Judging was a little less on the nose tonight. If there was a 3-way tie, I’m shocked MO wasn’t one of them - great body and best performance. Talent is a shocker to me. SC was fine, but she got tons of pretty points. There was nothing remarkable about her skill/ability. It was a bit gimmicky. Nebraska’s talent brought the house down. I really don’t get it. -- Miss Volunteer America Pageant

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Subject: Judging was a little less on the nose tonight. If there was a 3-way tie, I’m shocked MO wasn’t one of them - great body and best performance. Talent is a shocker to me. SC was fine, but she got tons of pretty points. There was nothing remarkable about her skill/ability. It was a bit gimmicky. Nebraska’s talent brought the house down. I really don’t get it.
Author: No name	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: Thu June 20, 2024 22:18:25 In reply to: 's message, "Anyone watching night two prelims???" on Thu June 20, 2024 21:24:56 [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: I 100% agree. All SS winners were strong and deserving, although I had MO in my top 2. I hope NE at least gets to perform on Saturday. I'd love to hear her play again.
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[> [> Subject: Volunteer only wants pretty girls, doesn’t matter If they aren’t technically the best or most advanced in talent. They just want whoever looks the prettiest on stage
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Thu June 20, 2024 22:24:14 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Hannah has been a great national titleholder but unfortunately her talent was nowhere near as advanced or technical as some of the other girls who competed with her last year.
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Thu June 20, 2024 22:27:52 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: And that's fine - let her win because she's tops in 3/4 categories. But the categories should be judged without bringing non-relevant considerations to bear. I liked what SC did - she was fun and a good performer. She was not the best talent.
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Thu June 20, 2024 23:44:01 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: One misconception about talent is it’s only based on talent. No, it’s not. It’s based on performance and entertainment value. Hence why NE was the most talented on that stage, but playing instruments is naturally harder to have the same entertainment value as a song or dance because it’s more difficult to connect to the audience when you need to watch your fingers. Singers and dancers mostly win in pageantry because the art form is most likely to connect to an audience. Based purely on talent, NE should have won. Adding the performance and entertainment value, it was a toss up between NE, NC, and CO

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Date Posted: Thu June 20, 2024 23:55:54

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[> [> [> Subject: Volunteer represents beauty. If you want mediocre go to MAO.
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Fri June 21, 2024 01:06:41 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: I find NE to be beautiful - she has a lovely face and there is something calming and pleasant in her demeanor - she's very likable. I had her winning talent and MO winning SS. The winners are all fine choices, but MO had the body and the best overall presentation. You could tell she was living her best life.
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Fri June 21, 2024 10:57:07 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: I know Nebraska - Christina and she is a wonderful, generous and kind person...and oh what a talent! I'd like to think (hope) she was second place by a point!
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Fri June 21, 2024 14:45:29 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Agree. Nebraska would have been my pick for talent. The 3 way tie winners all look the same, so I kinda get it. LoL!
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[> [> Subject: AZ was my pick for SS. Personally, I felt she had an understated confidence and poise in her walk while other girls felt too desperate or performative. NE and SC were my top two talents and I could’ve seen it going either way. I really hope to see both talents again Saturday!
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[> [> [> Subject: CT looked amazing in SS. Washing too. Could’ve gone several other ways.
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Thu June 20, 2024 23:05:46 CT looked amazing in SS. Washing too. Could’ve gone several other ways. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: I think for SS the judges were going for the classic confident pageant girl look. All the winners were strong and I truly could have seen this prelim going to a number of girls tonight
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Fri June 21, 2024 00:03:29 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Agreed. The judges clearly had a type in mind and it held more to a fierce and sexy vibe which is what I think hurt KY, MA, and MO who were strong, but felt like they had more of a younger or more cute than sexy vibe. But truly this prelim could have gone to almost anyone
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Fri June 21, 2024 00:11:08 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: I thought MO was a totally different caliber of confidence and look. I don't understand how she would not be in that top 3 much less didn't win. And in talent, NE was clearly the most skilled of the group. CO's opera had the vocal quality but did not match the substantive content/meaning of the song and I thought the winner was kind of frenetic in her presentation. Talent at least was more of a narrow margin -- I found last night's results in fitness to be bizarre.

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