Hatter takes home runner up at first ever pageant
By Mo Cranker on April 3, 2018.
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker It was a solid first go at beauty pageants for Medicine Hatter Shantel Kyle. Kyle travelled to Calgary in mid March for the Miss Teen Alberta pageant and was able to land a first-runner up award in her first attempt at competing in pageants. “Winning runner up is a really great feeling,” she said. “I really wasn’t expecting too much going to a pageant for my first time. I was more just happy to be there and trying it out. “When I was called up for the first runner up, I was really happy.” Kyle is 16 and goes to Monsignor McCoy High School, hoping to pursue a medical degree after graduating high school. She says the pageant was a great learning experience. “I liked that I got to meet a bunch of new people and it was really fun to be around all of these people with similar interests,” she said. “Getting the experience of talking in front of a crowd was really nice as well. I think that’s a really good life skill to have, and the pageant was great practise at that.” Kyle has been modelling in Calgary for a few years and says plenty of practising goes into competition preparation. “There was a lot of practising,” she said. “We had to practise walking, talking, dancing and one pose that makes you stand really tall, because tall is good. “A lot of hours goes into making sure you have everything as close to perfect as possible.” Kyle qualified for the national competition in Toronto with the first-runner up finish, but says she isn’t sure if pageants are something she will continue with. “If I do go to nationals, we’ll have to raise just under $3,000,” she said. “It’s something I think about quite a bit now, and I just don’t know if I want to continue modelling, or if I want to do this. I also have put a lot of focus on my schooling and my job, so I guess I’ll figure it out down the line.” 13
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