Pageants always seem to hold an air of glamour and national pride, but sometimes, beneath the hairspray and radiant smiles lies a tale of controversy and injustice. The Miss Grand International 2023 pageant, held on 25 October in Vietnam, was no exception. Luciana Fuster of Peru was crowned as the queen in this relatively new… Continue reading Miss Grand International 2023: Triumph, Scandal, and Xenophobia
Tag: Prejudice
Toast… Honouring the Past. Inspiring the Future.
I'm so excited to share with you the interview I did with Toast! The article is part of a throwback series done by Bill Stevenson (who doubles as the photographer). You can find the entire article on the Toast website by clicking HERE. This shoot was done in June 2020 (following Covid reopening guidelines). I… Continue reading Toast… Honouring the Past. Inspiring the Future.
Miss Regal World 🇨🇦🇬🇾👑
Last month (on 7 August 2020) something amazing happened: I won an international pageant! I am your reigning Miss Regal World! Yeah, this girl from a town of 700 people in rural Saskatchewan won an international pageant!!! Miss Regal World 2020/21 (Dress: Armando Medina; Makeup and photography by Hazel Envoy) To say I was/am honoured… Continue reading Miss Regal World 🇨🇦🇬🇾👑
Dealing with Pageant Nerves…
I recently did a pageant interview where I was asked how I deal with pageant nerves. I don't experience pageant anxiety and my initial reaction was that after a decade and a half of runway modelling and theater experience I had been desensitized to on-stage nerves. But then I realized that although my theater and… Continue reading Dealing with Pageant Nerves…
Joe Exotic is Dead!…
... dead to me. Can he be resuscitated? That's up to him. Based on the number of memes and how much "Joe Exotic" has been trending on Google, I'm guessing that I'm the only person on the planet who hasn't seen the show Tiger King. At first I wasn't going to watch it because the… Continue reading Joe Exotic is Dead!…
Janice MacGregor 