The Pitch

So, on the 5^th of April we had our pitch. Jessica and I stayed awake until late the night before practicing what we where going to say. We decided to use everything we had to win this pitch. At school I usually don’t dress the same way as when I am modelling. For castings and Go See’s I look, well, I hate to say it, but ‘like a model’; High heels, big bag, tight pants, or little dresses so the client can see your best assets; not in a hoochy way but in a very simple stylish way. A clean look. At school I wear sweaters and sports shoes, not badly dressed but casual, not standing out.  For our pitch we went all out! High heels, cute little dress, accessories the whole shaaabang!!!

Jessica and I are both 1.84 cm tall, I guess we drunk a lot off milk when we where growing up, and of course the upside down stretching helped ;) well 1.84  is like 6.0 ft , that is quit an eye catcher like it or not (I don’t like my height )…then top that height off  with a good few inches of heels on I almost reach 1.90 cm, 6.3ft | 6.4ft. Basically two giants hahahaa! We met know ‘ledge in front of the location, The Trouw. When he saw us he had to laugh (men get confused when they deal with taller women), so he made a little joke at his own expense.

We where the second to last holding our pitch, 27 groups had shared their ideas already. Some pitches where really original, others very interesting and some not so good.  Most of the students pitching where very nervous, we could tell, they where holding there papers in front off them and you saw there hands shaking from nerves. The stopwatch that the judges where using dint help of course. Every group only had two minutes to do their thing. When the timer went off the group had to stop immediately even if they didn’t finish their story.  Jessica and I felt very anxious too. It was terrifying trying to sell our idea to a proper venue in two minutes.

We looked at each other once more and then said to each other: use what we have. Our seven years of modelling gave us good presentation skills. We had to be ON! It doesn’t really matter what you say, it’s all about the signal you sent out. its all about energy. Make the judges feel comfortable. Its like a casting basically ;-) Smile sparkle and shine.

We walked on… we had two minutes, the judges started the timer.

Kno ‘ledge stood in the middle, Jessica and I on his left and his right. He started by rolling out a toilet roll with his poem written on it. It was very quiet; you could hear a needle drop. He presented his poem with passion and strength. When he finished the crowd went CRAZY applauding and cheering for him. We made our entry! Well Kno ‘ledge did. I looked at the judge with the stopwatch because time was ticking away; she smiled and put it on pause till the room was quit again. When everybody settled down we held our 1-minute pitch. It went well.

The judges disappeared for there deliberation, we went outside to get some fresh air…..pfff we where done J All the students kept on saying ooow look the winning group. Quite embarrassing. We where called back in side and the prizes where handed out by the judges. It was very strange feeling because lots of people told us that we should win, but we didn’t think we had the strongest concept. Then the first prize was given and yes…..it was us ….!!!

We took Kno ‘ledge to stage and claimed our prize.. UNION will be realized.

XoXo

UNION

Location:  De Trouw

Time:        20:00 | 00:00

Date:         07-06-2012

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