{"id":3242,"date":"2017-03-21T17:27:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T21:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=3242"},"modified":"2017-04-03T22:29:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T02:29:50","slug":"meet-miss-gwu-pageant-contest-noemi-pascual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=3242","title":{"rendered":"Meet Miss GWU Pageant Contestant Noemi Pascual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Story by Megan Hartman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the annual Miss Gardner-Webb University Pageant rapidly approaching, staff photographer Megan Hartman took the time to meet with all the contestants and learn a little more about them.<\/p>\n<p>First up is Noemi Pascual, a sophomore transfer student originally from Lajcholaj, Guatemala, who is competing in the pageant for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0741.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3243\" src=\"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0741-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Miss GWU Pageant Contestant, Noemi Pascual\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>What motivated you to participate in the Miss GWU Pageant?<\/b><br \/>\nI wasn&#8217;t able to [be on] track and field this semester, [so] I needed something to do. I love being active. When I was in high school I used to think I was so ugly, until I went to counseling [and then] I started to believe that I am beautiful, just like all girls are.<\/p>\n<p><b>What do you think makes you a good contestant?<\/b><br \/>\nHaving been born in Guatemala, I feel like I offer a different and unique perspective. Until I came to America, I was unfamiliar with beauty pageants and now in college, this is a great opportunity for me to participate, have this new experience and really feel beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has been your favorite part of the pageant process so far?<\/strong><br \/>\nModeling for my pictures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What talent are you planning on showcasing during the pageant?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy journey skit crossing the desert to America when I was 14 years old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you looking forward to the most?<\/strong><br \/>\nI am looking forward to dressing up and modeling on stage.<\/p>\n<p><i>Check back with us to meet a new Miss GWU Candidate each day leading up to the pageant! The pageant will take place in the Dover Theatre, on April 2, at 3:00 p.m.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Story by Megan Hartman With the annual Miss Gardner-Webb University Pageant rapidly approaching, staff photographer Megan Hartman took the time to meet with all the contestants and learn a little more about them. First up <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=3242\" title=\"Meet Miss GWU Pageant Contestant Noemi Pascual\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[812,3,914,913,7],"tags":[182,916,915,918,917],"class_list":["post-3242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events-and-activities","category-feature","category-profile","category-qa","category-student-life","tag-megan-hartman","tag-miss-gwu-pageant-2017","tag-noemi-pascual","tag-profile-feature","tag-qa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}