Pageant coach Mardis Hall blindfolds the queens she works with so they can learn sensory deprivation, the process of limiting certain senses for a period of time. “What happens in pageants is that you are going through the motions of whatever your muscle memory has or doesn’t have,” Hall said.
Even with all the practice, a fall, trip, or stumble could still always happen. Like Hadfield said, “That moment when you’re announced a winner is something you can’t practice.”
So embrace the unpredictability and mishaps. After all, while an Oscar is an Oscar, becoming the meme of the night is an even higher honor.
