Essence Pageant Vision

The Essence Pageant® system signifies the “Essence” of Today’s Modern Woman, striving to be the most stylish, diverse, trend setting pageant around country.

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Essence Pageant Mission

Our company is based on the belief that our contestants' needs are of the utmost importance. Our entire team is committed to meeting those needs.  Our organization has been committed to help women develop both personally and professionally.

 

Most pageants will not accept delegates if they have had a child, have been divorced, or are over the age of 27 (for Miss divisions).  In the spirit of “Celebrating the Essence of Today’s Modern Woman,” we realize life may have taken you down some of these paths and others that do not allow one to participate in other pageants with some of these arguably outdated requirements. We believe that women who are in their 30′s, that are mothers, or who have been married in the past have valuable insight to offer to the modern day women that they would be speaking to and interacting with during their reign. Women with or without these experiences are equally qualified to be role models to today’s women, offering valuable insight and advice from personal experience or otherwise. We want to be open to ALL women, allowing ALL women the opportunity to compete for the experience of a lifetime!

 

Our mission is INCLUSION for women from all walks of life. We are open to women of all ethnic backgrounds, races, sizes, and encourage women to show off their natural curves and healthy body images. We want to promote a healthy body image for each delegate’s respective frame, height, build and overall makeup. There is no ideal image; all women possess their own unique beauty, and that uniqueness is what the Essence Pageant System wants to highlight and showcase to the public.

 

We want to make the world a better place by
•Inspiring our contestants to live out their dreams to improve society
•Through our contestants efforts making our communities a better place to live and work

 

​Essence Pageant Values
1.Honesty
2.Integrity
3.Fairness
4.Positive Attitude
5.Purpose
6.Self Esteem
7.Supportiveness

 

Essence Pageant Women’s Advancement Connection Corporation is an independent non-for profit organization that was organized in the State of Maryland.  Essence Pageant® is a registered trademark and is not affiliated with Essence Communication Inc dba Essence Magazine.

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Founder

On May 23, 2012 Sujoing “Sue” Drakeford, was the awarded the title of Ms. Upper Marlboro, Maryland 2012-2013. Sue is recent transplant from Kansas City, Missouri where she is described by KC Business Magazine as a ‘KC Rising Star” and was awarded as one of Missouri’s Top 40 under 40 young business professionals.  Sue Drakeford is currently Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer with BB&T Bank and runs her own national pageant productions company, Essence Pageant®. She is located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

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