With nearly 45 years of pageant experience as a contestant, director, and judge, Cristina Elena Guzman brings unmatched expertise to her coaching, helping children, teens, and adults succeed in pageantry. As a seasoned pageant veteran, Cristina has competed in numerous prestigious pageants, including USOA, Mrs. America, Miss East Coast, Miss America, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Latina USA, among many others.

Since age four, Cristina has competed in pageant talent contests and appeared in various print ads, movies, and television shows. She made history in 1999 as the first Hispanic to be crowned Miss Philadelphia in the Miss America Scholarship Organization. She later competed in the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant as a Top Ten Semifinalist and earned over $14,000 in educational scholarships.

Cristina also won the Overall Community Service Award for her advocacy in performing arts education and her work promoting her platform, ACE: Arts Cultural Enrichment Programs.

Her clients consistently win or place in the top tiers of their pageant competitions. Cristina's coaching covers all areas of pageantry, including individual and panel interviews, stage presentation, and on-stage questions. To ensure you achieve your best look, the CEG team provides a hairstylist, makeup artist, and wardrobe stylist for a comprehensive pageant prep experience.

CEG Pageant Workshops
A few times a year, CEG Performing Arts Academy offers group workshops to help participants improve in areas like:

• Interview techniques

• Stage presence

• Walking, posing, and turning

• Microphone use for introductions and on-stage questions

• Makeup application

• Wardrobe consultation

Class sizes are limited to guarantee personalized attention, and the recommended minimum age for classes is 13. 

Advanced registration and payment are required to secure your spot. Workshops are hosted at CEG Studios.

Complete Full-Day Consultation
This comprehensive package includes:

• Professional overall preparation

• Pre-visit telephone assessment to tailor a coaching plan

• Focus on developing composure and self-confidence

• Competition coaching tailored to your pageant's categories

• Interview preparation, including mock interviews with critique

• Swimsuit/Casual wear, Evening gown, Talent

• Modeling routines (both glitz and natural)

• On-stage question coaching

• Introduction preparation, with suggestions for refinement

• Platform essay development

• Hair and makeup recommendations with a professional beauty expert

• Wardrobe analysis with a stylist and fittings for all selections

• Personalized pageant workbook

• 4 scheduled 30-minute review sessions via Skype/FaceTime before your pageant

• 5-10 minute ‘Pep Talk’ as close to your interview time as possible

• Ongoing contact via text or phone during your pageant experience

• Walking coaching, Talent coaching, Interview coaching

• Bio review and editing

• Headshot selection tips

• Wardrobe advice

One-hour sessions are available online or in person at our location.

Please email us first to confirm availability for your pageant date before booking.

Course Pricing
Pageant training courses are available in 60-minute or 30-minute private sessions. For more details on private lessons, please get in touch with us directly.

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