In
previous years, the amount of contestants were an average of 12-20 girls,
coming from all islands of the Bahamas; Grand Bahama in particularly. But this
year there are no contestants from Grand Bahama. In fact, the Miss BahamasOrganization had to postpone the pageant because of the poor turnout of
contestants. This was the first indication that the pageant season would not be
as good as before. Now that the pageant has been launched, the quality of
contestants and preliminary events seem to have fallen.
Last
week contestants and their photos were launched to the public. Unlike previous
years, there seem to have been no theme for the pageant. Also, the number of
contestants decreased dramatically. The 2012 pageant season had 17 contestants
and the theme was the Pheonix. This year there are 8 contestants and no theme.
Yet, for the first time in history the Miss Bahamas Organization is being back
by major hotel Atlantis. In regards to the preliminary events, there seems to
be little to no advertising for persons to attend their functions.
Last year, the Miss
Bahamas pageant was televised as a reality show for their preliminary events.
This was used as marketing tool to begin a buzz within the community and
encourage persons to attend prelims and the coronation ceremony. This year
there is minute social media marketing. No actual media commercial has been
released to the public and the pageant is in one week.
With all that being
said, it is evident that the quality of this pageant has done the opposite of
improve. Is this an indication of what is to come in the pageant industry as a
whole in the Bahamas? Who knows!
Here are a few photos from launch party and
a link to their website.
http://missuniversebahamas.org
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