Pageant Secrets To Success
About Alana Morgan:
Alana Morgan is an actress, journalist, model, titleholder and a philanthropist! With a longstanding interest in a wide variety of topics, she's built an extensive portfolio and has become a leading voice in the media. She regularly contributes stories to a number of print publications and websites, always pursuing honest and engaging stories. She has held a variety of titles. Such as Miss Teen Universe US, Miss Teen California United States, Miss Beverly Hills Teen USA, and Junior Miss South Bay USA. She competed in the 2021 Miss Teen Universe pageant in Dubai!
Grounded in her platform to inspire young girls, Alana participates in an array of charitable efforts. She has received a letter from Barack Obama and the White House for her hours of community service. Alongside being a board member for the weRpossible project to help end teen suicide, she constantly promotes her kindness platform. Alongside being a titleholder, she is university track athlete, former head anchor on channel 6 television, on her universities dean list and former high school varsity cheerleader.
About Tara Rice:
Tara Rice is the Founder of Miss West Coast Productions Inc., established in 2013. Since 2013, Rice has produced 29 Pageants in California. The Annual Miss West Coast Pageant is held in Los Angeles, California and is now a three state title pageant including California, Arizona and Nevada contestants. In 2017, Rice became the State Director of the California United States Pageant. As a Pageant Director and Coach she has helped many girls, teens and women to capture the crown of both State and National Titles.
In 2022, 4 of the Miss West Coast titleholders captured the prestigious United States National titles under the direction and coaching of Rice. In 2019 and 2020, she was awarded Best State Pageant Director and Best State Pageant by Pageant Planet where pageantry industry professionals review all the pageants. In 2022, Rice was voted Top 3 Best Pageant Director in the world and ranked in the Top 10 Best Pageant Prize Package. www.misswestcoastpageant.com
Rice’s pageantry journey began when she was 19 years old. On a whim she entered her first pageant in 2000 and won Miss Teen California All American. During her reign as Miss Teen California she gained self confidence and public speaking skills which lead her to pursue a career in modeling, acting and hosting. Rice attributes her success in the entertainment industry from the experiences she had competing in pageants for 7 years. She has been in over 35 national commercials, guest starred in TV shows and landed lead roles in feature films. In 2021, she was named a Top 25 influencer in Los Angeles featured in the Los Angeles Entrepreneur Magazine. This year she’s excited to launch her coaching business, Pageant Secrets to Success with partner Alana Morgan, whom she has been a director and coach to since she was 12 years old.