Sunday, January 13, 2013
The bizarre beauty secrets of Miss America contestants
In the lead up to the Miss America contest on Saturday, its contestants have revealed some of their most prized, and bizarre, beauty secrets.
From duct tape to help their bodies 'lift and support,' to scotch tape as eye make-up remover, 53 beauty queens will be pulling out their biggest beauty weapons when they compete for the crown in Las Vegas.
Kaitlin Gates, Miss West Virgina, admitted to Live Well Network's Miss America: Secret's Revealed, that her trick to 'pull up your behind, to make you look like you have a really nice tush, even if you don't,' is something she calls 'butt glue.'
Beauty secrets: Meanwhile Ali Rogess, Miss South America, said she swears by scotch tape for her make-up removal artistry
'There's a way to tuck in your bathing suit so everything's all nice and firm,' she said. 'It's an art.'
Meanwhile Ali Rogess, Miss South America, said she swears by scotch tape for her make-up removal artistry.
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'It's sticky enough to take [excess eye shadow] off, but not sticky enough to take the rest of your make-up off,' she said, proudly.
Piper Stoeckel, Miss Arizona, revealed: 'I like to incorporate duct tape in a lot of my activities for Miss America.
Fake it 'til you make it: Kaitlin Gates, Miss West Virgina, admitted that her trick to 'pull up your behind, to make you look like you have a really nice toosh, even if you don't,' is something she calls 'butt glue'
Tape it up: Piper Stoeckel, Miss Arizona, revealed she likes to incorporate duct tape in 'a lot of my activities for Miss America' for lift and support
'During competition we have some lifting and supporting we need some help with, and [duct tape] gets the job done.'
And Aniska Tonge, Miss Virgin islands, explained how she gets perfectly-placed pageant hair.
'M secret for hair is Flexi Rods,' she said.
'When you use curling irons, it might not always curl your hair, so what you do is wet your hair in the night, curl in your Flexi Rods, real tight, wake up the next morning and shake it out Baywatch style. And it's perfect.'
Live Well Network's special series Miss America: Secret's Revealed, premieres on January 7 at 8pm.