Pageant Style Guides, Tips, And Advice

Best Dress Designers: 2026 Edition

Each year, Pageant Planet formally recognizes dress designers whose work has demonstrated measurable impact within the pageant and prom industries through the Best in Pageantry Awards. Best Dress Designers serves as both a current evaluation and a hi...

03, February 2026

Best Pageant Makeup Artists: 2026 Edition

In pageantry, makeup is a strategic component of presentation that directly influences first impressions, stage presence, and overall polish under judging conditions. Through the Best in Pageantry Awards, Pageant Planet formally recognizes makeup art...

02, February 2026

Best Pageant Headshots: 2026 Edition

In pageantry, a headshot is often the first and most enduring representation of a contestant’s credibility, confidence, and readiness to compete. Through the Best in Pageantry Awards, Pageant Planet formally recognizes pageant headshots that ha...

30, January 2026

Best Evening Gowns in Pageantry: 2026 Edition

In pageantry, evening gown is one of the most consistently decisive phases of competition. While judges may be instructed to evaluate the contestant rather than the garment, industry results repeatedly demonstrate that gown selection, construction, a...

28, January 2026

Top Pageant Hairstyles of All Time: 2026 Edition

Each year, Pageant Planet formally recognizes excellence in pageant presentation through the Best in Pageantry Awards, documenting the individuals and work that define industry standards. Top Pageant Hairstyles of All Time serves as both a current re...

28, January 2026

Best Pageant Interview Outfits: 2026 Edition

Each year, Pageant Planet evaluates the interview presentations submitted to the Best in Pageantry Awards, where first impressions are assessed with the same rigor as any scored competition category. The outfits featured in Best Pageant Interview Out...

27, January 2026

Best Fun Fashion Pageant Dresses: 2026 Edition

Within the pageant industry, credibility is established through consistent performance, professional reputation, and earned recognition. Pageant Planet functions as the industry’s central authority for evaluating and documenting excellence, mai...

19, January 2026

Get More Pageant Clients for Your Aesthetic Practice

Pageant contestants are always looking for ways to look and feel their best before competition day. Whether it’s skin treatments, cosmetic procedures, teeth whitening, or laser services—contestants turn to beauty experts to help them glow...

14, January 2026

Grow Your Retail Store with Pageant Planet

Contestants Are Already Shopping on Pageant Planet Every day, contestants visit Pageant Planet searching for gowns, shoes, jewelry, and pageant essentials. If your inventory isn’t listed, they can’t buy from you. Create your reta...

14, January 2026

Pageant Dresses: How to Style, Pose and Walk

Your pageant dress will not win you the competition but it can certainly be the reason why you lose the crown. Pageant dresses are among the most iconic parts of pageantry, but your dress alone will not win you the crown. If you make the wrong cho...

02, February 2022

The ULTIMATE Guide to Pageant Shoes

There are hundreds of pageant shoes out there, so how do you know which pageant shoes are right for you? Picking the wrong pageant shoes can distract from your perfectly planned out outfit. Likewise, picking the right pageant shoes can give you that ...

10, May 2021

Pageant Swimsuit: FAQs and Answers

Ah, yes. The pageant swimwear portion of competition, a classic. While some competitors love it and some hate it, there's no denying it has its place in the pageant industry. Whether you're looking to buy pageant swimwear for your upcoming co...

11, November 2019

Pageant Makeup Tips (for Every Phase of Competition)

Your pageant makeup can either complete a look or make a mess out of your flawless look. How do you make sure your pageant makeup is as perfect as the rest of your outfit? How do you select the right foundation or false eyelashes for you? Pageant Pla...

19, November 2018

The ULTIMATE Guide to Pageant Hair

Pageant hair is one of those things that can make or break your image. You placed First runner-up in your last pageant and feel that you couldn't have done any better. You finally get your judges' comments and see "pageant hair fell in h...

29, October 2018

What to Wear For Fun Fashion

Did your fun fashion outfit stand out from the rest? Fun fashion is the phase of the competition where you can show off your personality, fashion sense, uniqueness and modeling skills. Since you are a one-of-a-kind contestant, it's important that...

