bonnie Rain
Toddler miss December
Tiny miss Aliyah
Petite miss Alexis...
little miss Autumn
Young miss Rea
Tween miss Rebecca
Ms. Arkene
Junior Ambassador Sophie
Ambassador Kathryn
After the pageant, around 3pm, I conked out until about 6:30pm and ordered some dinner, then tried to sleep again - I slept from about 11pm-12:30am and then was up all night- no way was I sleeping! So I sat on the phone with friends all night and then had a shower around 3am and off to the airport at 4am!
Had a nice warm taxi waiting for me- brrrrrrrrrrrrrr it was cold and I had no jacket with me! lol. Walking across the runway to the airplane at 4:45am in the -10 weather with a strong wind - no coat- not fun!
Flight from SJ to Toronto was cramped and full - not as much fun as the flight in. Thank goodness I had that same great seat in premium for the long flight to Vancouver :)
Hit Toronto and it was snowing quite hard!!
I was excited to see this plane in person there - as I am a massive Disney fan!
Flight was delayed just over an hour AFTER we boarded - but I fell asleep fast! I watched Daddy's Home (cute movie) and slept some more, finally getting into YVR, grab my car at the valet and barely remember the drive home!
I texted Meg I was starving and when I got home - she had pizza and chocolate chip cookies waiting for me!!! What a great girl! I then fell asleep for about 4 hours! hahaha.
Off to my next adventure in Sydney NS in 2 weeks!!! :)
I flew from Vancouver to Saint John on April 2nd, leaving at 1:35pm - flight was on time to my connection in Toronto, flight was on time leaving Toronto - things were off to a good start - BUT - then just as we were boarding our SJ flight in TO, they announced there was heavy fog in SJ and they were sending us to Fredericton! WHAT??!! Nooooooooooooo! I need to be in SJ to run the pageant for 11am! In panic I look up bus schedules, flights - nothing was any good. So I figured just relax and have a nap, and see what happens. If all else fails there is always hitch hiking right?? :)
I had a fantastic flight from Vancouver to Toronto, nice upgraded premium seating makes these longer flights so much more enjoyable. Air Canada also has great tv and free movies, and I ended up with an amazing seat mate who turns out to be an amazing (almost famous!) choreographer from Vancouver, who was heading to TO to choreograph a big show for 10 days! I didn't even watch a movie, we chatted for probably 3 out of 4 hours! He was fabulous!
Had a great bulkhead row to myself on my next flight- always makes for a good flight :)
They announced about 3/4 into our flight that we would be landing in SJ and not Fredericton - HUGE sigh of relief! I fell asleep for the last bit of the flight knowing I didn't have to worry!
Arrived in SJ around 1:15am and the hotel had sent a cab for me! I went outside and there was no one with a sign - just a guy yelling "Liz McKinnon - are you here?" LOL! He was great and super talkative on the 15 min trip to the hotel.
We held the pageant at the Amsterdam Inn Quispamsis - I actually asked the cabbie how to say that and it is 'Quis-pam-sis' - just as spelled out - go figure LOL.
Checked in and what a cute little hotel this was! Such friendly staff at 2am - not sure I could be that friendly at 2am! lol.
When I got into my room I found a lovely surprise gift! That was fun!
I went to bed but couldn't sleep - it was only 10pm to me - so I laid awake until about 5:30am - and then got up at 8:30 to get everything ready.
Hotel had a great breakfast- had a waffle. I was so lucky that I had Helen on the other end who went in the day before and set everything up! That sure helped! Thank you Helen and Rebecca!
I don't normally take food photos -but this is meg's fave and I sent it to her to make her jealous! lol
I only had a few things to do, and then on a whim, a few of the moms, the judges and I decided to switch the room around a different way so we had a blank wall in the background! With only 19 girls, we were on a lower budget, so bringing in a professional big backdrop couldn't happen - but we flipped it around and used the crown table as a backdrop! All worked out!
Was so much fun to see all my NB girls again - another year older, getting so grown up! Also met some amazing new girls!
Pageant ran on time - thanks Kelda for bringing me lunch!
We have a new set of NB Royalty!
