She helped me take off my dress, then I slid off my flats and wriggled out of my white tights. Tommy had told me to wear pantyhose even for this round, he had bought me a pair of nude pantyhose. The woman approved as well, telling me it was something a lot of the girls here did. I took them from my suitcase and slid them up my legs. They matched my skin tone but gave my legs a soft glossy sheen. He'd also bought me a one-piece swimsuit which was really tight and showed off a lot cleavage, more than I ever normally would, but he said it would suit my character. Then I also had to put on a pair of white high heels to complete the outfit. I remember looking at myself in the really revealing outfit and thinking it wasn't how I pictured being a detective. But then they announced we had to go back on stage and I didn't have time to linger on it.
Once again we all had to line up and pose on the stage. But this time I felt so much more exposed and it was harder keeping that constant smile on my face. We had to make this pose with our hips tilted to the side and our hands resting on them. When he called our names individually we had to walk out to the end of the catwalk and do a few poses to show off every angle of ourselves. There were no questions this time, it was like we were just presenting our bodies for their approval.
When I went out I could see the judges eyeing me up and down, not to mention the dozens of people all around me staring at me in just a swimsuit. I think I probably blushed a little. But I managed to get through the posing then eventually the round was over.
-Markus Jones | an excerpt from: An Interview With Emily Lockwood - A Perilous CYOA
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Emily Lockwood enters the second round, where things are really starting to heat up in... The Pageant! A case so complicated that it will require three outfit changes before the mystery is solved!