Books with author Stephanie Riley

Preparing to answer pageant interview questions starts by taking stock of who you are right now, who you want to be, and finding the right pageant for you--there are so many out there! Success also depends on making yourself a "sleuth" who, like a detective, reads the cues from the pageant judges and their questions, rather than being either a well-intentioned "bungler" who misses opportunities to shine or being a sneaky "smuggler" who isn't being her true self. This book alone has great info, and it also is the first in a series of other Pageant Interviewing Success books so it sets the foundation for those as well. You can only do your absolute best in a pageant by acing the interview. That is why this book in this breakthrough series will show you how to build your interview know-how from “square one” into a life-long skill that could change your life (and win you the crown!). Inside Pageant Interviewing Success: Build a Strong Foundation, discover…•3 basic types of pageant contestants (one kind is more likely to win the pageant!)•5 categories of pageant interview questions•6 questions to ask when researching a pageant•7 things you have to be willing to do to improve your interviewing skills that will work in all areas of your life•3 in-book practice exercises to refine your new skillsYou will also learn how to…•Research and select a beauty pageant that fits you•Identify, enhance, and correct your pageant interview style•Become a savvy interviewer while staying true to yourself•Answer pageant interview questions with tact and balance•Apply pageant interview skills to the rest of your life…And much more!Crafted by a former Miss American Petite, Dr. Stephanie Raye’s Pageant Interviewing Success: Build a Strong Foundation will prepare you for your pageant interview with real-life example questions and comprehensive answer strategies. Stephanie entered pageants to help support her pursuit of higher education (all the way through a doctorate!) and went on to be a professor in a highly respected state university. Along the way, she realized how much her pageant experience—and the interview preparation in particular—helped her be her best and increase her success after the pageant. She’s worked with many organizations and studied many topics that make her pageant training materials extra insightful as she seeks to help each of her readers shine their brightest at the pageant, and beyond. After all, a pageant is just a beginning. Whether you are a beginner, a pro, a pageant director, or a pageant judge—you will benefit from this book, and this series!This is the 1st book in a 15-book series. Each “just right” size book is like one or more sessions with a pageant coach who has won a state and national pageant, and the whole series forms the most comprehensive home-study pageant interview success program available, allowing you to avoid problems you haven’t even thought of yet.You can start the series at any book to focus on your immediate needs. That said, we recommend you read them all for the most comprehensive pageant interview education you could hope for!For less than a tube of lipstick you can start with any book in the series, and aim to read them all at your own pace and shine your absolute brightest at the pageant and beyond!Dr. Stephanie Raye has already walked in your high heels—now is the time for your success story. Get Pageant Interviewing Success: Build a Strong Foundation and make your beauty pageant dreams come true!

You can only do your absolute best in a pageant by acing the interview. That is why this thought-provoking book in this breakthrough series will show you how to build your interview know-how from “square one” into a life-long skill that could change your life (and win you the crown!). Inside Pageant Interviewing Success: Answering Personal Questions, discover…•6 areas of life that you should be prepared to talk about in your pageant interview•5 types of personal questions along with real-life examples of each•6 alternate versions of the “comparison question” •4 practice exercises to help you sharpen your new skillsYou will also learn how to…•Utilize your application as prep material•Take control of your web presence•Act like a professional•Answer classic pageant questions•Anticipate questions for your age bracket•Remain classy and balanced…And much more!Crafted by a former Miss American Petite, Dr. Stephanie Raye’s Pageant Interviewing Success: Answering Personal Questions will prepare you for your pageant interview with real-life example questions and comprehensive answer strategies. Stephanie entered pageants to help support her pursuit of higher education (all the way through a doctorate!) and went on to be a professor in a highly respected state university. Along the way, she realized how much her pageant experience—and the interview preparation in particular—helped her be her best and increase her success after the pageant. She’s worked with many organizations and studied many topics that make her pageant training materials extra insightful as she seeks to help each of her readers shine their brightest at the pageant, and beyond. After all, a pageant is just a beginning. Whether you are a beginner, a pro, a pageant director, or a pageant judge—you will benefit from this book, and this series!This is the 9th book in a 15-book series. Each “just right” size book is like one or more sessions with a pageant coach who has won a state and national pageant, and the whole series forms the most comprehensive home-study pageant interview success program available, allowing you to avoid problems you haven’t even thought of yet.You can start the series at any book to focus on your immediate needs. That said, we recommend you read them all for the most comprehensive pageant interview education you could hope for!For less than a tube of lipstick you can start with any book in the series, and aim to read them all at your own pace and shine your absolute brightest at the pageant and beyond!Dr. Stephanie Raye has already walked in your high heels—now is the time for your success story. Get Pageant Interviewing Success: Answering Personal Questions and make your beauty pageant dreams come true!