Baby miss Bonnie Rain
Toddler miss December
Tiny miss Aliyah
Petite miss Alexis...
little miss Autumn
Young miss Rea
Tween miss Rebecca
Ms. Arkene
Junior Ambassador Sophie
Ambassador Kathryn
Sorry for the bad photos- waiting on better ones!
After the pageant, around 3pm, I conked out until about 6:30pm and ordered some dinner, then tried to sleep again - I slept from about 11pm-12:30am and then was up all night- no way was I sleeping! So I sat on the phone with friends all night and then had a shower around 3am and off to the airport at 4am!
This was yummy! Again, one of meg's faves so I took a photo to make her jealous! lol
Had a nice warm taxi waiting for me- brrrrrrrrrrrrrr it was cold and I had no jacket with me! lol. Walking across the runway to the airplane at 4:45am in the -10 weather with a strong wind - no coat- not fun!
Flight from SJ to Toronto was cramped and full - not as much fun as the flight in. Thank goodness I had that same great seat in premium for the long flight to Vancouver :)
Hit Toronto and it was snowing quite hard!!
I was excited to see this plane in person there - as I am a massive Disney fan!
Flight was delayed just over an hour AFTER we boarded - but I fell asleep fast! I watched Daddy's Home (cute movie) and slept some more, finally getting into YVR, grab my car at the valet and barely remember the drive home!
I texted Meg I was starving and when I got home - she had pizza and chocolate chip cookies waiting for me!!! What a great girl! I then fell asleep for about 4 hours! hahaha.
Off to my next adventure in Sydney NS in 2 weeks!!! :)
Sunday 20 March 2016
Awards!
Everyone loves Awards! Everyone loves CASH too!
Did you know that National Winners can win up to $1000 each for winning their title, but also our runners up take home part of the prize pool this year too??!! 1st runners up could take home $500 each, 2nd runners up $250, 3rd runners up $150 and 4th runners up $100! With 12 categories, that means we are giving away up to $24,000 this summer at West Edmonton Mall!!!! That is a LOT of cash!!!
To see our Awards list go here:
http://www.ncgpageant.com/2016awards.html
We give out tons and tons of cash, trophies, crowns, sashes, gifts, medals and more! NO ONE goes home empty handed from NCGTM!!
Did you know that National Winners can win up to $1000 each for winning their title, but also our runners up take home part of the prize pool this year too??!! 1st runners up could take home $500 each, 2nd runners up $250, 3rd runners up $150 and 4th runners up $100! With 12 categories, that means we are giving away up to $24,000 this summer at West Edmonton Mall!!!! That is a LOT of cash!!!
To see our Awards list go here:
http://www.ncgpageant.com/2016awards.html
We give out tons and tons of cash, trophies, crowns, sashes, gifts, medals and more! NO ONE goes home empty handed from NCGTM!!
Thursday 17 March 2016
September 2013!
TBT to a crazy time! NCGTM director Liz had just launched in Quebec and about 3 days later, France launched a big campaign to ban child pageants. Dozens of news outlets found Liz because of the Quebec pageant, and her phone started ringing off the hook! Also dozens of emails piled in with interview requests. Liz gave over 25 interviews via phone and email in one crazy week long period! Her phone was ringing as early as 5am, as Quebec was on a different time zone! At one point Liz almost got flown to Montreal to appear on a talk show, but thankfully the media attention on pageants died down. Liz wrote down some key phrases and kept them by the phone so she was ready. The phrase "PAGEANT HAS BECOME A DIRTY WORD" was coined at this time! This phrase seemed to become the standard for every interview she did! Here is one we dug up!
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/sep-19-2013-1.2909389/france-bans-child-beauty-pageants-for-sexualizing-girls-1.2909392
Enjoy!
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/sep-19-2013-1.2909389/france-bans-child-beauty-pageants-for-sexualizing-girls-1.2909392
Enjoy!
Meet Bella-Rose!
Bella-Rose won the National Tiny Miss title at Nationals last summer at age 5.
From her Mom:
"Bella-Rose is now 6 years old and has been doing pageants since she was 3.
After the first pageant, both Bella-Rose and I fell in love with pageants, what they stand for, and the friends we've got to know. As a mother I love NCGTM because I've watch my daughter confidence grown and I'm proud to say its due to NCGTM Bella-Rose has made some wonderful friends. She is so happy to be royalty. This spring we plan to make braclets and fishing tackle to raise money for children's hospital. Bella-Rose just loves the pageant environment, being on stage, feeling special and being with her friends from all over Canada."
