Every guy’s dream come true!

Judge at a beauty pageant!

How cool is that! You get to stare at beautiful women and rate them - without your wife giving you a hard time!

Wow, Kyle, how do you get a gig like that?

I met the pageant director at a business function. She found out I was a professional speaker and later contacted me about being one of the judges since the contestants’ verbal presentations were critical in the scoring.

In this particular pageant, the women had 30 seconds to tell the judges and audience about their platform or social issue (such as childhood obesity, scoliosis, illiteracy, etc.).

Their score for that 30 second presentation counted for half of the total - as much as the evening gown and fitness wear combined (sorry, no swimsuits at this particular pageant).

30 seconds to engage the audience, articulate their message, make it concise yet compelling. 30 seconds to make eye contact - with the entire room.

It’s easy to give a 45-minute speech. Very difficult to nail a 30-second presentation.

How would you do?

In front of hundreds of people. Being scored by judges.

Work on your presentation skills. You may not become Miss Ohio or Miss America, but those skills can help you become Miss Division Manager or Mr. Vice-President of Marketing.

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