Queen Saturday this time brings you the newly crowned Miss and Ms Mystic Beauty Queens. Miss Mystic Beauty was set up by Cat Pratt as a pageant to empower females, inclusive of all and give pageant girls the freedom to celebrate their uniqueness through pageantry. The pageant had rounds such as national cultural wear, allowing contestants to crate outfits based on their nationally and influences, as well as an onstage question, evening and the royal ascot round where they got more points for how creative their headwear was! We spoke to Rebecca and Clare about their new titles!
Rebecca- Miss
Welcome to Sparkles and Rhinestones! Can you tell us a little bit about your journey to the Miss Mystic Crown?
On the lead up to the finals I had the regional title of Miss Sussex. I had a wonderful lead up with so many different events for different charities and organisation such as judging different dog shows, sponsored walks and even cutting the ribbon! I loved helping out at the dogs show because who wouldn’t want to make a fuss of all the amazing dogs all day! I also helped a few charities such as diabetes UK and the Trevor Mann baby units which was fantastic ! I also prepared all my stage outfits!
For my national wear, I chose to dress as a traditional bus driver conductor. I had the vintage Southdown uniform with a hat and an old style ticket machine on my hip. The reason I chose this is because I believe the British red bus is quite traditional and also it was about being me,as by day I am a bus driving instructor. I was a bus driver for four and half years and I’ve now been an instructor for just over two!
My job is my passion, ever since I was a little girl it was my dream and now I live it! When I was 18 I applied to become a driver and I passed my test just after my 19th birthday making me the youngest driver at the time. I am now the youngest instructor!
I love how personal your outfit was to you! So, you were called out as the winner, by me! How did that moment feel?
The feeling is incredible. I still can’t believe it now. I had always dreamt of that moment and to have it the feeling is out of this world!
Now that you have your dream title to match your dream job, what will you do with the rest of it?
I’m hoping to do as much as I can this year with my title. I would like to continue helping the wonderful charities I have mentioned previously and want to still be a part of the community, as it’s lovely to give something back.
Most women competing in pageantry have a platform, could you tell us yours?
My platform is all about being who you are. Life is too short to worry about what other people think about what you look like what you do ect. In life you have to be who you are and do what you want to do. Challenge stereotypes, takes challenges. Don’t conform to what social media deems what people should be like. I’ve lost a few people at young ages. Life’s short. Be who you want to be!
Lastly, what piece of advice would you give to pageant girls looking to compete?
The main bit of advice I would give is be yourself and let your beautiful personality shine through. Never be afraid to show the world who you really are.
Clare- Mrs/Ms
Welcome Clare. Can you tell us a little more about your lead up to the title?
In the lead up to the finals I did so many appearances, organised a Charity Afternoon Tea with Queen's event with two other finalists from different system and even took part in the Great North Run as part of Epilepsy ActionsTeam. The Great North Run is 13.1 miles from Newcastle to South Shields and I raised over £140 for the charity. This included money from a stall I had selling cakes and sweets at Miss Notts Beauty pageant and people kindly donating to my fundraising page. The total fundraising amount for all the charities I helped fundraise for was just over £1022.
The preparation of my outfits really didn't take long at all as most of it I'd already got hidden in the wardrobe and bought from fellow pageant sisters . I spent some time on the little bits like making the anchor earrings, my red glitter shoes for my traditional wear took a little bit of time and patience to do and definitely the longest process was making my Ascot hat as it wasn't wanting to stand up as I wanted it too, but I got there in the end!
You took two crowns home that night, overall charity then of course the main title, how did it feel?
How I felt when my name was called was a nice shock! I wanted someone to pinch me so I knew it was real especially after being awarded the charity crown, Miss Congeniality and Miss Creative as well. The long hours crafting were worth it!
Now you are a queen, what do you have planned for this year?
My plans for the year are to attend as many events as possible whether that's as a judge, compere, helping, or watching. To continue to fundraise, organise a few events and challenge myself further and of course represent the system to my best ability.
That’s all we can hope as pageant queens, making a difference with our sashes out there! Speaking of making a difference, you talked about raising funds for different charities, is there a non one you support as your platform?
My platform is Epilepsy Action,a charity close to my heart as my Son has Epilepsy. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder where the brain signals overload causing seizures whether absent or full blown tonic clonic where all the limbs are moving. Doing the run was very challenging but worth it raising funds for this charity and raising awareness, I can’t wait to help raise more funds throughout my year.
Lastly, any advice for pageant girls looking to compete?
My advice for girls looking to get into pageantry would be do your research about different systems, speak to past, present finalists and to enjoy the lead up to finals!
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