F E AT U R E
would be complete without sashes!
That's just for entering!
The overall Winner receives a monetary
prize which varies by location from
our sponsor Timebomb Vapors. It's no
secret that I am their PR Director but
they have supported Miss Vapor from
the beginning even when I did not work
directly for them, which is so powerful
for the girls aspiring to become Miss
Vapor. Having a large company say
I believe in this process and the girls
involved enough to write a cheque
without knowing the recipient first, is a
pretty amazing commitment. She will
also get a 3 month Juice Sponsorship
from Buckshot Vapors Inc. which means
they commit to supplying the winner
with enough juice from their four lines
Timebomb, Buckshot, Clutch and Roybot
Sauce (so she won't have to go spending
her own money). Most sponsorships
“ I think it’s really
important to know
why you want to
be involved in
modelling, or what
your end goal is so to
speak.”
extend as long as the relationship is
mutually beneficial for both sponsor and
sponsee. She also becomes an Official
Vape Model for the pulse brand Vape
Models on IG and she is promoted for
work within the industry. Ultimately if the
Winner uses the platform she is given,
she can go very far with the exposure
she has access to.
VM: Beauty pageants can be
empowering; what do you think of beauty
pageants and have you entered any
yourself? (If you have entered some,
how did you find the process and how
will Miss Vapor USA be different?)
CW: I completely agree that beauty
pageants can be a source of
empowerment. I think that any pageant
that strives to create a program where
women can grow and become a part
of something that benefits their life and
those who are watching is something
that should be celebrated.
As for the second part of the question...
what beauty pageant didn't I enter?
When I decided to give modelling a go,
I knew that at 5'4" and 23 years old I
wasn't exactly shooting for a Giselle
Bundchen type of career. I think it's really
important to know why you want to be
involved in modelling, or what your end
goal is so to speak. For myself I knew I
wanted to work in marketing, and I knew
to be a leader and not an assistant to
someone, I needed to stand out. So I
built the "Cam Brand," if you will, first. I
made myself a social asset to whatever
company I wanted to become a part of
by having a fan base. I'm by no means
"instafamous" comparatively to some
of the more recognisable faces out
there but I have a solid and still growing
platform that I can rely on, to back up
my stacked resume in the marketing
field. I couldn't have done that without
modelling.
I entered beauty pageants because they
were a way to get jobs and get published
when you were unknown. Seven years
ago when I did my first photo shoot,
Instagram didn't exist. It was Facebook,
Model Mayhem and who won the latest
search for the newest brand. A lot of
those "opportunities" turned out to be
excuses for promoters to pack clubs
and host something close to amateur
night booty shaking contests which I
absolutely was not a fan of. I hated
being treated like that when I knew I was
intelligent and doing the search to build
my brand, not find a date. There were
also a lot of empty promises in
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