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PAIGE EVANS<br />
MY STORY<br />
I have always been a shy girl,<br />
but throughout secondary<br />
school it got worse. I started<br />
to get bullied and I developed<br />
anxiety. I struggled to talk to<br />
people, I pretty much only<br />
spoke when spoken to. In<br />
March 2016 my sister Loren<br />
took part in an international<br />
pageant called Galaxy. Whilst<br />
watching her I was so proud,<br />
she was competing in front of<br />
hundreds of people. I said to<br />
my dad ?I could never do<br />
something like that?, when in<br />
fact this was a new start for<br />
me. In July 2016 my dad<br />
persuaded me to send off an<br />
application to the Galaxy,<br />
which included a photo of<br />
myself. In complete shock, a<br />
few weeks later I received an<br />
acceptance email and got the<br />
title of Miss Newcastle Galaxy<br />
2016-2017. I received my sash<br />
a couple of weeks later and<br />
started making appearances,<br />
several of them were<br />
photoshoots. At this point I<br />
was so nervous and shy; I had<br />
never got photos done in a<br />
studio before. I managed to<br />
pluck up the courage to get<br />
photos of myself produced;<br />
this is where it all started to<br />
change for me. During my<br />
reign as Miss Newcastle<br />
Galaxy I raised money for The<br />
Christie Cancer foundation,<br />
volunteered and went along<br />
to various different charity<br />
events. In February 2017 I<br />
held my own charity pageant<br />
in aid of the Christie<br />
foundation; I stood up in front<br />
of the audience and hosted<br />
the full event, this was huge<br />
for me. In March 2017 it came<br />
to the day of the Galaxy, I felt<br />
sick all day with nerves. When<br />
I got first time, I had all kinds<br />
of thoughts going through my<br />
mind, such as: what if I trip?<br />
and I don?t know if I am able<br />
to do this, but I did. I gave the<br />
competition my all and<br />
although I didn?t win, I was so<br />
proud of myself for how well I<br />
did on that stage. I made my<br />
parents proud of me. Since<br />
then, I came 2nd in The A<br />
Pageant Life pageant, 1st<br />
place in Miss Teesside<br />
Elegance and now your Miss<br />
Newcastle National Elite<br />
2017-2018. I am now the<br />
director of Sapphire UK<br />
Pageant, which I am currently<br />
working on making it a<br />
national pageant in its own.<br />
Pageantry has had an amazing<br />
impact on my life and is now<br />
something I never want to<br />
give up doing. I have not only<br />
gained a massive amount of<br />
confidence, I have gained<br />
friends that I will have for life.<br />
Pageantry is like having one<br />
big family, everyone is there to<br />
support each other. To all the<br />
girls out there interested in<br />
pageantry, go for it. It is a life<br />
changing experience and it<br />
has certainly changed mine in<br />
a big way. It is a journey you<br />
will never forget.