Pageant Planet

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What's Pageant Planet about?

Welcome to Pageant Planet's Podcast! Here you will discover everything you need to win the crown of your dreams. Each episode we interview experts in all categories (PreTeen, Teen, General) and give you the insights to help you win. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Pageant Planet episodes:

02.20.2021
Pageant Platforms 103: Becoming a Platform Powerhouse
Whether you're a contestant, titleholder, or former queen- you should still be focused on your platform! Staying connected to and growing your platform can be one of the most rewarding parts of pageantry. But how do you do this? Jesse...
02.13.2021
Pageant Platforms 102: Connections are Key
In pageantry, it isn't enough to just have a platform. Aside from being personally important, your platform should connect you with other people and your community. But how to you create these connections? Jesse Ladoue, our Queen of Customer Success,...
02.07.2021
Pageant Platforms 101: Where Do You Begin?
What is a platform? Do you need one? How do you start one? So many pageant girls find themselves asking these questions and many more! Join Jesse Ladoue McMullen, our Queen of Customer Success, and Cara Mund, Miss America 2018, as...
01.30.2021
Chelsea Tayui: An Interview with Miss Universe Ghana
Chelsea Tayui is ready to take on the Miss Universe stage! Jesse Ladoue, our Queen of Customer Success, sat down with the reigning Miss Universe Ghana to discuss all things pageantry and platforms. Find a pageant to compete inList...
01.25.2021
Bullying in Pageantry: A Conversation with Jesse Ladoue and Cara Mund
Bullies can be found everywhere, including the pageant world. Although we might not want to admit it, many of us have experienced bullying in the industry that we know and love. Jesse Ladoue, Pageant Planet's Queen of Customer Success, and...
01.16.2021
6 Tips for Setting Goals: Take Home the Crown
What's the difference between a contestant who consistently places or takes home the crown and a contestant who can't reach the semi-finals? Goals! We know that setting (and achieving) your goals can seem challenging at first. That's why Jesse Ladoue...
01.10.2021
I Am the Pageant Powerhouse: LaKishia Edwards, National American Miss, International Junior Miss
Do you have questions about iam the Pageant Powerhouse? Are you wondering how this will impact the 2021 pageant season for National American Miss and International Junior Miss? LaKishia Edwards, the iam International Coordinator, NAM National Coordinator, and IJM International Coordinator,...
01.02.2021
Madison Anderson: Controversial Queen, 1st Runner-up Miss Universe 2019
Madison Anderson Berríos doesn’t take no for an answer. After representing Puerto Rico at Miss Grand International 2016, Madison was determined to reach the Miss Universe stage. Following a 1st Runner Up placement at Miss Florida USA 2019, Madison competed for...
12.26.2020
5 Tips for the Underdogs: Win Your Next Pageant
If you're an underdog in the pageant world, you may have felt discouraged or unmotivated from time to time. Even though you've been chasing after the crown of your dreams, pageant pros can make this dream seem so far away....
12.20.2020
Asya Branch: Two-Time History Maker and Miss USA 2020
“Miss USA 2020 is...MISSISSIPPI!” Asya Branch is a woman of firsts. As the first Black woman to win the Miss Mississippi USA crown and the first from her state to win Miss USA, Asya is set up to leave quite...
12.12.2020
Valentina Sanchez: Miss Nueva Esparta and Miss New Jersey Teen USA
When you think of pageant powerhouses, which countries come to mind? Probably the Philippines, Venezuela, Colombia, and the USA- just to name a few. What if we told you that there’s a queen who had the honor of competing in...
12.06.2020
Nova Stevens: Model, Activist, Miss Universe Canada 2020
Nova Stevens is known for making history. As a model, she’s built a successful career in multiple countries. As an activist, she organized the Freedom March 2020 and successfully lobbied for Emancipation Day to be observed in Vancouver. As Miss...
11.28.2020
Brittany Mason: Supermodel, CEO and Miss Indiana 2008
What do Miss Indiana USA 2008, a supermodel, the director of Miss Universe Ireland, and the director of Miss Indiana USA all have in common? Well- they're the same person! Brittany Mason burst into the industry as a teen model...
11.22.2020
Megan Swanson: Miss Nebraska USA 2020 and Miss Nebraska 2014
Megan Swanson takes the phrase "sister queens" to a whole new level! On today's podcast, Jesse Ladoue McMullen, our Queen of Coaching, and Cara Mund, Miss America 2018, are talking all about this two time Miss Nebraska and the older...
11.14.2020
How to Stay Calm at Any Pageant in the World
Whether you're a first time contestant or seasoned veteran, pageants can be intimidating! It's hard getting out of your comfort zone and being unapologetically yourself in front of a panel of judges. However, you shouldn't let any fears or nerves...
11.07.2020
Abena Appiah: Miss Earth Ghana 2019 and Miss Grand United States 2020
