Your Mrs. Kentucky Plus America 2013: TONIYA COLES

I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Toniya Coles at the 2013 POSED fashion Awards. She and two other queens presented the award of Best plus size designer of the year. She does lots of charity work and does a lot with children. 

 
1. What is your current title?

My current title is Mrs Kentucky plus America and Miss plus America people’s choice  2013

2. How did you feel when you were crowned?

 I was so excited when I won I was so thankful to Jesus

3. What does being Mrs. Kentucky Plus America 2013 mean to you?

 My title means to me to promote my platform and to make more plus size woman aware of the plus size pageant

4. Do you have a platform or charity?

 Yes my platform is no child left hungry to increase the awareness of childhood hunger

5. How has being a title holder helped your charity/platform?
 I always wore a crown before the pageant because my father is the king of kings and I AM ROYALTY but adding a sash too it helped

6. What do you hope to gain by your participation in pageants?
 To promote self esteem in plus size women, to let the world know that we are beautiful no matter what they say

7. Is you family/partner supportive through your journey?

 My FAMILY IS MY BIGGEST FAN

8. How do you feel about title holders who pose nude, semi-nude?

 Well me being a Minister I feel that should be left behind closed doors

9. What titles have you held?
 Miss Teen Michigan 1984
Mrs Kentucky Plus America 2013
Miss Plus America Peoples Choice 2013

10. Has competing in pageants helped you grow as a person? as a woman? mother? how so?

 Let's say it has been an interesting Ride

11. Do you watch "Toddlers and Tiaras"? How do you feel about children in pageants?

 I have seen the show and I think the age should be 10 to be fair to the children

12. How do you feel about "pageant hopping", going from state to state within the same pageant system to compete?

 I don't agree on state hopping for the same pageant it should be one and done just like Miss America

13. What made you compete in your first pageant? 
 The Scholarship

14. How long have you been competing?

 15yrs

15. What was your first title?

 Miss Teen Michigan