Sasha Star is our Junior Miss Diamond UK 2019 and it brings me great pleasure to interview Sasha, talking all things Diamond, her pageant journey and what she got up to in Las Vegas at the Regency International Pageant!
How did you begin your pageant journey? Well, my sister entered me in pageants when I was 10 years old, I was very confident, to be fair I was really bad on stage, very nervous. Since that first pageant I just fell in love with pageants from the start.
How many pageants have you competed in? Oh my god, ermmmm, I’ve competed in two title pageants.
What have pageants taught you? You’re obviously still quite young so what have you learnt from competing? Pageants have taught me friendship and confidence. It’s like a whole new world. It’s like when you say you’re quitting and then you’re like omg I’m addicted to pageants now. You just go around in circles like wanting to enter them.
Obviously we have spoken about your title, what have you been doing as Junior Miss Diamond UK? I’ve been doing lots of appearances, going to charity events, supporting people. It’s just been super amazing talking to everyone.
The winners of Miss Diamond UK go to Las Vegas to compete at the Regency International Pageant. How was it? What did you get up to? It was super amazing! I loved Vegas, it was super hot there, it feels like your skins super burning, we went to a lot of food places like Denny’s, we went to so many I can’t even name them all! I went out with Alysha, my mums friend, we went to visit Vegas, I’ve forgot what the places are called but there was the ocean and stuff, it was super nice and the Red Rocks we visited, and it was so nice that the Diamond family went on a helicopter that was super amazing, at first you’re really nervous and you feel like you have those butterflies in your tummy, but like it was phenomenal.
Who is your pageant inspiration? Well, there’s RuPaul’s Drag Race, I look up to RuPaul because all the outfits and stuff and how he’s built up his platform within his Drag Race is just super amazing and just so inspirational with how he looks and what he does on his actual show. I’m obsessed with it!
What has been your favourite appearance? My favourite appearance… oh my god is have so many I have to go through my head! My favourite appearance was Galaxy because all the girls were super nice there and you could talk to anyone, you could just approach them and you could to talk everyone. Like you could have a 10 minute chat and you could go on for hours.
What is your platform, or is there a certain charity that you fundraise for? I have #Embrace campaign which is an anti bullying campaign. It supports girls that are going through bullying, which I have been going through in the past. It’s to help them build their confidence and to say don’t listen to them, you are better than them and they are just jealous.
What’s your favourite round to compete in? Fashion! You get to show your whole outfit that you’ve made, and the style, and you get to have lots of sass in it. I love my fashion and my style and I have a certain style so I put a certain sass to it because it has to have a certain sass in each fashion.
And finally… Do you have any advice for people who are wanting to start up pageants but may be too scared? I’d start in a charity pageant because the first ever pageant you go for is so much nerves there. Sometimes you don’t understand pageants and the fashion, like my first ever pageant I wore clothing that I would wear if I was going to another child’s party, I didn’t wear an actual hi-lo or anything! When you go for a title you can design it and pick an outfit and find what is your style. Have so much sass on stage and be confident, and have fun! The main thing is be yourself on stage. Be yourself, make friends. It’s all about sisterhood in pageants.
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