It's easy to think that beauty contests are just about external beauty and swimsuits, gowns, hair, and shoes. But all the contestants are beautiful, so what makes a queen stand out from all the princesses is what comes out of their mouth in the interview. Prepare to answer pageant interview questions as seriously as you would for a talent competition. This book gives you specific, do-able steps to help you think about how much you need to prepare and provides several different ways to think about how much to spend, if anything, on pageant interview preparation. See below for more on what this 2nd book in a series of books on Pageant Interviewing Success holds. Read one or read them all, just get started today and have fun on your path to shine your brightest! Overall, this book will show you how to build your interview know-how into a life-long skill that could change your life (and win you the crown!). Inside Pageant Interviewing Success: How to Prepare, discover…•12 things to ask yourself to decide if you can prepare on your own or if you need a coach•5 formulas to determine how much money you should spend on interview preparation (plus 6 strategies to prepare for free)•6 ways to incorporate news into your life•4 in-book practice exercises to refine your new skillsYou will also learn how to…•Decide how much you need to practice for your interview•Budget your interview preparation money•Utilize your platform or passion•Educate yourself on current events and controversial topics•Think positively…And much more!Crafted by a former Miss American Petite, Dr. Stephanie Raye’s Pageant Interviewing Success: How to Prepare will prepare you for your pageant interview with real-life example questions and comprehensive answer strategies. Stephanie entered pageants to help support her pursuit of higher education (all the way through a doctorate!) and went on to be a professor in a highly respected state university. Along the way, she realized how much her pageant experience—and the interview preparation in particular—helped her be her best and increase her success after the pageant. She’s worked with many organizations and studied many topics that make her pageant training materials extra insightful as she seeks to help each of her readers shine their brightest at the pageant, and beyond. After all, a pageant is just a beginning. Whether you are a beginner, a pro, a pageant director, or a pageant judge—you will benefit from this book, and this series!This is the 2nd book in a 15-book series. Each “just right” size book is like one or more sessions with a pageant coach who has won a state and national pageant, and the whole series forms the most comprehensive home-study pageant interview success program available, allowing you to avoid problems you haven’t even thought of yet.You can start the series at any book to focus on your immediate needs. That said, we recommend you read them all for the most comprehensive pageant interview education you could hope for!For less than a tube of lipstick you can start with any book in the series, and aim to read them all at your own pace and shine your absolute brightest at the pageant and beyond!Dr. Stephanie Raye has already walked in your high heels—now is the time for your success story. Get Pageant Interviewing Success: How to Prepare and make your beauty pageant dreams come true!

