Prejudging is complete
Well let’s start off with how the morning went. I have a tendency to sweat at night while sleeping and last night was no different. I woke up with some funny looking tan runs on my abdomen and the back of my arms. Luckily, fixing the problem was no sweat (haha, how punny!) and the tan was evened out pretty quickly. Did a short cardio session (15 minute walk on a treadmill in the hotel gym), a quick upper body workout (10 minutes), ate breakfast, got hair and makeup on, and made it to the competitor check-in a few minutes early.
At the expeditor’s table I got my competitor number but failed to find out which figure class I was in. Some of this is my fault (I should have asked but I’m a noob at this) and some of this was the expeditor’s fault (she should have told me which class I was in as a double-check for their records). After asking around backstage I learned that I was in Figure Class B.
I kept myself covered up until the last minute because it was so cold in the building. Upon looking at the other competitors I thought Uh Oh…I’m the hardest one here! I had heard that the NPC was going for a softer look and today it bordered on bikini model. I suddenly felt like I was in the wrong division! I made the most of it, presenting myself to the best of my abilities on stage. No surprise, I did not make the first callout. Shoot, the experience itself taught me a lot, especially that holding a pose on the side of the stage is very hard! I wound up in the second callout (of two) and I have no idea where I placed. I believe there were 13 girls in my class.
The big goof came when I MISSED the Masters Figure class. I never did hear them call for the Masters class so I was in the midst of changing into my two-piece while unbeknownst to me the class was going on stage. My dad and fiance both said I would’ve taken that class. Aww…they are so supportive! Given my rather hard look I’m not sure how I would’ve fared and since I messed up I will never know. I will learn from that mistake!
The evening show is still ahead and even though I’m out of the running I will still give my best. My coach suggested I switch to a natural organization and I am definitely going to look into this. I told him the girls today were pretty soft and that I like the harder look myself. Since my look doesn’t seem to suit the NPC I will find an organization that is more suitable because I would like to go on stage again in the future!
July 13, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Compete in Colorado!! The judges like their figure girls bigger and harder than the national judges do.