Vendors at your pageant
Two kinds of people serve your contestants: those who apply to you, and those you recommend. They work differently on purpose.
Hair, makeup, and tanning apply to you
They apply to your pageant themselves, with their name, a phone number or a booking link, and a short description. You approve or decline.
Approved vendors appear to your contestants, who contact them directly. You are not in the middle of the booking and never handle anyone's money.
You will not see any of this until somebody actually applies. Nothing about vendors appears in your pageant until it is relevant to you.
Coaches and photographers you recommend
These you add yourself, as a recommendation. It is your endorsement rather than an open application, which is the right shape for someone your girls are trusting with coaching or with their photos.
Declining is quiet
A declined applicant simply does not appear for that pageant. No appeal, no notification to your contestants, no trace. It is your pageant.
Vendors can see they were worth it
We count how many contestants viewed a vendor and how many tapped their phone number or booking link. That gives a vendor a real reason to come back next season, and gives you something concrete when you ask them to sponsor.
What this deliberately is not
There is no directory of judges, and no marketplace for people you hire — videographers, venues, printers.
The line: vendors here exist to serve contestants at your pageant. Anyone you hire yourself belongs somewhere else.
Questions directors ask
Do I get a cut of vendor bookings?
No — and neither do we. Contestants contact vendors directly and any arrangement is between them. Pageant Alert is free and takes nothing from vendor business.
Can a vendor join more than one pageant?
Yes. A vendor applies per pageant, so a good local hair stylist can serve every pageant in her area, season after season.
Last updated 2026-08-23.