Proudest Moment

I enjoy singing, its practically what all my spare time is surrounded of. Every chance I get, I go for it. In the summer, I participated at a competition held at the Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton, called "The American Mall Model Search", AMMS for short. For about two or so months they had sign-up boxes located around the mall. My parents had signed me up, and just one day they told me I had an audition the next day. Like many of the opportunities I get, I go for it. This one wasn't one of them. It took me a while to make up my mind, but then again I told myself what could I loose by just trying.

Getting ready, I was already shaking. I started to have second thoughts, but I just took a deep breath and repetively told myself 'its just an audition..'. As I stood in line to check in, seeing all the other people auditioning, got me more nervous out of mind. They all look like they knew what they were doing and it was just another audition. I wanted to run out, but I didn't. Before I knew it, it was my turn for the interview, I was instructed to say a line, then 'strut' down the runway. As I walked down the runway, all I could remember was 'don't trip, don't trip!'. And finally, it was over. There was one more step, If I made it pass the auditions. The judge was going to pick six people. As she called each number, I heard her call mine. I was frozen for a second, 'did she really call me?'. And yes she did. I was chosen to compete on August seventh for a One- year contract. At that moment, I didn't care if I were to win or not, I was just shocked to know the fact that this might be my way in to make my dreams come true.

There were three steps to the competition, Photoshoot, Talent, and Runway. It was so nerveracking as I saw all the people watch me as I did my Photoshoot, thinking 'Are they making fun of me?, Do I look funny, weird?..'. For the talent portion we were only given 45 seconds, that felt 100 times longer that it really did. As I sang and stood there and waited until my music started, I could see all the eyes that were locked right on me. It felt as if nothing was coming out of my mouth, but once I heard the cheering and applause, my eyes brightened and felt great pride in myself. Lastly, it was time for the runway. We had to model a shirt, that we designed, adding to that I was in three-inch heels. I'm a clumsy girl, so that was a bit of a struggle. I was up first, all I could remeber was telling myself 'Be confident, and give it your all.' And finally, I was walking down the stairs, it was all over. This day was one of the proudest moments in my life, and to think I almost let it pass.