Teen & Under Sample Judges Questions 
   

• What is your favorite color?
• What is your favorite animal?
• Tell us about your favorite book?
• What is your favorite movie?
• What is your favorite snack?
• What is your favorite type of food?
• Tell us about your favorite vacation spot?
• What do you want to be when you grow up?
• What do you do for fun?
• What makes you angry?
• What makes you sad?
• What makes you laugh?
• If I were to visit your hometown for one day, what would we do and where would we go?
• If you were a butterfly and could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
• If I gave you a dollar what would you do with it?
• What do you look for in a friend?
• Tell us about yourself.
• Tell us about your family.
• Why do you want to become the next Miss _______________ ?
• What are your favorite things about where you live?
• Do you have any talents?
• Do you play any sports?
• If you could have any superhero power, what would it be?

• Why do you want to win the title of Miss _______________? 
• What has been the proudest moment of your life?
• What has been most rewarding moment in your life?
• What do you treasure most about your life?
• What is the funniest thing that has ever happened to you?
• What has been your most embarrassing moment in your life?
• What motivates you, and why?
• What is the most interesting thing about yourself?
• What are your Worst Habits?
• What are your weaknesses?
• What are your stengths?
• Do you feel participating in pageants teaches one determination and responsibility?
• What do you think was the most important discovery during the last quarter century?
• What woman in public life do you most admire and why?
• If you could give advice to a girl who is just 4?8? tall what would it be and why?
• How do you feel about the recreational use of drugs?
• How do you feel about AIDS?
• If you could cure any disease what would it be, and why?
• Do you think you are responsible for your choices and actions?
• Do you feel that your thoughts create your experiences in life?
• Do you feel that you are the master of your mind?
• Do you feel that you are responsible for your life and why?
• In your opinion, should self-esteem be affected or impaired if, in spite of our best efforts, we fail in a particular undertaking?
• Define self-esteem.
• Define strength.
• Define Loyalty.
• Define sex-appeal.
• Would you ask a man out on a date? 
• Do you think it is appropriate for a woman to propose to man in our modern age?
• What do you expect to get out of this pageant?
• What is one thing you have learned about yourself through competing in this pageant?
• What qualities do you think the perfect man should have?
• What do you look for in a friend?
• Do you have any conflicting views on pageants?
• Do you think pageants still fall under a negative stereotype?
• What do you consider to be your biggest accomplishment to date?
• What have pageants done for you?
• What do you like most about your community?
• What do you like least about your community?
• If you could change one thing about your community what would it be?
• What makes you angry?
• What makes you sad?
• What makes you laugh? 
• What is your favorite method of relaxation?
• Why are you competing?
• How do you feel about woman running for President?
• Do you feel our country is ready for a female President?
• If you had a choice between fame an fortune, which would you choose and why?
• Do you believe that winning a pageant is the most important part of the competition?
• How do you behave around disabled individuals?
• How do you handle to a tactless person who makes his/her prejudices known in public?
• Tell us about your family?
• What do you think is the most unusual thing about your family?
• What is your most unforgettable family experience?
• If you were to win tonight, what’s the first thing you’d say if someone were to shoved a microphone in your hand?
• Some people say that Americans are preoccupied with winning? How important is winning to you?
• Only 20% of eligible voters under 25 vote, why do you believe that is?
• How could you help raise the voting turn-out of today’s generation? 
• What do you think it is going to take for this country to elect a woman President?
• Do you believe American youth are more interested in social issues or status issues?
• What is the biggest challenge facing the working woman today?
• What is the biggest challenge facing our generation today?
• What are your views on sexual harassment in the workplace?
• Do you believe it is appropriate for women to show cleavage in the workplace?
• Is it acceptable for titleholder who is religious to share her faith in public on appearances?
• Have you ever had a boy reject you? How did you handle it?
• Who is Vice-President of the United States?
• Who is your State Governor?
• Do you know the words to the National Anthem?
• What teams played (will play) in this year’s Super Bowl?
• What is your favorite football team. (Be prepared to explain if you pick a team other than your state’s team.)
• Who is your family’s “black sheep” and why?
• If you were married and caught your husband in adultery, how would you handle it?
• If you could spend a Saturday reading a novel or playing a sport, which would you pick and why?
• Describe your community.
• Why would anyone want to visit your community/state/country?
• How do you relax?
• What did you do to prepare to enter this pageant?
• Do you think young women who have had cosmetic surgery should be allowed to compete in pageants against contestants who haven’t had surgery?
• Is cosmetic surgery an unfair advantage in pageant competition? Why or why not?
• What qualities do you look for in a friend?
• What did you do to prepare for this pageant?
• What would winning this contest mean to you?
• What do you consider to be the role of pageant title holders?
• What do you believe are the 3 most important characteristics a Miss ____________ should possess?
• If you were elected Miss ____________, how would you describe your community and/or state to other people of the world?
• Describe your best qualities.
• What are your long-range goals and how do you plan to achieve them?
• If you could be any person in history who would it be and why?
• Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years?
• What woman do you most admire and why?
• Who, outside of your family, has most influenced your life so far?
• Do you believe a woman’s place is in the home?
• What era would you most like to live in and why?
• If you were stranded on a dessert island and could only have three things with you, what would they be and why?
• If you were given $1,000,000 and had to spend it on yourself, what would you do with it?
• What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
• What is the best advice you could give?
• If you could change anything about your personal appearance, what would it be?
• What is the biggest mistake you have ever made?
• What would you do to improve your community’s image?
• What constitutes true beauty?
• Do you think that community awareness is good? Why or why not?
• Do you feel that individuality is an asset or a liability?
• Who is the one person that has inspired you the most in life?
• What does friendship mean to you?
• If you could change places with someone well known for one day, who would it be and why?
• Who do you admire most in life and why?
• How forgiving are you when your friends let you down?
• Do you feel being a wife and a mother will be a sufficient challenge for you or do you want a business career and why?
• What is you definition of Integrity?
• What do you feel all well-known, successful women have in common?
• A good listener or a good talker, which one is the most important?
• What do you want in life today, tomorrow, and in the future?
• Are young people more sophisticated in today’s generation?
• As what kind of person would you describe yourself?
• If your friends were to describe you, what would they say?
• Tell of an experience that has been educational to you and why?
• Tell of a book you’ve read that has influenced your life and why?
• Who is the most important person to you and why?
• What advice would you give a friend entering a Pageant?
• How do you handle peer pressure?
• Do you think higher education is important today and why?
• In what ways would being Miss ___________help you?
• What is the definition of the word, SUCCESS?
• If you could contribute one thing to this world, what would it be?
• How would you like to be remembered?
• How does competition help you as a person?
• What do you like most about yourself?
• What attributes do you think are important to have when competing in the Miss______Pageant?
• What is your opinion of being spiritually fit?
• Why do you think is it important to be physically fit?
• Do you love yourself?
• What does having a balance in life mean to you?
• Define self-confidence?
• In your opinion, do you think you could succeed in life without humility?
• Do you think that people can go through life without having definite values, convictions, and beliefs
• Can you be counted on to do what you say you’ll do?
• If you could accomplish anything without failing, what would it be?
• If money and skill were no option what would be your ideal career?
• What is femininity?
• Define lady?
• What does being an American mean to you?
• What advice would you give to a younger brother or sister?
• What is your philosophy of life?
• How do you feel about the War in Iraq?
• How do you feel about our current Immigration Policy?
• How do you feel about Affirmative Action?
• Do you think the Electoral College needs to change?