Shermine Shahrivar: German model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Europe

Beware of any prerequisite requirements. There are some pageants that are only open to participants that have won pageants and held titles previously. There are state pageants who require you to have never participated for a previous national title. Some pageants consider contestants who have been married, had a marriage annulled, or who have ever been pregnant ineligible for competing. So make sure you are applying to pageants that align with your status.