I started this post with the intention of giving you the basics on bikini competitions (suit, coach, costs etc.), but I felt slightly empty writing it and knew I had more to offer. My journey has been a combo of highs and lows, both of which helped me grow as a person.
Competing has brought me a ton of joy/ happiness/ achievement/ pride — all things that I’ve shown you many times, but it’s also brought me a lot of struggle, doubt, and heartache. I feel like I’ve done a disservice by not sharing my story and informing the individuals that plan to compete, are competing, or are done competing. That being said, I recorded a little video recapping my journey—what I struggled with, found difficult, and didn’t expect going into it. I mainly focused on the hardships because I’ve always struggled with expressing how I truly felt within these experiences. Of course there’s been a ton of triumphs as well but I feel like I’ve successfully covered the good in previous posts so that won’t be the focus today (but if you want a video on dat just lemme know okurrr).
At this point in time, I don’t plan on competing again as this was the main question I received from my initial post. I won’t say never because you just never know (and frankly I do miss it often), but right now I’m focused on being healthy and feeling like myself year round. Competing will always be my invisible superhero cape for it really did bring me some of my best memories, made me tough as hell, and strengthened some kick ass character traits, but for now it is placed on the far back burner.
I hope this video helps you, and if it does, then please pass it on. Click here to watch!
Happy competing season to all!
Love ya faces,
Lauren