Day 8: Warwick East (Photo Shoot #1)

Yesterday we had our first photo shoot. Everything went great, it was tiring having to be there at 8:00 in the morning (especially when I was out till 2:00 the night before) but even though the day was long I had fun!

First things first, we had our hair and make-up done. Even though I'm not used to wearing all that makwe-up, it was fun getting all dolled up for the shoot. First we did head shots, and torso shots. We also did full body shots in these amazingly cute dresses with our sashes; I'm representing Warwick East. We also did some group shots on the couch.

All in all, the day was full of great photos and fun! I even got asked to model :). Oh well that's all for now.

Till next time,

-Vika

Day 2: Afro-strations

Sooo, we have a photo shoot next Sunday for the Pageant. I'm quite looking forward to it and I thought it'd be cool to wear my hair in a different style from the fro I rock everyday. Hence tonight I've been googling natural hair styles for some inspiration. My mom just came down to my room and I was telling her about my search... she told me I should straighten my hair.

I gave her the "are you serious, now why the hell would I wanna do that" look then grudgingly listened as she explained to me that "it would look better with a fancy pageant dress" . . .

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Hold up a min.

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Did she just say what I think she said?

Straight hair would look better with a pageant grown than my afro!?

Wow, this just further feeds my belief that society has screwed up our Black women's outlook on beauty. Why can't my natural hair be just as beautiful, fancy, professional, and glamorous as straight hair? Because if you really sit back and think about it; there is NO reason. None what so ever. So I have decided to stand by my natural hair during this pageant experience, I will not straighten it, I will not put a weave in... and on Sunday, June 12, 2011 my natural hair will be just as beautiful and glamorous as every one else :)

Peace & Love

-Vika

Day 1: Orientation

So today we had our first meeting for the Miss Bermuda Pageant. I was pretty excited at the meeting, especially when I saw a few girls I knew from school and church. I even made a new friend or two while I was there.

On the way back from orientation however, my boyfriend and I got into a discussion about why I wanted to be in the pageant. I began to list of a few reasons. . . it's always been a dream, I like to do things that will challenge me to come out of my shell, if I should win I could use the title in the name of Goodness, etc., etc. He then proceeded to tell me how ironic he thought it was that me of all people entered into a beauty contest. Of course I then went on to tell him that beauty wasn't all we was being judged on but when I thought about it he had a point.

I'm the girl that protests against being made to conform to one boring standard of beauty and being judged on it. Having said that, here I am entering myself into a competition where the top 10 get chosen from the bathing suit portion of the contest. Hypocritical? Maybe. I'm a woman of many facets. Yes, I arguing about being held to standards of beauty. Yes, I'm a low maintenance kind of gal. Yes, I have a mini freak out session when my mom tells me all the things I need to do physically to look a certain way for the pageant. BUT, I still like to let my girly girl loose every now and again. Right now my inner girly girl is looking forward to modeling a bathing suit, parading around in a pageant dress, and doing a smile and wave for the judges. All in all, I think this experience will be well worth it. I'd love to win the title of Miss Bermuda; I believe I can do a lot of good with it... and wouldn't it just be the icing on the cake to get to go on to Miss World.

Peace & Love

-Vika

WELCOME

Hello! My name is Davika Hill and I've recently entered into the Miss Bermuda Pageant. This is the first time Bermuda has held this pageant since about 1997, and even though my ideals seem to go against pageantry I decided to join anyway :).

Since this is somewhat of a new and big experience for me, I'm going to document my journey as the competition heats up!

Stay tuned,

-Vika