The content of what you say matters, yes, but so does how you say it. A great deal of communication is "non-verbal" to one degree or another. What do your non-verbal habits say about you? Are you aware of when you do distracting or unflattering things with your face, body , or voice? Does it matter if you have an accent? Is your word choice age-appropriate? Is it respectful? This book will raise your awareness around these matters and offer suggestions on how to improve them so you'll shine brighter in the pageant and beyond. After all, a pageant is just the beginning. Read on to learn how to build your interview know-how into a life-long skill that could change your life (and win you the crown!). Inside Pageant Interviewing Success: Personal Characteristics, discover…•3 main areas of the pageant performance and how to master them all•20 distracting personal habits to eradicate•4 practice exercises to help sharpen your new skillsYou will also learn how to…•Enhance the quality of your speech•Find out how others perceive you•Assess your viewpoints of the world and make them work to your advantage•Paint your questions in a positive light•Build your vocabulary•Adjust your body language…And much more!Crafted by a former Miss American Petite, Dr. Stephanie Raye’s Pageant Interviewing Success: Personal Characteristics will prepare you for your pageant interview with real-life example questions and comprehensive answer strategies. Stephanie entered pageants to help support her pursuit of higher education (all the way through a doctorate!) and went on to be a professor in a highly respected state university. Along the way, she realized how much her pageant experience—and the interview preparation in particular—helped her be her best and increase her success after the pageant. She’s worked with many organizations and studied many topics that make her pageant training materials extra insightful as she seeks to help each of her readers shine their brightest at the pageant, and beyond. After all, a pageant is just a beginning. Whether you are a beginner, a pro, a pageant director, or a pageant judge—you will benefit from this book, and this series!This is the 3rd book in a 15-book series. Each “just right” size book is like one or more sessions with a pageant coach who has won a state and national pageant, and the whole series forms the most comprehensive home-study pageant interview success program available, allowing you to avoid problems you haven’t even thought of yet.You can start the series at any book to focus on your immediate needs. That said, we recommend you read them all for the most comprehensive pageant interview education you could hope for!For less than a tube of lipstick you can start with any book in the series, and aim to read them all at your own pace and shine your absolute brightest at the pageant and beyond!Dr. Stephanie Raye has already walked in your high heels—now is the time for your success story. Get Pageant Interviewing Success: Personal Characteristics and make your beauty pageant dreams come true!

You can only do your absolute best in a pageant by acing the interview. That is why this thought-provoking book in this breakthrough series will show you how to build your interview know-how from “square one” into a life-long skill that could change your life (and win you the crown!). Inside Pageant Interviewing Success: Conquering Fears at the Pageant, discover…•4 things to do the night before the interview to be sure you’re ready to go•6 positive things to do while you wait right before your interview so your head is in the game•1 comic book character that can help you keep your cool•2 practice exercises to help you sharpen your new skillsYou will also learn how to…•Interact with your roommate•Prepare yourself right before your interview•Rest yourself•Refresh your news knowledge•Handle standard nerves and super nerves…And much more!Crafted by a former Miss American Petite, Dr. Stephanie Raye’s Pageant Interviewing Success: Conquering Fears at the Pageant will prepare you for your pageant interview with real-life example questions and comprehensive answer strategies. Stephanie entered pageants to help support her pursuit of higher education (all the way through a doctorate!) and went on to be a professor in a highly respected state university. Along the way, she realized how much her pageant experience—and the interview preparation in particular—helped her be her best and increase her success after the pageant. She’s worked with many organizations and studied many topics that make her pageant training materials extra insightful as she seeks to help each of her readers shine their brightest at the pageant, and beyond. After all, a pageant is just a beginning. Whether you are a beginner, a pro, a pageant director, or a pageant judge—you will benefit from this book, and this series!This is the 6th book in a 15-book series. Each “just right” size book is like one or more sessions with a pageant coach who has won a state and national pageant, and the whole series forms the most comprehensive home-study pageant interview success program available, allowing you to avoid problems you haven’t even thought of yet.You can start the series at any book to focus on your immediate needs. That said, we recommend you read them all for the most comprehensive pageant interview education you could hope for!For less than a tube of lipstick you can start with any book in the series, and aim to read them all at your own pace and shine your absolute brightest at the pageant and beyond!Dr. Stephanie Raye has already walked in your high heels—now is the time for your success story. Get Pageant Interviewing Success: Conquering Fears at the Pageant and make your beauty pageant dreams come true!

