How important is poise for a pageant contestant?

How important is poise for a pageant contestant?

Ty Griffin (Beauty Pageant Judge) gives expert video advice on: How important is poise for a pageant contestant?; What questions do the judges ask?; What makes a good pageant interview answer? and more...

Again, poise is very important. Poise is eye contact, keeping your head up, eye contact, not looking down at the grown, looking directly out. That I think is poise and that's confidence. If your shoulders are slumped, you know, it's just those little extra things that I look for and if you have your shoulders back, even if you're not the most secure, but if you have your shoulders back and you're making eye contact and everything's on point, that's wonderful.