Typically, we all have four types of vocabulary: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Your listening vocabulary refers to how many words you can listen to and correctly understand; your speaking vocabulary refers to how many words you can use correctly in your speech; your reading vocabulary refers to the number of words you can read and understand; and your writing vocabulary refers to the number of words you can use correctly in written products. For most of us, these vocabularies are not the same size as they relate to use in a person’s life. In fact, research indicates rather consistently that they range in size from largest to smallest in this manner: listening (largest), speaking, reading and writing (smallest).
If your pageant paperwork, a written document, represents your smallest vocabulary abilities, it makes good sense for you to have assistance crafting the words you use in that task. If you handle your paperwork alone, the judges will read about you via you having used your smallest vocabulary as their very first impression of you. Then, in the interview process, they will hear you speak in your second largest vocabulary. The two (speaking and writing) should “match” in the best way possible, and for that to happen, you should get good help. Therefore, it’s wise to have another point of view to help you craft your documents, since we now know that all vocabulary sizes are not the same.
At Pageant Winner Consulting, LLC, as an experienced educator and professor, pageant judge, and pageant coach, I can help you create your best written first impression along with your best spoken first impression by using words that will “match” and represent the same vocabulary “size” on your pageant paperwork. This way, you will paint a consistent picture for your judges, both in writing and in person, and help yourself be closer to pageant success!
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