Pageant diary- Friday 10th October

Hello reader,

Oh why can’t I remember what happened on Friday? Did we go out drinking or something? Haha! I’m kidding! I don’t remember much but I remember enough… I think.

On Friday nothing much happened. Early in the morning we had yoga (my suggestion) as a group work-out and wow, it was so challenging. Marisa really pushes people to their limits in terms of exercise. I'm pretty sure I almost tore something because I'm not very flexible. Since tomorrow would be the finals, we practiced our talents we just hung out talking and joking in the common room. We pretty much did anything and there was no pressure whatsoever. Later that afternoon we were to have individual interviews. We weren’t going to be interviewed on stage due to time constraints, Narda had said. Instead we were going to be interviewed right there in the hostel, with Marisa and Adriaan as the judges.

In the afternoon we assembled in the foyer waiting for Adriaan. The other organizers from Joburg came to visit, bringing us platters of food, and Gert braaied (barbequed) some meat for us with the help of one kind man who had the cutest kids. But we weren’t to touch the food until we were done with the interviews. L It was a loooong wait. Adriaan couldn’t find the place and Chanel joked that I should be Superman and fly him here. Coleen joked that because he was body builder, he was too big for me to lift and I’d be flying up and down. It was rather funny, you had to be there! At the end he didn’t pitch at all and Narda took over his judging duties.

The only photo I took on Friday (I focused on shooting a video instead). That's Chanika and Chanel in the back.

We waited to be called and interviewed and I was the second last to be interviewed (meaning my food was cold by the time I was done) and I wasn’t nervous at all. I didn’t think I had a reason to be nervous as I was already comfortable with Narda and Marisa. I answered the questions with ease and I may even have rambled (sorry!)

Later after eating we hung around and I attempted (and failed) to take a nap. When night fell we swapped stories with each other. Narda told us a story about how some people broke into her house and there was a part where she said that one of the policemen had a really large belly that she bet he couldn’t see his penis. I laughed so hard at that and this is also one of those ‘you had to be there!’ stories haha! Chanel, Coleen and I talked boobs and it was a really hilarious conversation.

At night some of us got busy preparing for the next day. I exfoliated my legs with a yummy smelling sugar scrub and slathered on a mud mask on my face (which Alexis called poop). I helped Chanel with her hair and she has the most beautiful, fluffy curly hair but she doesn’t like it, preferring to straighten it instead, which is time consuming. We then indulged in our nightly ritual of tea and crackers (the rusks ran out L ) in the common room. There was a lot of laughter and just good vibes. Later that night a few of us; Christi, Chanel, Elzane and I practiced our walks till late. I was the last to leave the rehearsal room and I was practicing in my PJs!

I went to sleep knowing that I was going to miss the girls terribly, especially the above mentioned nightly ritual! It was my last night at the hostel with the girls  and the whole entire week with them was beautiful; it was a special kind of sistahood. I mean we could talk about boobs and other usually socially taboo subjects like we were talking about the weather! Spending time with them was amazing.

Stay tuned for The Big Day’s Diary!

‘Til Next Time

-Bella