Pageant Mom

Date: 5/18/2018

Was on a ferry, talking to a young pageant girl and mentioned that I did something that people see as similar, modelling. She responded that it was stupid. I began to tell her that it wasn’t, that I got the opportunity to wear designers expression, all while building my confidence, but she stuck with her preconceived thought. I turn around and hear the moms behind her talking about how despicable I am, and how I had no right to say what I did. I turn to tell them that the amount of times I have struggled with defending my intelligence and dignity as a model has been extremely high numbered, but that I never expected that it would be coming from moms that have their kids in pageants. I continued saying that I was only 15, and that they had absolutely no right to bash me. More of the pageant moms started joining my side, trying to convince the main group of three moms, that persisted. It ended there.