Here are a few photos of Bella-Rose!
From her Mom:
"Bella-Rose is now 6 years old and has been doing pageants since she was 3.
After the first pageant, both Bella-Rose and I fell in love with pageants, what they stand for, and the friends we've got to know. As a mother I love NCGTM because I've watch my daughter confidence grown and I'm proud to say its due to NCGTM Bella-Rose has made some wonderful friends. She is so happy to be royalty. This spring we plan to make braclets and fishing tackle to raise money for children's hospital. Bella-Rose just loves the pageant environment, being on stage, feeling special and being with her friends from all over Canada."
Here are a few photos of Bella-Rose!
Sunday 13 March 2016
Join us this Summer!
National Canadian Girl, Teen & Miss is not just a pageant!
It is an EXPERIENCE
This is not just about coming to a pageant, going on stage 2 or 3 times and leaving with some crowns - this is an entire EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME!
One you won't forget! Bring the family!
This will be like nothing you have ever experienced before!
#ncgtmexperience #summervacation #ncgtm #ncgtmopportunities #ncgtmisunique
www.nationalcanadiangirl.com
Thursday 10 March 2016
The Winning Moment!
Final 2! So exciting! Who is it going to be?
Love these photos!
Will YOU be in the final 2 and have this moment in July??!!!
Love these photos!
Will YOU be in the final 2 and have this moment in July??!!!
Meet Kiellah!
Kiellah is an adorble little girl who at 3 years old captured our judge's hearts last summer!
She is a bright and talkative little thing, and scored perfect in baby playtime with the judges!
She had an amazing wardrobe, very supportive mom and dad (and extended family too!) who all supported her at Nationals!
From Fort McMurray Alberta to National Royalty - here is a story from her mom!
"Far North AB Toddler Miss Kiellah's way to Nationals was after winning Regionals. Though the competition is generally the same, the experience was completely different yet equally fantastic. Kiellah made friends and gained sisters, and not even with her age group alone. The love and guidance she received from all the girls was so heart warming to see....even, I made a few great friends!
Though still shy Kiellah approached Nationals with such a curious attitude because of all of the fantastic things Liz had planned for the girls. Though Kiellah was in a younger age group she was still able to participate in so many any activities through out the weekend. From the shopping outings, to fun with the girls around the hotel and she remembers it like it was yesterday. Her confidence and pride are glowing these days. I can't help but notice her care for and guide younger kids she encounters these days the way her older NCG sisters had done for her.
Aside from that we have tons of memorabilia from that great weekend! Gifts, goodies from shopping, friendship bags and everyone went home with at least one crown!
Though we did run into a few i times I was lost in regards to rules and what to do with fundraising, being a new pageant mom, Liz was more than helpful and informative. Not only that, some of the other wonderful parents were so open,welcoming, and offered support where they could!
The journey to Nationals was long and costly but you better believe it was worth it and we had a blast on the way!!"
Beauty Wear
Casual Wear
Pink Wear
Kiellah's Dad gets a King Crown!
Awards
Winning Toddler Miss
All Smiles!
During Baby Playtime!
Friday 26 February 2016
Spirit Jerseys!
These seem to be all the rage!
Now taking orders! If you are interested, please see the post in this group
Now taking orders! If you are interested, please see the post in this group
Be YOU!
NCGTM encourages girls to be themselves! Be Unique! Be who YOU want to be! Make your own choices, your own decisions and don't follow the pack! Be the leader and lead the pack! Don't be afraid to think for yourself and stand up for things you feel passionate about! Change the world!
NCGTM is changing girls one crown at a time!
You will never influence the world by trying to be like it. — Sean McCabe
#bepink #bethepinkduck #thinkpink #beunique #beyou #beoriginal #behappy #ncgtm #sisterhood #bealeader #jointheprestige #changetheworld
NCGTM is changing girls one crown at a time!
