[quote=ReaptheMusic]
Pheh... I know how that feels... I was in a Miss America pageant last year. One of the judges apparently was extremely angry I didn't win; I believe the only reason I didn't was because the girl who had one had a bad history with her sister losing the pageant and going essentially crazy. So... I lost... because they were afraid that she would go crazy by not winning and not because of her actual credentials? HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNnnnnnnnnnng.
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I think a lot of competitions are like that. Judges vote for the person who should win and not who actually won.

On the bright side I did get 3rd speaker in Pre-lims so it's a big screw you to the girl I lost to. She didn't get a speaker award, and was a low seed in the finals rounds.