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| PNB: If you could be either Miss America or Miss Universe, which would you prefer to be? Why? Shindle: If I had to choose one, it would be Miss America. Definitely. I can justify my participation in a pageant by way of the platform issue I was able to choose and be an advocate for. I understand that the Miss Universe participants are getting involved on behalf of organization-dictated issues. That's terrific as well. But the Miss America Organization is something special, and the qualifications necessary for the job fit me well, with the talent and academic-style interview. But I will admit that there are still times, when I'm watching the Miss USA Pageant or the Miss Universe Pageant, that my competitive juices really start flowing. |
| I'm 22 right now, so I still have several years of eligibility if I want them. I would love to be a part of that competitive aspect of pageantry again. Obviously, it would require a different look than competing for Miss America, but that would be fun to develop. There are two reasons I don't compete. |  |
 | The first is that I'm not very good at just "going for the experience." I would want to do well, and if I did well, that would mean I'd have to be a titleholder for another year. I really don't think that I want to put my life back in cold storage and start packing a crown in a suitcase again. The second reason is that there would be such an enormous amount of pressure and scrutiny from the pageant community that I would have to work really hard to keep it fun. It doesn't seem to be in the cards for me, but I readily admit that it's a temptation. |
| PNB: Kate, you were the national spokesperson for the 7th Annual Make-A-Difference day in Washington, D.C., in October 1997, which is one of the largest service days in the nation. Did that event live up to its billing? What contribution did that day make to the improvement of life in the U.S.? Did that event and your participation in it disappoint you in any way? Shindle: Nothing I've ever done or will ever do in the way of bettering my community could possibly disappoint me. |
| I think any effort is a worthwhile effort, and if Make-A-Difference day gets people out of their recliners and into the trenches helping others, then I'm all for it. Millions of people are helped each year on that day so I was proud to be a part of it. I got to do hands-on volunteer work which really thrills me. I helped build a playground, played basketball with at-risk kids, and spoke at a health fair. After quite a bit of speaking, I had been dying to get my hands dirty again, and Make-A-Difference day was a perfect opportunity. |  |
| PNB: Are you Miss Shindle or Ms. Shindle? Shindle: Miss, Ms., whatever. Most of the time I'd rather just be Kate. PNB: Lastly, Kate, here is a good old reliable pageant question for you. Five years from now, what will be happening in the life of Kate Shindle? What about 20 years from now? Shindle: Wow! Five years from now, I want to have some strong theater and possibly TV and film credits, and I might be in L.A. I've also just released a Christmas CD benefiting the National AIDS Fund at www.ssprecords.com, and I am working on a demo, so I'd like to have a recording contract. In other words, I want a fairly stable career. Twenty years from now, who knows? If the world still has AIDS, I will still be an activist. Maybe a family, depending on how financially stable my life is. I don't want to have kids and have someone else raise them while I work all the time. I don't want to be 42 and still trying to figure out how I'm going to pay the rent every month, which is a definite possibility with a performance career. And the one thing I know for sure is that in 2019, I don't want "Miss America 1998" to be at the top of my resume. It will always be on there, just as it will always be part of who I am. I'm proud of that, but I don't want the only great achievement of my life to have come when I was 20. I feel like I still have a lot left to accomplish, and I can't wait to find out what new challenges lie ahead. |
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