You will never influence the world by trying to be like it. — Sean McCabe
#bepink #bethepinkduck #thinkpink #beunique #beyou #beoriginal #behappy #ncgtm #sisterhood #bealeader #jointheprestige #changetheworld
Thursday 25 February 2016
Introducing New Titles at Nationals!
FOR DETAILS ON THESE NEW TITLES CLICK HERE
NCGTM Loves to reinvent and come up with new ways to award our girls!
Introducing 2 NEW TITLES!
NCJM (ages 0-13 years) and NCSM (ages 14+ years)
These are NOT double crowned. If you win the National title in your age group, or the National Ambassador title, you will bump out of winning one of these.
There will be ONE SCJM and ONE SCSM crowned.
NCJM and NCSM are NATIONAL LEVEL TITLES you carry for the year! Winners of these titles ARE allowed to compete in NCGTM in 2016-17 season if they choose to.
NCJM (ages 0-13 years) and NCSM (ages 14+ years)
These are NOT double crowned. If you win the National title in your age group, or the National Ambassador title, you will bump out of winning one of these.
There will be ONE SCJM and ONE SCSM crowned.
NCJM and NCSM are NATIONAL LEVEL TITLES you carry for the year! Winners of these titles ARE allowed to compete in NCGTM in 2016-17 season if they choose to.
Wednesday 24 February 2016
What Makes NCGTM Different & Unique?
At NCGTM, we pride ourselves on being the Canadian trailblazers in girls pageantry! We often find that many of the rules we make, new categories we come up with, ways of doing things, have become the standard in Canadian pageantry for young girls! While many things in pageants are standard across the board (like beauty wear), and we try to stick with a USA pageant standard in our system, yet we have put our own "Canadian twist" on certain things, which have now been followed by new pageants growing in Canada. Until last year, the director of NCGTM also ran Dreamboat Dolls, a glitz system. All of the new pageants in Canada were run more like DBD (supreme title system) than NCGTM, which is why NCGTM is so unique!
We are proud to set the bar high, and to have such a following is humbling!
99% of Canadian pageants are run on a supreme title system (divisional queens, supreme queens, grand supremes, ultimate grand supremes, etc...). Typically this style of crowning is only found in a glitz system, but Canada has seemed to adopt more of a 'semi-natural/low glitz' approach to girls pageants. Lots of supreme titles, tall crowns (often themed), themed pageants, allow glitz move routines, costumes, etc...
NCGTM is a National Scholarship Natural Prestige System and the only one of it's kind in Canada!
What is the difference between Glitz, Semi-Natural & Scholarship Natural? Is USA different from Canada?
In Canada, 99% of the pageants have the girls compete "As far as you want to go with the glitz". Some girls will compete in a natural dress, natural hair, no makeup, etc.., while the girl next to her is in a cupcake dress and glitzy custom casual wear and ooc, but keeping her hair/makeup natural. Then the next girl could be in a full custom glitz dress, full fake hair, fake lashes, tons of makeup, spray tanned, etc... Also you will see a wide range of modeling from girls doing just a basic runway walk to full choreographed and coached glitz routines. Dreamboat Dolls was a full glitz pageant at one point, but due to many new girls, it went more semi-glitz for the last couple years.
In the USA, you will generally find you enter a pageant and it is either 'glitz' or 'semi-natural' or a scholarship natural style pageant. If it is glitz, you better bring the glitz - because you are being scored on your clothes, hair, makeup, shoes, routines, etc.. etc... Don't dare show up in just a Halloween costume for OOC for these pageants - you will be laughed off the stage! These girls wear custom pageant wear that can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars! Glitz shouldn't have any 'talking' involved. No introductions, interviews etc. Some glitz pageants do a fresh face portion, where there might be some kind of interview or on-stage question involved. These pageants don't have titles that you hold for a year. These are for fun to attend, win some crowns, hopefully some cash and bring them home for your collection. Typically the 'big' winners don't compete for a year in the system and then go back to crown the next year.
In a National Natural or Semi-Natural system in the USA the girls are very very polished, and to be honest, to a new pageant person, it looks a lot like glitz! Many years ago, when we were still new to pageants, I took my daughter to what was called a Natural pageant. It was a big National with girls across the USA competing. We went 'NATURAL' - and I mean really natural! She failed miserably, as these girls were so polished with fancy routines and custom outfits, spray tans and makeup I didn't consider all that natural - but for a supreme titled natural system, that is what 'natural' was! Semi-Natural pageants don't typically have speaking involved (interviews, intro, etc..).
