The reality show contest I have been privileged to work behind the scenes on has been quite the learning experience. I have gotten to work with truly professional, high-quality people in the industry of my interest and have learned a great deal from their willingness to share. However, and somewhat unexpected to me, I have also learned from the actual contest at play as well.
Fashion design is certainly not something I expect to develop a particular invested interest in. It is an art I do appreciate, even if I am not particularly fashion-adept, but will just be one of those areas of life relegated to the back-seat of my interests. The 'contest' part of this thing has been instructive, if not quite motivational, because of the way events played out from beginning to end.
In the first week one of the contestants seemed to dominate with his victory only to be eliminated the very next week for his apparent lack of skill in the next challenge. Not something I would have expected.
One of the contestants was very consistently strong, winning outright two of the weeks, and full of confidence going into the final challenge.
In the second week a girl was eliminated yet in the third week was randomly selected to return to the competition. She went on to win the fourth week competition, then ultimately the entire contest in the final week despite very visible self-doubt earlier in the contest. I am quite happy for her, having literally been crossed off the list of potential winners at one point, only to find luck's grace, and ultimately reclaim her confidence as the overall victor through her purposefully acquired skills and hard work. It all made for a nice story-book sort of experience to witness.
Well... I am sure I can apply this to my life in several ways if I think about it. In any case it is inspiring. It is real. And I wish her, and all those like her, all the success they can handle.
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