Abena Appiah's story is truly one of triumph. After enduring years of bullying, Abena pursued modeling and pageantry to grow her self-confidence. Who would have thought that she would go on to represent multiple countries at numerous international pageants, such...
10.31.2020
Guided Meditation with Pageant Planet
Everyone struggles with nerves. Whether you're trying to stay calm outside of the interview room or release tension before going on stage, our Queen of Coaching, Jesse Ladoue McMullen, has a guided meditation for you! Plug in your headphones and...
10.24.2020
5 Mistakes Contestants Make on Their Paperwork
Pageant paperwork is more important than you think. More often than not, your paperwork is the first introduction the judges have to you - and we all know how important first impressions are! Our Queen of Coaching, Jesse Ladoue McMullen,...
10.17.2020
Corrine Devin: Three-Time International Titleholder, United States Navy and Ms International 2020
On this podcast episode, we are talking about a woman who has created one of the most elite combinations of strengths when it comes to pageantry, Corinne Devin. Corinne is well-known for winning several titles, including Ms United States 2012, Ms...
10.11.2020
Nia Sanchez: Tae Kwon Do and Tiaras
If you follow pageants in the USA, then the name Nia Sanchez is likely to ring a bell as a former Miss USA and 1st Runner-up to Miss Universe. Before Nia Sanchez became a real life queen as Miss USA...
10.03.2020
5 Ways To Stay Focused If Your Pageant was Postponed
This podcast covers how to stay focused if your pageant has been postponed. We saw many national and international pageants get moved from the summer to the very late fall and even in the winter to allow for more clarity of...
09.27.2020
Haley Pontius: Miss Arkansas USA, International Junior Miss, Miss Teen International
The reigning Miss Arkansas USA 2020, Haley Pontius, is the subject of this week’s podcast. She started her journey in the pageant world at just three years old, when her mom entered her into her very first pageant. Haley is...
09.19.2020
Fig O’Reilly: NASA Datanaut, STEM Queen and Miss Universe Ireland
Today’s podcast covers the life of Fig O’Reilly, Miss Universe Ireland 2019. She is a model-pageant queen-engineering-NASA Datanaut. Yes, you read that right. This queen is a role model for young girls aspiring to have a STEM career. It’s no...
09.12.2020
Elizabeth Tran: The Benefits of Pageantry
Elizabeth Tran parents immigrated from Hong Kong and Vietnam to pursue the American Dream in Florida. The two met at a Disney college program working at Chinese restaurant in Epcot. This would eventually come back around as Elizabeth participated in...
09.05.2020
Katherine McQuade: 14 years & 150 pageants later
Katherine McQuade was born and raised in Whitestone, New York. While she grew up as a timid child, her mom always instilled in her communication skills, confidence, poise and grace. As a young child, Katherine started opening up to her natural...
08.29.2020
Olivia Culpo: Winning Pageants on the First Try
Olivia Culpo was born in Cranston, Rhode Island to her parents Gus and Sophie. Olivia was the middle child of five siblings. She remembers getting along with her siblings, and the occasional argument or two between them. But who doesn’t...
08.22.2020
Victoria Mendoza: Beauty with a Purpose Success
Victoria Mendoza was born in El Paso, Texas but grew up in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. She is a middle child of an older brother and a younger sister. Her fourth additional sibling growing up was her dog, Oliver....
08.15.2020
Misha Grimes: Using Pageantry to Become YouTube Famous
Misha Grimes is a 21 year old fashion model and social media personality who was born and raised in England. Her YouTube channel has more than 225,000 followers and has racked up more than 33 million views. Misha started her...
08.08.2020
Gazini Ganados: Miss Universe Philippines, Model, Elderly Rights
You probably remember Gazini Ganados as being the reigning Binibining Pilipinas 2019 queen. Gazini won the title and this allowed her to represent the Philippines at the 2019 Miss Universe Pageant. Gazini’s journey begins in Dapitan City in the Philippines. In...
08.01.2020
Corrin Stellakis: Earth USA, Teen USA, Work Ethic
Corrin Stellakis grew up in a very small town called Bridgeport on a family owned horse farm. If you think having pets teaches children about responsibility at a young age, you can multiply that amount by 10 when it comes...
07.25.2020
Alyssa Klinzing: Chasing Dreams
Alyssa Klinzing is a seasoned pageant contestant and queen, and she is one of those girls you will always get excited to see on stage. Alyssa has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant, Miss Kansas’s Outstanding Teen, Teen Miss...
07.18.2020
Riza Santos: Self Discovery & Personal Growth
Riza Santos is one of the few contestants to ever go to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Earth! She was born in a rural town in Alberta and grew up in Calgary, a larger city in the province of...
07.11.2020
Amanda Moreno Young: Persistence Pays
Amanda Moreno has been in the pageant industry for over 19 years. She has made her way around the block through competing in pageant competitions and now she is using her years of experience to coach young princesses on how...