In Canada, for semi-natural, generally you are going to find your pageants allow you to compete as you wish, no major rules. One of the reasons for this is because directors don't want new girls to be scared off from entering! They don't want moms to think they have to go all toddlers and tiaras to win!
They are also always themed (some of the most popular have been Holidays, Valentines, Candyland, back to school, Paris, Country, Hollywood, Tropical, etc...etc.. the list goes on and on!)
These pageants also run on the supreme title system I talked about earlier. They are fun pageants to go to for a day or a weekend, you win a fun crown and maybe a sash and some other prizes and go home and put them up on your shelf to admire. The girls love to collect these themed crowns.
These pageants do not give out 'titles' that you hold for a year. Imagine being "Little Miss Dreamboat Dolls?" - doesn't sound quite as prestigious as being "National Canadian Little Miss" or "Miss Teen Canada" or "Miss America". That is why supreme titled systems are there - for fun, no commitment to a title and for girls with titles from prestige systems to have some pageant fun!
A Semi-Natural Pageant in Canada is also very laid back about wardrobe expectations and often we will see girls using Halloween costumes for OOC, wearing any type of dress, etc...
Due to a lower population of pageant families in Canada vs. the USA, rules on this are much more relaxed, as parents in Canada typically don't want to spend too much on theme wears. With every pageant themed, it means a new theme wear outfit, music and routine for each one, which can get costly for most families. Some Canadian pageants also allow face paint, wigs, etc... to be a character for OOC, which is generally not done in a USA pageant, as they don't really want the kids to do this.
These pageants are also generally a one day fun event, rarely more than that. Sometimes they are a fun weekend event as well, but again, no titles are being held afterwards. These are fun for the kids and families in Canada, and great because they are not falling under the same super serious glitz rules and people don't have to spend a fortune on National level glitz outfits!
A Scholarship Natural Pageant is a title holding pageant. These are pageants where you hold a title for a year, usually charity of some sort is involved.
These pageants are not themed and do not have the big 'glitz' style crowns. Crowns are smaller, but often more expensive, due to the materials they are made with and also made 'stronger' as they are used for appearances quite often.
Scholarship Natural Pageants are basically 'polished natural'. Girls should still make an effort in their appearance, hair, wardrobe, etc... but these things are not always judged. It is the girl's 'overall appeal' that matters. Girls need good interview skills, a good introduction, a good poised beauty walk and also they will do other categories such as fun fashion, casual, tv commercial, speech, etc...
Sometimes girls are required to have a platform. Winning a title is an honor and shouldn't be taken lightly! As a titleholder, it is basically your job for the year to make appearances for your title, represent the system well and promote the system. This is why most pageants will not allow their title holders to hold more than one title. Many systems understand girls have choices and love to do pageants, so they are more open these days to girls holding more than one State or Regional title, but if they win the National title, they are expected to honor their commitment to that system for the year. This is why it is fun that there are semi-natural systems out there for pageant girls (especially those younger girls age 18 and under who have pageants as more of a hobby) to go in. These don't have titles, and they can go for a fun day, bring home a theme crown for their collection, but not affect their title holding status!
What is a national pageant?
A National pageant is when there are pageants across the country that lead up to one big one (Nationals) OR is such a big pageant that they have contestants/delegates from across the entire country. In the USA many of the big glitz pageants will be called a National, because girls from all the USA will attend. They don't necessarily have smaller pageants leading up to it.
National Scholarship Style pageants usually do have smaller pageants across the country to lead up, or offer appointed titles and have delegates from all over taking these and attending.
A National Scholarship style pageant also tends to be held over 3-4 days, or maybe longer.
These pageants also offer quite a bit of cash winnings or scholarship winnings.
What is a mini-national pageant?
This term is not used often, but I did use it for Dreamboat Dolls a few times, as I had the bulk of my contestants from BC, and then about 1/4 of them were from Alberta and maybe a couple others from Sask or even WA state. This was not a full National, but was a bigger pageant that was held over a weekend, and run similar to a big National glitz pageant. There was some cash given out, but maybe top prize was about $100-$200, nothing huge.