You can only do your absolute best in a pageant by acing the interview. That is why this book in the Pageant Interviewing Success series will show you how to build your interview know-how into a life-long skill that could change your life (and win you the crown!). Inside Pageant Interviewing Success: When You Don’t Know the Answer, discover…•2 forms of knowledge and how they influence your interview answers•4 strategies for answering factual questions (2 good, and 2 bad)•3 ways to circumvent tricky pageant questions•5 tips for overcoming hard conceptual questions (and the 1 thing you should not do)• 4 practice exercises to help you sharpen your new skillsYou will also learn how to…•Answer difficult pageant questions in various ways•Admit ignorance without detracting from your interview•Alter the question via substitution or side-stepping•Ask for help from the judges•Identify the key components of a pageant interview question…And much more!Crafted by a former Miss American Petite, Dr. Stephanie Raye’s Pageant Interviewing Success: When You Don’t Know the Answer will prepare you for your pageant interview with real-life example questions and comprehensive answer strategies. Stephanie entered pageants to help support her pursuit of higher education (all the way through a doctorate!) and went on to be a professor in a highly respected state university. Along the way, she realized how much her pageant experience—and the interview preparation in particular—helped her be her best and increase her success after the pageant. She’s worked with many organizations and studied many topics that make her pageant training materials extra insightful as she seeks to help each of her readers shine their brightest at the pageant, and beyond. After all, a pageant is just a beginning. Whether you are a beginner, a pro, a pageant director, or a pageant judge—you will benefit from this book, and this series!This is the 12th book in a 15-book series. Each book is like one or more sessions with a pageant coach who has won a state and national pageant, and the whole series forms the most comprehensive home-study pageant interview success program available, allowing you to avoid problems you haven’t even thought of yet.You can start the series at any book to focus on your immediate needs. That said, we recommend you read them all for the most comprehensive pageant interview education you could hope for!For less than a tube of lipstick you can start with any book in the series, and aim to read them all at your own pace and shine your absolute brightest at the pageant and beyond!Dr. Stephanie Raye has already walked in your high heels—now is the time for your success story. Get Pageant Interviewing Success: When You Don’t Know the Answer and make your beauty pageant dreams come true!

You can only do your absolute best in a pageant by acing the interview. That is why this book in the Pageant Interviewing Success series will show you how to build your interview know-how into a life-long skill that could change your life (and win you the crown!). Inside Pageant Interviewing Success: Ending with Grace and Ease, discover…•2 indicators that the judges want a closing statement•2 alternate ways to phrase the beginning of your closing statement•3 methods you can use to “ask for the job” of titleholder, depending on your personality•1 thing to do after your interview, and 2 things you should not•4 practice exercises to help you sharpen your new skillsYou will also learn how to…•Mend any mistakes you may have made during your interview•Create a closing statement•Ask questions at the end of your interview•Ask to be titleholder without offending the judges…And much more!Crafted by a former Miss American Petite, Dr. Stephanie Raye’s Pageant Interviewing Success: Ending with Grace and Ease will prepare you for your pageant interview with real-life example questions and comprehensive answer strategies. Stephanie entered pageants to help support her pursuit of higher education (all the way through a doctorate!) and went on to be a professor in a highly respected state university. Along the way, she realized how much her pageant experience—and the interview preparation in particular—helped her be her best and increase her success after the pageant. She’s worked with many organizations and studied many topics that make her pageant training materials extra insightful as she seeks to help each of her readers shine their brightest at the pageant, and beyond. After all, a pageant is just a beginning. Whether you are a beginner, a pro, a pageant director, or a pageant judge—you will benefit from this book, and this series!This is the 13th book in a 15-book series. Each “just right” size book is like one or more sessions with a pageant coach who has won a state and national pageant, and the whole series forms the most comprehensive home-study pageant interview success program available, allowing you to avoid problems you haven’t even thought of yet.You can start the series at any book to focus on your immediate needs. That said, we recommend you read them all for the most comprehensive pageant interview education you could hope for!For less than a tube of lipstick you can start with any book in the series, and aim to read them all at your own pace and shine your absolute brightest at the pageant and beyond!Dr. Stephanie Raye has already walked in your high heels—now is the time for your success story. Get Pageant Interviewing Success: Ending with Grace and Ease and make your beauty pageant dreams come true!

Which tree is known as the shivering tree because it defied the Holy Family by refusing to bow to them? Which tree is reputed to have sheltered an army of 7000 men beneath it? What three types of wood are used to make a witches broom? And which tree did villagers believe would protect you from witches, the devil and lightning? What is known as the pin of slumber? What piece of wood when smeared with butter and put up a chimney to cure became the only national weapon allowed by their occupying power?Underneath the Banyan Tree is a collection and celebration of facts, stories, myths and legends about trees, from many different cultures and their use to us as metaphor and symbol of our inner spiritual journey and our outer physical struggles in an ever changing world. The book weaves its way through the alphabet from Acacia to Zwart, and covers creation myths, magical shields, the passions and wars played out by gods, goddesses, the mischievousness of fairy folk; medicinal uses, superstitions, witches and supernatural occurrences.