07.04.2020
Sarah Rose Summers: National American Miss, Miss Teen USA, Miss USA
Sarah Rose Summers is a Nebraskan beauty who has won the state titles of Miss Nebraska Teen USA and Miss Nebraska USA as well as the national title of National American Miss. But let’s be real, we all know her...
06.28.2020
Mia Jones: Miss Delaware Teen USA, Miss Delaware USA, Miss Delaware Earth USA
Mia Jones is a triple threat state titleholder after winning the titles of Miss Delaware Teen USA 2014, Miss Delaware USA 2017, and Miss Delaware Earth USA 2019. A graduate from Delaware State University, Mia graduated with a major in...
06.20.2020
Dani Walker: Pageant Access, Miss MT USA, Coaching
Dani Walker has over 10 years of experience competing in pageants in the National American Miss, Miss America and Miss USA state organizations. The most notable thing about Dani’s pageant journey is the way she was able to overcome the adversities...
06.15.2020
Black Lives Matter & Pageantry
No matter where you are in the world, you have heard about the Black Lives Matter movement reaching new heights in the United States. This is due to a largely politicized case of a man named George Floyd being killed...
06.13.2020
Vanessa Lachey: Philippines, Miss Teen USA, Miss Universe
Vanessa Lachey was born in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines almost 40 years ago. She has an older brother, who is adopted. Vanessa’s father was in the Air Force which meant they did not settle permanently into the places they travelled to....
06.06.2020
Victoria Piekut: Miss PA USA, Entrepreneur, Overcoming
Victoria Piekut will be representing her state as Pennsylvania at this year's Miss USA 2020 pageant. This will be the most popular and televised pageant Victoria will be competing in, but she has had many experiences in competing to prepare...
05.30.2020
Kaliegh Garris: Modeling, Uniqueness, Teen USA
In this episode Jesse Ladoue and Steven Roddy, interview Kaliegh Garris, Miss Teen USA 2019. Throughout this interview Kaliegh talks about finding her uniqueness in high school and her pageant journey that led her to the Miss Teen USA stage. She...
05.23.2020
Zozi Tunzi: Haters, Pursing Greatness, Winning Mindset
In this episode Jesse Ladoue and Steven Roddy, interview Zozibini Tunzi, Miss Universe 2019. In this interview Zozi discusses what it’s like to be quarantined in New York and her journey from South Africa to Atlanta and then to New...
05.16.2020
Cheslie Kryst: Miss USA, Oprah, Branding
In this episode Jesse Ladoue and Steven Roddy interview Cheslie Kryst, Miss USA 2019. The interview covers a variety of topics including what’s it like being quarantined in the Miss Universe suite, most memorable and embarrassing moments as Miss USA. Additionally,...
05.09.2020
Sarah Bazey: Mrs International, Manufacturer, American Pageants
Sarah Bazey is identified as “One woman’s inspiring path from helicopter crash survivor to Mrs. International 2012.” She is a former pageant queen, a Harvard Business School graduate, and an accomplished business professional. You may have known this from her...
05.02.2020
6 Tips Needed to Win Your Virtual Pageant
So many pageants are moving to a digital format in light of how the COVID-19 pandemic has turned all of our lives upside down. In light of this we thought doing a podcast specific on how to compete successfully on...
04.25.2020
Olivia Miller: UNM, NAM, Be The One
Olivia Miller reigns from Delphos, Ohio and has been involved in the USA National Miss since 2015. It took Olivia four long and dedicated years to finally obtain the title. Each time coming back as a wiser and more experienced...
04.18.2020
Allie LaForce: Miss Teen USA, NBA, Charity
She’s an American journalist, model and beauty queen. She’s Alexandra LaForce, or Allie as she’s best known. Allie is a former Miss Ohio Teen USA 2005 and she also won the title Miss Teen USA 2005. Although this was fifteen...
04.11.2020
Gracie Hunt: Chiefs Heiress, Pageants, Special Olympics
Gracie Hunt was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Gracie was raised by her mother, Tavia Shackles, and father, Clark Hunt. Gracie has a younger sister named Ava and a younger brother who is 17. Her and her sister share...
03.28.2020
Quarantine Pageant Strategies [for Contestants & Businesses]
This is a special edition episode where we will cover how to respond as a titleholder, contestant and business during these unique times in our shared history. Never before has a single event impacted the world so unilaterally. All industries...
03.21.2020
Rachel Slawson: Miss Utah USA, IamWHY, LGBTQ
Today we are going to be taking a look at a contestant that will be competing for Miss USA 2020, Rachel Slawson, our Miss Utah USA 2020. Rachel has gained a lot of publicity since her win at Miss Utah USA....
03.14.2020
Ariadna María Gutiérrez: Miss Colombia, Miss Universe, Movies
Born in Sincelejo, Colombia, grew up in Barranquilla. Ariadna Gutierrez was born on Christmas Day, and is 26 years old. She grew up with her parents and four older siblings. An interesting fact is that she is a cousin of...