What is a Local or Regional Pageant?
A local or regional pageant is one that has the bulk of their contestants from one area. For instance if I ran a pageant in Vancouver and had 40 girls, and 35 were from BC and maybe 5 from Alberta, I would still consider this local or Regional. These are usually a one day type pageant. Sometimes they have a little mini weekend event.
So what makes NCGTM different in Canada?
NCGTM is a NATIONAL LEVEL Prestige Title holding system for girls ages 0-59 years.
We are the ONLY system in all of Canada that has a National Scholarship Title available for all ages. There are many types of National level Miss and Teen pageants out there, but NCGTM is the only one that allows those amazing younger girls to also win a title!
NCGTM is about the title, not about the crown (but don't worry -we do have amazing custom NCGTM crowns designed by our director!). We want girls who understand that the NCGTM crown is not part of your 'Crown Collection", but a prestigious title you have worked hard to earn and want to do something with!
This is a positive and exciting title to earn! You will have a National CANADIAN title! If you are older, this looks great on your resume or college applications!
We hold smaller Regional pageants across Canada from Jan-May, and then the girls come to Nationals in July. We have girls from Atlantic Canada to the Pacific Coast, and everywhere in between!
We are all about pink! We love pink, we started 'Pink theme wear' 5 years ago and it is still going strong!
We NEVER change our age groups. They will always be the same, and always be fair!
Baby Miss (0-23m), Toddler Miss (2-3), Tiny Miss (4-5), Petite Miss (6-7), Little Miss (8-9), Young Miss (10-11),
We are proud to set the bar high, and to have such a following is humbling!
99% of Canadian pageants are run on a supreme title system (divisional queens, supreme queens, grand supremes, ultimate grand supremes, etc...). Typically this style of crowning is only found in a glitz system, but Canada has seemed to adopt more of a 'semi-natural/low glitz' approach to girls pageants. Lots of supreme titles, tall crowns (often themed), themed pageants, allow glitz move routines, costumes, etc...
NCGTM is a National Scholarship Natural Prestige System and the only one of it's kind in Canada!
What is the difference between Glitz, Semi-Natural & Scholarship Natural? Is USA different from Canada?
In Canada, 99% of the pageants have the girls compete "As far as you want to go with the glitz". Some girls will compete in a natural dress, natural hair, no makeup, etc.., while the girl next to her is in a cupcake dress and glitzy custom casual wear and ooc, but keeping her hair/makeup natural. Then the next girl could be in a full custom glitz dress, full fake hair, fake lashes, tons of makeup, spray tanned, etc... Also you will see a wide range of modeling from girls doing just a basic runway walk to full choreographed and coached glitz routines. Dreamboat Dolls was a full glitz pageant at one point, but due to many new girls, it went more semi-glitz for the last couple years.
Semi-Glitz - She has fake hair, glitzy dress, but no makeup.
Semi-Natural - A teensey bit of makeup, had routines, but all natural otherwise.
Full Glitz - Fake hair, fake tan, full routines, full glitz dress
Scholarship Natural - Polished but Natural
In the USA, you will generally find you enter a pageant and it is either 'glitz' or 'semi-natural' or a scholarship natural style pageant. If it is glitz, you better bring the glitz - because you are being scored on your clothes, hair, makeup, shoes, routines, etc.. etc... Don't dare show up in just a Halloween costume for OOC for these pageants - you will be laughed off the stage! These girls wear custom pageant wear that can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars! Glitz shouldn't have any 'talking' involved. No introductions, interviews etc. Some glitz pageants do a fresh face portion, where there might be some kind of interview or on-stage question involved. These pageants don't have titles that you hold for a year. These are for fun to attend, win some crowns, hopefully some cash and bring them home for your collection. Typically the 'big' winners don't compete for a year in the system and then go back to crown the next year.
In a National Natural or Semi-Natural system in the USA the girls are very very polished, and to be honest, to a new pageant person, it looks a lot like glitz! Many years ago, when we were still new to pageants, I took my daughter to what was called a Natural pageant. It was a big National with girls across the USA competing. We went 'NATURAL' - and I mean really natural! She failed miserably, as these girls were so polished with fancy routines and custom outfits, spray tans and makeup I didn't consider all that natural - but for a supreme titled natural system, that is what 'natural' was! Semi-Natural pageants don't typically have speaking involved (interviews, intro, etc..).