28, April 2018

Best Evening Gowns in Pageantry: 2017 Edition

If you're a first time pageant contestant, sometimes it makes sense to just buy from a pageant contesant who no longer needs the gown you're eyeing. But if you're in this for the long haul, there's many benefits to investing in your o...

01, January 2018

How to Clean Your Pageant Sash

Most pageant girls will tell you that one of the most difficult pageant items to keep clean is their sash. Since most sashes are white, wearing them out to appearances provides a ton of opportunities for them to get a bit dirty. People, especially ch...

10, December 2017

What Nail Colors Should You Wear for a Pageant?

In preparation for your next pageant, you've thought about everything from head to toe. You know exactly how you plan to style your hair, what you'll be wearing, and what shoes you'll be wearing. However, did you consider what color...

19, July 2017

What is the Difference Between Casual Wear and Fun Fashion?

I’ll never forget competing in Miss America locals in Arizona in the early 2000's and all of us being confused by Casual Wear. I had Theme Wear in pageants in the years prior to my MAO years, and we seemed to always wear a Casual Wear type ...

21, April 2017

7 Tuxedo Trends to Consider for Your Next Male Pageant

It’s not every day that men have a tuxedo, or even a suit, in their closets. Most men these days rent them for that day’s event only and many offices have turned into “Business Casual,” work places. Throughout the 80’s a...

10, April 2017

Best Evening Gowns in Pageantry: 2016 Edition

When you're designing your dream gown for your pageant, not only should it be a goal for you to look stunning at your pageant competition, you should also strive to create a gown that lands you on the Top 10 in Pageantry for Evening Gown! If you&...

01, January 2017

10 Lazy Beauty Hacks Every Pageant Girl Should Know

We all know the feeling: It's 6 a.m., you've hit the snooze button multiple times stalling until the last possible second, and you definitely can't function without your favorite cup of Starbucks or Dunkin coffee. Chances are, you're ...

22, March 2016

Best Evening Gowns in Pageantry: 2015 Edition

One of the most important parts of pageant weekend is the evening gown competition. With that in mind, buying a dress at the local department store can only get you so far. Many pageant girls find that designing their own unique pageant gowns is the ...

01, January 2016

What You NEED to Know to Increase Your Pageant Fun Fashion Score

Fun Fashion Wear has quickly become a staple in pageantry. Girls love another reason to get all glitzed up and sparkle like a disco ball. After all, no pageant girl can have enough rhinestoned outfits; Elvis would be proud. But for gi...

06, September 2015

Top 5 Best Pageant Resale Sites

If your closet is anything like mine, it is full of things you only wore once or twice. That is all too common with pageant clothes -- evening gowns, talent wear, swimwear, even interview attire! Why should you hold on to things you'll ...

10, January 2015

What Are Pageant Flippers And How Much Do They Cost?

Have you noticed how kids in movies, theaters, and commercials have perfect teeth? Well, this article will reveal the secret behind this matter. Our aim is to break the stigma that kids and adults in show business look perfect. In fact, it's t...

27, March 2014

What Are Your Breakouts Telling You?

In a world of allergies, sensitivities, and ingredients that we cannot pronounce, your breakouts could be caused by more than just surface bacteria. As more and more foods are processed with unnecessary additives, we are harming our bodies from...

31, January 2014

Best Evening Gowns in Pageantry: 2013 Edition

When you're designing your dream gown for your pageant, not only should it be a goal for you to look stunning at your pageant competition, you should also strive to create a gown that lands you on the Top 10 in Pageantry for Evening Gown! Taking ...

01, January 2014

Which Color Dress Wins the Most Pageants?

Shopping for the perfect gown can be so difficult when there are so many options. When I'm narrowing down the colors to choose from, I like to take into consideration what colors look good with my skin tone, as well as the top three colors that w...

04, December 2013

Can Pageant Girls Have Tattoos

Since Miss Kansas 2013 has come onto the scene, the question isn't so much "can" pageant girls have tattoos, as much as "should" they have tattoos. Just as pop culture and politics are evolving, so is pageantry. While the idea...

12, September 2013

Top 5 Best False Eyelashes for Pageants

When I was a little princess, all I would have to do was bat my little eyelashes and my dad would give me whatever I wanted. If you want to be a queen, you need a little bit more length to those lashes if you want that crown. Falsies have been around...

27, August 2013

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