Vickie Rushton happily looked back on her ten-year journey in the pageant scene as she expressed excitement for her second stint in the national pageant ‘Binibining Pilipinas’ this year.
Through Instagram on Saturday, the beauty queen remembered her first experience as a 16-year-old student competing in a local pageant.
“10 years ago, I was kind of forced to join our local pageant. I remember not putting so much effort into it and I remember crying because I didn’t want to wear a swimsuit specifically, a bikini. Few days before the pageant, I talked to our Director that I won’t go out on stage (to walk and dance for our opening prod) wearing a bikini. I told him I don’t mind having no score in the swimsuit competition,” she wrote.
Vickie said that she was uncomfortable with the idea of dancing in a bikini on stage and in front of a crowd of strangers.
“My 16-year-old self didn’t like the idea of dancing wearing a bikini on stage in front of maaaany people I don’t even know,” she told. “I was uncomfortable with the idea of ‘showing’ my body. We all went out the stage wearing a cover up. Hahaha!”
Nevertheless, the former “Pinoy Big Brother” housemate ended up winning Best in Swimsuit.
“I joined and won 3 crowns that year,” she continued. “I then spent my 2010 doing turnovers.
In 2011, I joined a National pageant and won but I wasnt able to compete in my international pageant. I was a student and I wasn’t allowed to be absent for a long time. I also had to prioritise my education because I wanted to graduate on time. For me, that’s one of the best gifts I can give my parents - my diploma and not a crown that time.”
Having gained “lessons, realizations, and a lot of stories to tell”, Vickie said that her earlier perspective of the industry has since changed over the past ten years that she was actively joining pageants[*Continue Reading...]
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