Style NAM...I'm calling on you GIRL!

After a decade, we decided the trusty NAMISS ROCKS blog needed to grow up a bit. After all, National American Miss is celebrating her teenage years at 15! Can you believe NAM will get her license next year!? (*Thank goodness for our amazing prize sponsor - FORD MOTOR company and Gary Crossley Ford for making sure she'll be safe and stylish as she takes the wheel.)

Our focus has always been and will continue to be recognizing young women. But, we'll be showcasing it in a much more lifestyle savvy manner.

So, I'm calling on YOU, girlfriends (and moms, too!) This is your chance to a be NAM and Pageant INFLUENCER... (A.K.A. - NAMFLUENCER) - you get to help shape the blog and YOU get to contribute to it! You send me the content, I'll do the work by posting it here and sharing it on social media, and YOU get the credit!

 Have something similar to what you see listed below you want to  contribute? Send me the details at stateHQ@namiss.com, via facebook or insta message (direct links to the right) with the message being "BLOG".

• A makeup tutorial video
• An #OOTD of the latest appearance you made, wore to an open call, to get sponsors, etc. (with all the links to purchase of course)
• How to go from class to appearance in 5 easy steps
• How mom (or dad, grandma, aunt...heck whoever) slays that perfect high pony for their princess
• How you get inspired before competition (i.e. - what book you read or song you listen to)
• How to clean your banner
• Where to get the cheapest interview outfits (Macy's is having a SALE right now on business attire, you say - LET ME KNOW)
• What you use for blisters
• Pinterest beauty/pageant fails
• Brilliant Outfit Finds (for any occasion)
• Tips to raise your sponsor fee
• Hair tutorials
• Best teeth whitening system
• Decorating your room/locker/etc like a Queen
• Recipe to bake/cook/make the perfect Pageant girl themed desert, snack, treat, meal, etc.
• How you help your little girl prepare for interview
• Organizational Hacks & Tricks for planning for a pageant OR while you're a titleholder
• Dealing with the mean girl and how you killed her with kindness (after all your a NAM girl and that's just how we do!)
• How to decorate for the Holiday's (any holiday) like a Queen
• Your MUST have beauty item
• Tips on how to schedule an appearance as a titleholder 
• Pageant Weekend Packing 101
• Pageant Survival Bag 
• Natural/Organic Beauty or Hair hacks for all ages
• I'm a pageant mom and this is how I stay organized over Pageant Weekend
• To spray tan or to not spray tan
• How to be a mom-ager
• Tips on an optional contest
• Tips on hemming your dress
• ETC, ETC, ETC, you get it....

And, don't take yourself too seriously with these (after all, you know we at #NAMTEAMEWING don't!)  And, of course, we'll be throwing in tips, tricks, and trends in beauty, lifestyle, and fashion of our very own. After all, as long as my team and I have been around pageants, we've got things to share... we're some old Betty's!

I'm certain that you'll end up finding this site to be a helpful and entertaining resource! And, of course we still offer a blog where we will continue to showcase the incredible accomplishments of NAM girls coast to coast over at the other NAM Official Blog, www.nam365.blogspot.com - I'm sure I'll see YOU featured on it shortly, if I haven't already!

Signing off in NAM Style,
XOXOX
Breanne