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our perspective on that whole pageant
thing. They focus on a lot of the
externals, you know, they focus on
what's on the outside. We want Lauren to
be beautiful for who God has made her to
be, uh, not for what the world thinks
she ought to be. The guys, the fathers,
the men don't understand this world, you
know, they judge it. And I think her dad
did that, especially being a preacher.
And listen, we are women of faith, so we
get it. We understand that foundation
and we never wanted to take Lauren away
from that. We wanted to bring that to
light through her music and through
pageantry.
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Her dad to me was a tough nut to crack.
But I think we did crack it ever so
slightly. And I think he is seeing a
little bit of value in pageantry. I
don't think he sold on it, but I just
think he is more open. I think that he
uh saw that it was not exactly what he
had heard. I think so too. I think he
when he experienced it, he saw that it
was not just out there exploiting these
girls. And then I thought I also think
that he saw Lauren just come alive. I do
too. I was surprised he came to the
pageant to watch it because I had gone
against him and Lauren begged me. I
mean, she begged me to train her and I
felt bad for the kid. I mean, I really
wanted to help her because she was
talented and I didn't want her to go
into singing bars and clubs and and do
things that would exploit her talent
where pageantry would um highlight it.
Lauren
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