Peri - I first won a holiday camp competition - I was pushed into this by Mr. Den and his mates who we were on holiday with. The first prize was free beer for the 2 weeks we were there (need I say more - men !) - I then went for the national heats of the Miss Max Factor - I was absolutely petrified - there were around 150 girls competing - most were professionals - it came to my turn to walk on the stage - I was sh!ting myself - Mr. Den and his mates were in the audience cheering me on (which really did'nt help) I was supposed to walk on stage, stop at each corner, do a twirl and stop and then walk on.
Well, I never stopped at each corner or twirled, my waist length dark hair covered my face and I literally galloped off. The photos were awful - I did'nt even take them with me.
Needless to say I did'nt win but after the competition, backstage the representative of Max Factor approached me and said I could have a future with them - I was what they were looking for. An appointment was made for me to have a port folio done etc, but I lost my bottle and did'nt turn up. They did phone me to make another appointment but I just declined.
I wished I had some of the confidence then most of the girls now seem to have now.