About Miss Cheaha and PageantsbyMindy.com
We are very excited to announce the 2019 Miss Cheaha pageant! Hello, my name is Kathy A. Yates and I'm the Director of the Miss Calhoun County, Miss Cheaha, and Miss Motorsports Pageants. I've been involved in all aspects of pageantry for over 30 years including competing, judging, pageant coordination as well as consulting and coaching. I love seeing young girls start out in pageants and watch them grow into beautiful, confident, intelligent young ladies. I have found many positives in pageants. Life long friends are made through the fellowship of competition with life lessons earned from participation and experience. Commitment to self improvement leads to self confidence which insures these young ladies will meet their future goals.
Miss Calhoun County, Miss Cheaha, and of course now Miss Motorsports were developed to provide a system that was inclusive for all girls wishing to compete in a local pageant that celebrates fairness, community, and fellowship. Glitz systems can be difficult and expensive for the inexperienced contestant to become consistently competitive. Semi-Glitz pageants were created to help bridge that experience gap but they have also proved to be confusing and rules are seldom well defined and judging criteria inconsistent. We are working to develop a pageant system that is inclusive for all girls and though it welcomes the experienced competitor it does not heavily weight that experience in the judging criteria. Miss Calhoun County, Miss Cheaha, and Miss Motorsports strives for the classic beauty in the style of the Miss America pageants. Transparency is crucial in any event where contestant performances are judged. Published judging criteria is always available and will be read to the audience as well as the judges. We are very fortunate to have coached many of our local girls and I am very proud of their many successes. I hope it goes with out saying that my judging and scoring staff are chosen for their experience and reputation and there is no favoritism expected or tolerated. These pageants are ongoing "works in progress" and the growing popularity of our pageants are directly related to our innovation, professionalism and willingness to respond to the needs of our contestants. The contestants are judged by human beings and their choices for winners are by definition subjective ; however fairness, honesty, and reputation are the cornerstones of Miss Calhoun County, Miss Cheaha, and Miss Motorsports . I believe today as a pageant director as I have always believed as a pageant mom, if you question the integrity of a pageant then it is a terrible waste of time for you to compete in it.
I also would like to introduce Mindy Owens as Co-Director. A veteran of pageant competition since she was 15 months old, Mindy is now utilizing that experience in her own consulting and coaching business "PageantsbyMindy.com". I am very excited to watch her grow and develop this aspect of her pageant career. Once again and I cannot stress this enough, experience through competition directly relates to self improvement and self confidence. Mindy has won dozens of pageants and competed in dozens more. There have been triumphs as well as disappointments but she never gave up and she wears those crowns as well as those hard earned lessons and carries them with her as she works to become the best "Mindy" she can be..
A few of Mindy's titles include Tiny Miss Oxford, Overall Little Miss Clay County, Little Miss Calhoun County Christmas, Little Miss Cheaha, Little Miss Motorsports, Jr. Miss Motorsports, Teen Miss Motorsports, Tiny Miss Georgia World, Little Miss Alabama Christmas, Jr. Miss Alabama Belle, Teen Miss Smith Lake State, Teen Miss Harrelson County Relay for Life, Miss Calhoun County Relay for Life, Miss Cleburne County Relay for Life, Miss Queen for a cure, TeenMissOxford, Young Miss Motorsports, and Miss Gardendale.
I am also very pleased to announce Mindy is now a Freshman at Auburn University!
"Luceat Lux Vestra" ( Let your light shine)!
Kathy A. Yates
Miss Calhoun County, Miss Cheaha, and of course now Miss Motorsports were developed to provide a system that was inclusive for all girls wishing to compete in a local pageant that celebrates fairness, community, and fellowship. Glitz systems can be difficult and expensive for the inexperienced contestant to become consistently competitive. Semi-Glitz pageants were created to help bridge that experience gap but they have also proved to be confusing and rules are seldom well defined and judging criteria inconsistent. We are working to develop a pageant system that is inclusive for all girls and though it welcomes the experienced competitor it does not heavily weight that experience in the judging criteria. Miss Calhoun County, Miss Cheaha, and Miss Motorsports strives for the classic beauty in the style of the Miss America pageants. Transparency is crucial in any event where contestant performances are judged. Published judging criteria is always available and will be read to the audience as well as the judges. We are very fortunate to have coached many of our local girls and I am very proud of their many successes. I hope it goes with out saying that my judging and scoring staff are chosen for their experience and reputation and there is no favoritism expected or tolerated. These pageants are ongoing "works in progress" and the growing popularity of our pageants are directly related to our innovation, professionalism and willingness to respond to the needs of our contestants. The contestants are judged by human beings and their choices for winners are by definition subjective ; however fairness, honesty, and reputation are the cornerstones of Miss Calhoun County, Miss Cheaha, and Miss Motorsports . I believe today as a pageant director as I have always believed as a pageant mom, if you question the integrity of a pageant then it is a terrible waste of time for you to compete in it.
I also would like to introduce Mindy Owens as Co-Director. A veteran of pageant competition since she was 15 months old, Mindy is now utilizing that experience in her own consulting and coaching business "PageantsbyMindy.com". I am very excited to watch her grow and develop this aspect of her pageant career. Once again and I cannot stress this enough, experience through competition directly relates to self improvement and self confidence. Mindy has won dozens of pageants and competed in dozens more. There have been triumphs as well as disappointments but she never gave up and she wears those crowns as well as those hard earned lessons and carries them with her as she works to become the best "Mindy" she can be..
A few of Mindy's titles include Tiny Miss Oxford, Overall Little Miss Clay County, Little Miss Calhoun County Christmas, Little Miss Cheaha, Little Miss Motorsports, Jr. Miss Motorsports, Teen Miss Motorsports, Tiny Miss Georgia World, Little Miss Alabama Christmas, Jr. Miss Alabama Belle, Teen Miss Smith Lake State, Teen Miss Harrelson County Relay for Life, Miss Calhoun County Relay for Life, Miss Cleburne County Relay for Life, Miss Queen for a cure, TeenMissOxford, Young Miss Motorsports, and Miss Gardendale.
I am also very pleased to announce Mindy is now a Freshman at Auburn University!
"Luceat Lux Vestra" ( Let your light shine)!
Kathy A. Yates
PageantsbyMindy.com is a small business based in Oxford, Al.
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