USA Natural Pageant
USA Natural Pageant
In Canada, for semi-natural, generally you are going to find your pageants allow you to compete as you wish, no major rules. One of the reasons for this is because directors don't want new girls to be scared off from entering! They don't want moms to think they have to go all toddlers and tiaras to win!
They are also always themed (some of the most popular have been Holidays, Valentines, Candyland, back to school, Paris, Country, Hollywood, Tropical, etc...etc.. the list goes on and on!)
These pageants also run on the supreme title system I talked about earlier. They are fun pageants to go to for a day or a weekend, you win a fun crown and maybe a sash and some other prizes and go home and put them up on your shelf to admire. The girls love to collect these themed crowns.
These pageants do not give out 'titles' that you hold for a year. Imagine being "Little Miss Dreamboat Dolls?" - doesn't sound quite as prestigious as being "National Canadian Little Miss" or "Miss Teen Canada" or "Miss America". That is why supreme titled systems are there - for fun, no commitment to a title and for girls with titles from prestige systems to have some pageant fun!
A Semi-Natural Pageant in Canada is also very laid back about wardrobe expectations and often we will see girls using Halloween costumes for OOC, wearing any type of dress, etc...
Due to a lower population of pageant families in Canada vs. the USA, rules on this are much more relaxed, as parents in Canada typically don't want to spend too much on theme wears. With every pageant themed, it means a new theme wear outfit, music and routine for each one, which can get costly for most families. Some Canadian pageants also allow face paint, wigs, etc... to be a character for OOC, which is generally not done in a USA pageant, as they don't really want the kids to do this.
These pageants are also generally a one day fun event, rarely more than that. Sometimes they are a fun weekend event as well, but again, no titles are being held afterwards. These are fun for the kids and families in Canada, and great because they are not falling under the same super serious glitz rules and people don't have to spend a fortune on National level glitz outfits!
A Scholarship Natural Pageant is a title holding pageant. These are pageants where you hold a title for a year, usually charity of some sort is involved.
These pageants are not themed and do not have the big 'glitz' style crowns. Crowns are smaller, but often more expensive, due to the materials they are made with and also made 'stronger' as they are used for appearances quite often.
Scholarship Natural Pageants are basically 'polished natural'. Girls should still make an effort in their appearance, hair, wardrobe, etc... but these things are not always judged. It is the girl's 'overall appeal' that matters. Girls need good interview skills, a good introduction, a good poised beauty walk and also they will do other categories such as fun fashion, casual, tv commercial, speech, etc...
Sometimes girls are required to have a platform. Winning a title is an honor and shouldn't be taken lightly! As a titleholder, it is basically your job for the year to make appearances for your title, represent the system well and promote the system. This is why most pageants will not allow their title holders to hold more than one title. Many systems understand girls have choices and love to do pageants, so they are more open these days to girls holding more than one State or Regional title, but if they win the National title, they are expected to honor their commitment to that system for the year. This is why it is fun that there are semi-natural systems out there for pageant girls (especially those younger girls age 18 and under who have pageants as more of a hobby) to go in. These don't have titles, and they can go for a fun day, bring home a theme crown for their collection, but not affect their title holding status!
What is a national pageant?
A National pageant is when there are pageants across the country that lead up to one big one (Nationals) OR is such a big pageant that they have contestants/delegates from across the entire country. In the USA many of the big glitz pageants will be called a National, because girls from all the USA will attend. They don't necessarily have smaller pageants leading up to it.
National Scholarship Style pageants usually do have smaller pageants across the country to lead up, or offer appointed titles and have delegates from all over taking these and attending.
A National Scholarship style pageant also tends to be held over 3-4 days, or maybe longer.
These pageants also offer quite a bit of cash winnings or scholarship winnings.
What is a mini-national pageant?
This term is not used often, but I did use it for Dreamboat Dolls a few times, as I had the bulk of my contestants from BC, and then about 1/4 of them were from Alberta and maybe a couple others from Sask or even WA state. This was not a full National, but was a bigger pageant that was held over a weekend, and run similar to a big National glitz pageant. There was some cash given out, but maybe top prize was about $100-$200, nothing huge.
