Buying a pageant dress is definitely one of the harder tasks you will be faced with when competing in beauty pageants. There are so many options available to pageant girls these days that trying to select the best gown becomes an overwhelming process. From the cut of the dress, to the style, and even to the color, the options seem to be endless when trying to pick out an evening gown for your next pageant. You can always tell what pageant dresses will be popular by checking out dresses worn at the previous year’s Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Universe pageants. You can even find gorgeous “last year” gowns at various pageant resale sites.

The first tip would be to research the previous year’s top beauty pageants, such as Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Universe, and see what pageant dresses were worn in these competitions. This is a very easy way to stay on top of the current trends in girls pageant dresses. You can find out so much by viewing pageants from the previous year and seeing what type of dresses were worn. I honestly do this as part of my New Year’s routine every year to get ready for my upcoming beauty pageants. In the end, buying a style of pageant dresses that other girls have already vouched for and are in the current spotlight is much better than buying something that was worn five or six years ago.

My second tip for trying to find the perfect pageant dress would be to stay away from over used colors that tend to be picked a lot, such as white black and red. Now I don’t want you to get the wrong idea; all I’m saying is that you want to stand out on stage, but if there is a pageant gown that has caught your eye that is either one of these colors then I would say go with your gut because there might be a little more pizzazz to that dress that would make it stand out more. My general rule of thumb is to select a pageant dress that is a color that is so unique that it stays in the judges memory, thus you will stay in the judges memory. The color of your pageant dress really does play a huge role in helping your chances of winning. Another tip to make a note of is whenever possible you should always try and select a pageant dress that is similar or almost the same in color with your pageant swimsuit. This will certainly make you stand out from the crowd, and visually you will be better remembered by the judges.

All in all it’s not that hard to pick out pageant dresses for girls when you know the fundamental basics of what you need to get. There are so many options out there for pageant dresses that you sometimes forget what is truly important in the selection process. Don’t be fooled by the expensive price tag and the shimmering jewels of some of these mass produced pageant dresses when all you need to get is something that is unique.

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Tips on Picking out the Perfect Pageant Dress