CLAUDINE ADAMS

Pageant queen Claudine is a proud entrepreneur, Pageant Coach, Motivational Speaker and a director of Kasi Models as well as a member a member of Female Entrepreneur Association (FEA). Claudine is passionate about uplifting others from fellow women to young children of all sexes and she spends most of her time doing motivational speaking. The Centurion based Philanthropist is driven with a purpose to changing the world through her great philanthropic works and dreams of a day when everyone believes in their potential and any negative remarks that others make of them as the society plays a major role in destroying one’s self esteem which kills many dreams.

INTERVIEW

Q: Can you please describe yourself in details as briefly as u can?

A: I am a simple person who loves to motivate our youngsters and always love to be there for people if I can, I also loved to uplift our boy's as we often forget about them. As a mom and as someone looking at how our boys have to prove themselves to the world and in today's world that revolves around girls and women, though I do work on uplifting girls too. I always believed that what you do and give must come from the heart

Q: So as a pageant coach, you focus more on boys than girls or do you run projects that support boys and some that support girls? And as a pageant coach, what do you do most of your time to fulfill a role of a pageant coach?

A: I focus on girls and boys as

I believe that it's not about the person is, but what you see…I have boys and girls some of who are lesbian and gay and they inspire me to love what I am doing.

Q: I do understand what pageant coach is but in your own words can you please describe in specific details what you do to develop A: I groom them to be themselves and never think that they’re not good enough as in today's world, some people can really break you. And I always remind them that no one is perfect hence they should love their imperfections. Q: So in other words you're a life coach for young kids not specifically pageant models?

A: You can say that… I am trying to motivate and coach at the same time as for me it's not about what's outside but what's inside a person. You see, I had my personal challenges that affected my selfesteem, from being married and getting divorced and losing the new love of my love when I was sure I had a new opportunity to get married again and determined to make it the best, our sudden separation made me feel unworthy and unattractive too. I had a bit of challenges admiring myself and my friend advised me to enter Miss Africa and I was like, “no ways, did you see those women’s bodies?” Then his level of concern indicated to me that there’s really some damage in how I thought about myself. And I felt the pressure to try to love myself again and appreciate myself regardless of my personal experiences.

INTERVIEW

Q: Wow!!! So much to have been through but I'm glad it has brought you to a life changing position where you have a power to build others- And? Q: I see... And you decided you'll learn to love yourself while you are teaching others the importance of self-love and confidence?

A: I learned a lot from my models as well, I don't pretend about who I say I am and what you see is what you get.

Q: I see and I'm proud of you. Is that all you do for these boys and girls?

A: Indeed, sometimes as youngsters can't talk to their parents about their social challenges and it's concerning. I always say if you walk on that stage, own it.

Q: So in just a few words, what inspired you to be a pageant coach?

A: I just love how it brings out the smile on my face when I see that I made a difference in these kids’ lives.

Q: I believe it started as an idea, but you could've not implemented that idea... What drove you to make it happen?

A: As I used to have keep my smile on and at times I felt that the pressure's getting too much I’d go to my room and let it all out and when I go out I had to put my smile back on- I felt we need to know that we’re not perfect and whatever one goes through is not their responsibility, it shouldn’t restrict us from being happy. God knew how he made you, it's beautiful and we need to love it.

Q: So my next question is... What challenges have you encountered in your career as a pageant coach and what have you learnt from them?

A: I learned that it's not about winning, but about just being with different girls from all cultures. We learn a lot and I took away so much from that, it’s been an amazing journey. And as a pageant coach, I learned that I can tell my models to just love who they are and never let anyone tell them differently.

Q: What is your biggest vision?

A: To host my

fashion show. own pageant and these boys and girls.

A: For me I wasn't good enough ,I had to look at my kids and ask myself if I don't love myself, how will my kids look at me?