Pageant Training

With nearly 35 years of pageant experience as a contestant,  pageant director, and a pageant judge, Cristina Elena Guzman uses her expertise to  train children, teens, and adults in successful pageantry.  A pageant veteran herself, Cristina has participated in numerous pageants such as the Miss America, Miss Teen USA and Miss Latina USA competitions.  Cristina Elena Guzman has been competing in numerous pageants, talent contests and has appeared in numerous print work, movies and television shows, since she was 4 years old. She was formally Miss Philadelphia 1999 in the Miss America Scholarship organization and the first Hispanic to ever hold the title. In 1999, she competed in the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant, which is the official preliminary to the Miss America Scholarship Organization, and was selected to be Top Ten Semifinalist and won over $14,000 in educational scholarships. Cristina also won the Overall Community Service Award for her role as a well known public official for performing arts education in the community and because of her strong efforts in promoting her platform - ACE: Arts Cultural Enrichment Programs for the Learning Disabled. The clients she coaches today have won or placed in the top tier all of their pageant competitions. 

Her instruction includes coaching for the individual or panel interview, stage presentation for all areas of competition, and the on-stage question. CEG's team consists of a hairstylist, make up artist, and wardrobe stylist to help you develop your overall pageant look.

COMPLETE FULL DAY CONSULTATION:

• Professional overall preparation
• Pre-visit telephone assessment to determine the coaching plan
• Emphasis on developing composure and self confidence
• Competition Based Coaching depending on the categories in your pageant
  • Interview preparation
  • Numerous mock interviews with critique after each mock interview
  • Swimsuit/Causal wear
  • Evening gown
  • Talent
  • Modeling Routines (Glitz and Natural)
  • On-stage question
• Introduction Preparation: Please bring draft or copy of your introduction. Verbal suggestions on adjustments will be made.
• Platform Essay Development: Please bring draft or copy of your platform choice. Verbal suggestions on adjustments will be made.
• Hair and makeup recommendations with professional make up artist and beauty expert
• Detailed wardrobe analysis with professional stylist and subsequent fittings for all pageant wardrobe selections.
• Personalized pageant workbook
• 3 Scheduled 30 minute Review Skype/Facetime meetings to coincide with your pageant
• 5-10 minute ‘Pep Talk’ as close to your day-of-pageant interview time as possible
• Contact via text or phone during your pageant experience

Course Pricing
Pageant training courses are available in weekly 60-minute or 30-minute closed sessions. For private lessons, please contact us.

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