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Pageant season is always one that the AUC awaits, anticipating who will be running for what, and what each person’s talent will be. So often these pageants
are put under the scrutiny of each person in attendance and falls to the mercy of public opinion throughout the AUC; however, in every case, the man be
hind the pageant presents the production to the student body, which is often a thankless job. The men behind the pageant are the backbone of pageant life
at Morehouse College.
Sophomore, Business Administration - Concentra
tion: Marketing,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Director of Miss Sophomore Pageant
Reginald: How were you chosen as director
of the Miss Sophomore Pageant?
Malik: I expressed interest to Charles Brooks
[Sophomore class president] during the
summer of 2012 and at that point I didn’t
have any ideas, concepts, or experience.
Eventually we got to know each other dur
ing RA training and he gave me the pag
eant
R: Why were you interested in being direc
tor?
M: Well, I’m a visionary and after observing
the pageants last year, I saw that I could
do better job in some cases. I am very in
terested in event planning, and directing
pageants is where the business world meets
creativity, where leadership meets RCPAC.
R: What is your vision for the Miss Sopho
more Pageant?
M: I got the idea for the pageant from the
September issue of Vogue magazine. There
was a lot of hair and I was like I should do
something with hair for the pageant, every
body loves hair. Then I thought they should
be a little scary, by portraying different wild
animals. This t-shirt in Urban Outfitters gave
me the name for the pageant, bringing it
all together.
R: What has been your favorite part of pag
eant season so far?
M: Working with girls has been the best so
far, and watching ideas come to life has
been great. Tonight, the night of the photo
shoot, is has been great to see my hard
work come to fruition.
R: What are you looking forward to the most
in the Morehouse world of pageants?
M: I’m excited about the advertising pro
cess and revealing of the candidates for
the girls. I like the feel of the buzz. I am also
interested in working in the Miss Maroon
and White pageant. Anything I can get my
hands on and be creative with. I just want
to be able to use my ideas.
Date: Septmeber 20, Sale Hall,
7:15 pm
Tickets: $2 presales and $3 at the
door. Buy from council and con
testants
Senior, Political Science, Severn, Maryland
Director (2012), Assistant Director (2011), Assistant
Choreographer (2010) of Ms. RHA Pageant
Reginald: What is your current role as director of
the Morehouse Ms. RHA Pageant?
Akina: This year I have had to choreograph the
dance, coordinate the photo shoot, and refine the
ladies' intros, walks, poise, while instilling in each
of them a sense of stage confidence for the pag
eant.
R: Why did you decide to pursue a career in More
house pageantry?
A: I was initially inspired by Korby Wesley - recent
graduate and past director of Morehouse Ms. RHA
pageant-who is like my older brother. I started to
gain more interest especially when I saw the AUC
reaction to pageants and how they made every
one feel. I knew by time I left, I wanted to leave
a lasting impact on something on campus, and
that’s why I started being involved in pageants.
R: What has been your biggest challenge since
starting pageants?
A; This year the biggest challenge I have faced is
forming a new team as dynamic as the one last
year. We lost most of those people this year be
cause last year was a senior heavy team. I have
also faced challenges in looking for and ordering
props and rebuilding connections with people
around the pageant. It’s also interesting to work
with girls from all different levels because most girls
just want to represent a residence hall, but being in
this pageant is so much more.
R: What’s it like being backstage at the pageant?
A: Being backstage is hectic and nerve wreck
ing. One girl might be getting dressed while others
are ready to go on stage, and as the director you
have to deal with it.
You have to know that both sides of the stage are
set and everyone is on same accord from sound
booth on.
R: Who helps out with the Ms. RHA Pageant?
A: RHA is always there for support, and I get help
from the RDs like Mr. Green, Brazeal Hall RD; Mr. Hol
comb, Hubert Hall RD; Mr. Salyers, Dubois Hall RD;
and Mr. Coger, Mays Hall RD.
R: What has been your fondest memory of More
house pageantry?
A: It's hard to just have one, but being able to con
nect with the girls is the best. Pageants become
more than just practice, we build relationships and
a family that carries on outside of the pageant. I
like serving as big brother figure for some of the girls
afterwards. There are just a lot of smaller things that
you appreciate afterward the pageant is over.
Date: September 19, Kings Cha
pel at 7:30pm
Tickets will be on sale soon
through the members or contes
tants in RHA
Senior, English, Washington, D.C.
Director of the Miss Black and Gold Pageant
Reginald: How many pageants have you
coordinated while in the AUC?
James: This is the first pageant for which I
have directed.
R: Why did you choose to take over the Al
pha Phi Alpha pageant this year?
J: The Alpha Phi Alpha pageant has been
one of the most highly esteemed pageants
in the AUC, under the Miss Maroon and
White pageant, and so it was a privilege
to have been given the opportunity by the
chapter to take the role as director.
R: What is your vision for the pageant this
year?
J: My vision tor the pageant this year is an
honest one, as to transcend from the sur
face level on which most AUC pageants
exist. I plan to augment creativity, bring
talents from outside of the AUC, and to cre
ate my own box for others to think outside
of later down the road.
R: What is the hardest part about putting
together this pageant? What has been your
favorite part?
J: The hardest part about putting together
this pageant is seeking originality within
such a structured context, as to acknowl
edge certain characteristics that differenti
ate one pageant from another, while also
keeping ideas within the frame of pageant
ry in order for the pageant to be deemed
authentic.
R: What is the ideal Miss Black and Gold?
J: Even as the director, I am unable to de
note who the ideal Miss Black and Gold is.
All of our queens have been so different,
and yet so perfect in their role, that would
be presumptuous to offer an ideal. How
ever, any women who seek the crown for
genuine reasons, and offers the whole of
her heart to the process, is an ideal Miss
Black and Gold.
Date: October 17th, in King
Chapel Pre-Sale tickets are $10.
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