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Pageant Planet episodes:

Pageant Platforms 103: Becoming a Platform Powerhouse

Pageant Platforms 102: Connections are Key

Pageant Platforms 101: Where Do You Begin?

Chelsea Tayui: An Interview with Miss Universe Ghana

Bullying in Pageantry: A Conversation with Jesse Ladoue and Cara Mund

6 Tips for Setting Goals: Take Home the Crown

I Am the Pageant Powerhouse: LaKishia Edwards, National American Miss, International Junior Miss

Madison Anderson: Controversial Queen, 1st Runner-up Miss Universe 2019

5 Tips for the Underdogs: Win Your Next Pageant

Asya Branch: Two-Time History Maker and Miss USA 2020

Valentina Sanchez: Miss Nueva Esparta and Miss New Jersey Teen USA

Nova Stevens: Model, Activist, Miss Universe Canada 2020

Brittany Mason: Supermodel, CEO and Miss Indiana 2008

Megan Swanson: Miss Nebraska USA 2020 and Miss Nebraska 2014

How to Stay Calm at Any Pageant in the World

Abena Appiah: Miss Earth Ghana 2019 and Miss Grand United States 2020

Guided Meditation with Pageant Planet

5 Mistakes Contestants Make on Their Paperwork

Corrine Devin: Three-Time International Titleholder, United States Navy and Ms International 2020

Nia Sanchez: Tae Kwon Do and Tiaras

5 Ways To Stay Focused If Your Pageant was Postponed

Haley Pontius: Miss Arkansas USA, International Junior Miss, Miss Teen International

Fig O’Reilly: NASA Datanaut, STEM Queen and Miss Universe Ireland

Elizabeth Tran: The Benefits of Pageantry

Katherine McQuade: 14 years & 150 pageants later

Olivia Culpo: Winning Pageants on the First Try

Victoria Mendoza: Beauty with a Purpose Success

Misha Grimes: Using Pageantry to Become YouTube Famous

Gazini Ganados: Miss Universe Philippines, Model, Elderly Rights

Corrin Stellakis: Earth USA, Teen USA, Work Ethic

Alyssa Klinzing: Chasing Dreams

Riza Santos: Self Discovery & Personal Growth

Amanda Moreno Young: Persistence Pays

Sarah Rose Summers: National American Miss, Miss Teen USA, Miss USA

Mia Jones: Miss Delaware Teen USA, Miss Delaware USA, Miss Delaware Earth USA

Dani Walker: Pageant Access, Miss MT USA, Coaching

Black Lives Matter & Pageantry

Vanessa Lachey: Philippines, Miss Teen USA, Miss Universe

Victoria Piekut: Miss PA USA, Entrepreneur, Overcoming

Kaliegh Garris: Modeling, Uniqueness, Teen USA

Zozi Tunzi: Haters, Pursing Greatness, Winning Mindset

Cheslie Kryst: Miss USA, Oprah, Branding

Sarah Bazey: Mrs International, Manufacturer, American Pageants

6 Tips Needed to Win Your Virtual Pageant

Olivia Miller: UNM, NAM, Be The One

Allie LaForce: Miss Teen USA, NBA, Charity

Gracie Hunt: Chiefs Heiress, Pageants, Special Olympics

Quarantine Pageant Strategies [for Contestants & Businesses]

Rachel Slawson: Miss Utah USA, IamWHY, LGBTQ

Ariadna María Gutiérrez: Miss Colombia, Miss Universe, Movies