Posted by: missNepalUSA August 17, 2012
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ONE MORE VOICE FROM ANOTHER CONTESTANT!
Miss Nepal USA 2012 known to be a prestigious title was assembled with 28 beautiful and talented contestants. It indeed was a huge honor and privilege to be part of the Miss Nepal USA 2012 family. As a contestant before heading from home to Washington, DC for the training and finale, I definitely had lot of excitement and expectations about the pageant. I bet it was a dream for most of us. Each individual stepped a foot forward with a hope to create a bond and of course to promote our culture and our country Nepal. But did the whole Miss Nepal USA 2012 experience go according to the expectations? I am sure there will be 99% with the answer ‘NO’. We understand it was the first time for all the members but still as a contestant we had hope. Most of us had to take off from work or studies, or had to convince our parents to participate, or convince sponsors to raise money for participation. It was a struggle for most of us to be there.
A week of training was fruitful, however disorganized it had been. The journey till the finale was definitely made easier with the support and guidance from all the delightful and humble contestants and organizing team on site. Nevertheless, the effort, excitement and time we had put together for the finale was all in vain. The finale was just a rush for the show to get done. All the contestants backstage were perplexed and astonished with whatever was going. The main problem with the show was time management. If and only if the show had started on time, things would have been totally different. You could probably have said that the show was successful. But in our eyes, the show was a total mishap. It took everyone, including contestants and judges, by surprise that the winner were announced in about three to four minutes after all the top 10 contestant answered their questions. Top 5 weren’t even selected; this definitely raises a question about it being a fair show.
A week of training was fruitful, however disorganized it had been. The journey till the finale was definitely made easier with the support and guidance from all the delightful and humble contestants and organizing team on site. Nevertheless, the effort, excitement and time we had put together for the finale was all in vain. The finale was just a rush for the show to get done. All the contestants backstage were perplexed and astonished with whatever was going. The main problem with the show was time management. If and only if the show had started on time, things would have been totally different. You could probably have said that the show was successful. But in our eyes, the show was a total mishap. It took everyone, including contestants and judges, by surprise that the winner were announced in about three to four minutes after all the top 10 contestant answered their questions. Top 5 weren’t even selected; this definitely raises a question about it being a fair show.
Easier said than done, I know but having experience from last year and with decent number of sponsors along with money collected from the contestants we definitely had high hopes from the team of Miss Nepal USA 2012. All organizers did try their best to make everyone happy but they weren’t prepared for anything. They just had the concept and no game plan. The fact whatever happened in the entire Miss Nepal USA 2012 journey, makes us wonder now that we could have had better utilized our time and money that we invested for it. The motto of the pageant, “Empowering Youth, Promoting Nepal”, no matter what, all the contestant will definitely work towards it. It is all about promoting and loving our culture, tradition, language and our country NEPAL. Winning or losing is part of the game, its not the reason for us raising voice, it is about injustice and betrayal we have felt during the whole process. I hope if Miss Nepal USA does continue next year, this shall not happen. We definitely wish for it to continue and grow bigger and better.