What is a Local or Regional Pageant?
A local or regional pageant is one that has the bulk of their contestants from one area. For instance if I ran a pageant in Vancouver and had 40 girls, and 35 were from BC and maybe 5 from Alberta, I would still consider this local or Regional. These are usually a one day type pageant. Sometimes they have a little mini weekend event.
So what makes NCGTM different in Canada?
NCGTM is a NATIONAL LEVEL Prestige Title holding system for girls ages 0-59 years.
We are the ONLY system in all of Canada that has a National Scholarship Title available for all ages. There are many types of National level Miss and Teen pageants out there, but NCGTM is the only one that allows those amazing younger girls to also win a title!
NCGTM is about the title, not about the crown (but don't worry -we do have amazing custom NCGTM crowns designed by our director!). We want girls who understand that the NCGTM crown is not part of your 'Crown Collection", but a prestigious title you have worked hard to earn and want to do something with!
This is a positive and exciting title to earn! You will have a National CANADIAN title! If you are older, this looks great on your resume or college applications!
We hold smaller Regional pageants across Canada from Jan-May, and then the girls come to Nationals in July. We have girls from Atlantic Canada to the Pacific Coast, and everywhere in between!
We are all about pink! We love pink, we started 'Pink theme wear' 5 years ago and it is still going strong!
We NEVER change our age groups. They will always be the same, and always be fair!
Baby Miss (0-23m), Toddler Miss (2-3), Tiny Miss (4-5), Petite Miss (6-7), Little Miss (8-9), Young Miss (10-11),
Tween Miss (12-13), Jr. Teen Miss (14-16), Teen Miss (17-19), Miss (20-29), Ms (30-59)
Scholarship Money is awarded at the Regional and National levels!
There is NO conflict of interest in our pageants. We make every effort possible to ensure our judges do not know our contestants.
The director (Liz McKinnon) of NCGTM won a top ten pageant director in the world award from The Pageant Planet. She does not do anything with pageants but direct. There is no conflict of interest with her at all! She is not a hair and makeup artist, photographer, coach or anything else in the pageant industry BUT a director! No conflict of her knowing a contestant personally through being her photographer, coach, hair/mu artist in the past- no favouritism will happen at NCGTM! Liz has no vested interest in any contestant competing!
Liz has had over 10 years in the Pageant industry, has attended pageants all over Canada and the USA as a pageant mom, and knows what Moms want! She brings her expertise to bring you the BEST experience ever!
NCGTM is an honest system! Scores are tabulated by someone who has no vested interest in the contestants.
Judges have no vested interest, nor does the Director. The winner is the winner - plain and simple!
NCGTM is offering an amazing new category at Nationals, which is Photo Shoot Model! For details on this see the blog post from yesterday!
NCGTM uses a full professional stage and lighting/sound system at Nationals!
NCGTM has an amazing 'Pink Carpet Awards Night".
Crowning at Nationals 2016 will be much different from what you are used to in the past, as Liz really wants to get away from a traditional crowning ceremony she has used for her past DBD or NCGTM pageants.
All girls receive a crown at regionals no matter their placement! We want all girls to go home feeling good about themselves! They also receive other prizes and gifts.
NCGTM gives away up to $12,000 Cash at Nationals!
Girls can compete in a wide variety of categories including fun fashion, casual, speech arts, tv commercial/spokesmodel, talent, photo shoot and more!
Tons of award opportunities!
Girls can earn a Sparkle Award! Also awards for ad sales, charity work, appearance scrapbook, scholastic achievement and more!
Outgoing Royalty Receive Personalized Directors Chairs!
Royalty get to participate in the Joey Awards!
Friendship Bags at Regionals and Nationals!
NCGTM is holding Nationals as a fun family getaway at WEST EDMONTON MALL!
All delegates get a FREE OPENING NUMBER DRESS!
All delegates get a FREE OPENING NUMBER DRESS!
The BEST part of NCGTM is the friends and family you make! Our sisterhood is amazing! Girls develop amazing social skills, public speaking skills, and appreciation for doing good for charity without having to be rewarded and have so much fun!
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