I am proudly the former Miss New Hampshire USA 2010, Nicole Houde! I had the best year of my life during my
reign and I learned so much throughout my amazing experience! I competed in the national competition for
Miss USA 2010, which I was in Vegas for two weeks for attending various events, making appearances, being
trained on how to walk and pose, doing rehearsals, and much more. While there I was lucky enough to have my
make-up done multiple times by the official make-up artists of Miss USA 2010, where I really
learned a lot of great tricks and tips. Also, as one of my prizes from Miss NH USA I won free make-up
lessons from celebrity make-up artist, Debra Macki, who does amazing work! I also did a make-up training
course through Motives where I got ceritified as a Motives Senior Consultant. But for me make-up has always
been something I was really good at and absolutely loved doing. I have always enjoyed trying new looks,
colors and doing my friends and family's make-up all of the time for special occasions.
I have always been into working out, being active and staying in shape but it wasn't until I decided to try
out for Miss NH USA 2010 that I really dedicated myself to working out a lot. One of the main reasons I
wanted to try out was to motivate myself to get into better shape and to help better myself overall. So I
started working out really hard all on my own and I just tried my best to transform my body into what ended
up being a winning body according to the judges of Miss NH USA 2010! After winning that, which was a huge
shock to me and such an honor, I had to prepare for the national competition, Miss USA 2010! So I got a
personal trainer that helped me for about 4 months to get into tip-top shape for the biggest competition I
would ever be in! I worked out really hard and ate almost perfect, still cheating here and there, and got
myself into the shape that I thought they were looking for and that I wanted to be in, which wasn't super
skiny but just fit, having muscle, being lean and toned. Unfortunately, I didn't place in the competition
but I was more than happy for myself for all the hard work I put into it and with my overall body physically
and mentally. The entire competition really taught me a lot and definitely helped me to become the person
I am today and has continued to keep me motivated to better myself and help those around me as well!
So after all that I realized you know what, I learned so much from my experience and I enjoyed doing
everything that I did so why not expand that into my career and do what I love?! So I got my make-up artist
certification, I got my personal training certification, and I decided to take on pageant training as well
since I learned so much throughout my year long journey as Miss NH USA 2010! Now I look forward to helping
others better themselves and reach for their goals because a lot of times life gets in the way, we get
distracted and just need a little extra boost and help to get things on the right track.