Stepping into the Spotlight: Learning How to Walk a Pageant Evening Gown Runway Walk
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2023-05-12
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Two and a half million women participate in a pageant in the United States every year. For many women, pageants provide a platform to promote their message, earn scholarships, and network with other women. However, pageant competition poses significant barriers to entry. The main portion of the pageant competition is the evening gown walk and the majority of first-time pageant contestants have never walked a runway. The purpose of this project was to build and evaluate an instructional module to help pageant contestants learn the skillset to walk in their evening gowns in their competitions. The instruction was hosted on a website where participants could asynchronously complete the course and learn how to self-evaluate their performance. The module used short-form videos, embedded quizzes, self-taping and self-evaluation. A usability test was conducted with three participants and changes to the design of the instruction were made in response to the participants’ feedback. Additionally, 11 participants took a pre-test, post-test, and wrote in reflection journals. The data was analyzed to determine the learning effectiveness of the instruction. Implications of the evaluation results and future directions for the instruction are discussed in the paper.
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