Sentence examples for pageant platform from inspiring English sources

The pageant platform wasn't just another pose or, as she says of the swimsuit phase of competition, a necessary evil.

At the opening dinner for the contestants, Teng made a speech, saying that human trafficking is something that she has been fighting against for a long time, that she did not choose it simply as a beauty pageant platform, and that the judges should not pick her if they did not like her stance on the subject, because she would not change it for the sake of winning a pageant.

Yet, on Monday night, he seemed to be covering old ground as models, displaying the grooming skills of the Addams family's hairy pet, stepped up on beauty-pageant platforms and were hit by big spotlights.

When competing for the Miss America 2016 pageant, her platform was centered on "Success through STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics".

She defends the pageant as a platform for mentorship and advocacy, arguing that all the contestants just want to look their best.

Trains into London have been affected by overcrowding, with some people heading to the Jubilee pageant left on platforms because carriages were full.

Because that's the image that women give us and the beauty pageant is a really good platform for us".

But is the Miss America pageant really such an important platform for women of color to achieve success in?

And we look pretty good in a swimsuit, too!" Men from Enfield in black tie will escort the women through the various elements of the pageant, including the evening gown and "platform of life" competitions.

In the Ms. Senior Connecticut pageant the mission is to "highlight the accomplishments, platform of life and inner beauty of older women," said Kay Tallarita, 68, director of the Enfield Senior Center.

Nel-Peters has used her platform to speak out in defense of pageants, telling HuffPost at Build Series in November that she planned to use her platform "to make a meaningful difference in the lives of women and men" and to be a role model for little girls.