We’ve all seen the awkward videos of pageant contestants struggling for their answers on stage (who can forget South Carolina’s Miss Teen USA 2007), so why not get ahead of your fellow contestants and ensure your interview stage goes as smoothly as possible?  Our team at Pageant Planet compiled a list of the twenty most common questions you might come across as a contestant in a gay pageant.

When it comes to the interview portion of a pageant it’s important to understand that this is often the first time you really get to interact with the judges - this is the time to put your all into helping the judges understand who you are as a person.  The interview stage is often the most important part of a pageant, and your answers here could either have the judges rooting for you throughout the rest of the pageant, or working furiously to try and salvage a bungled interview answer.

While there’s no guarantee that you’ll hear questions phrased in exactly the same way, the subject matter between a lot of these questions is universal and if you prepare the answers below ahead of time, you should be prepared enough to draw on your experience and deliver a stunning pageant interview.

How is the interview section of a gay pageant different than a standard pageant?