  Being a Beauty Queen is a way of life.&nbsp;That quote&nbsp;I got that from Melanie Marquez in one of her&nbsp;guestings in a talk show here in the Philippines.
So what in the hell was I thinking&nbsp;quoting her on my blog? Nothing. Like other Filipinos, I'm&nbsp;fascinated with Beauty Queens and Beauty Pageants in general.&nbsp;I remember when my siblings&nbsp;and I were younger, we'd play pretend.&nbsp;Playing&nbsp;Beauty Queen was one of our favorite&nbsp;role-playing games (next to playing Fairies and Queens).
We'd&nbsp;don our cape (bed sheets, one end&nbsp;tied around our necks), wear our crowns (cardboard cutouts adorned with glitters and collored paper), and hold our scepters (barbecue stick, although&nbsp;there was one time i&nbsp;used a TV antenna) while we promenade around the room, waving at the imaginary audience. Of course, being the eldest, I'd be Ms. Universe. My younger brother would be Ms. World and&nbsp;my sister would be Ms. International. That young, we&nbsp;already had an idea of the hierarchy of beauty pageants.&nbsp;So I'm just wondering if that was how Melanie Marquez's childhood was like.&nbsp;Did she ever, as a child, practice walking like a Beauty Queen?
Or hold a make-believe scepter and wear a cardboard crown? Did she practice her smile and her wave in front of&nbsp;the mirror? If fulfilling dreams is as easy as living it, I would probably be a beauty queen by now. hahahahahaha. 
