Status
- STAR – You are a BEGINNER in your talent/category!
· Anyone that walks virgin and/or regular categories for 1-2 years or more.
· You are just learning your talents (DJ'ing, Commentating or Category)
· You have won MAJOR balls in that time frame.
·You have made it to the last battle and/or left a memorable impression on the runway.
· You have created a ballroom buzz about yourself and people are noticing you.
- STATEMENT – You are ADMIRED for your talent/category!
· You have walked 1 or more categories or have been doing your talent for 3-5 years or more.
· You have won A LOT of MAJOR balls in that time frame.
· You may have or may not have received honorary ballroom awards for your contributions in the scene.
·You have made it to the last battle and/or created memorable moments on the ballroom runway within that time frame.
· You are becoming well known in the ballroom scene.
· You may have or may not have judged a major/mini ball.
· You are paying your dues, earning respect and recognition within the ballroom scene for your wins and the moments that you have created on the runway for your talent/category.
- LEGEND – You are a MASTER of your talent/category!
· You have CONQUERED your talent or 1 or more categories for 6-10 years or more.
· You have won MANY MAJOR balls in that time frame from STATE to STATE.
· You are looked at as a Leader by your peers.
· You are very well known in the ballroom scene for the MANY wins and MANY moments that you have created on the runway for your talent/category.
· You may have or may not have been a parent of a house or a parent in a house.
· You may have or may not have judged major/mini balls.
· You may have or may not have thrown major/mini balls.
· You may have or may not have accomplishments outside of the ballroom scene that pertain to your talent/category.
·You may have or may not have received honorary ballroom awards for your contributions in the scene.
·You can STILL walk and WIN balls OR make it to the last battle over the old/new competition in your category to this day.
· Your name is a ballroom household name based off of the things that you have done on the runway.
· You are often imitated by others, spoken highly of and/or even feared when it comes to your talent/category because of all that you have accomplished with it.
- ICON – You are the BLUEPRINT of your talent/category!
· You have been involved within the ballroom scene for 20 years and beyond.
. You go above and beyond the affiliation of your house and concentrate on bettering the overall ballroom community.
· You have won countless trophies throughout the years for 1 or more categories.
· You DO NOT have to walk balls anymore if you do not want to because you have created a ballroom LEGACY of your own within the ballroom scene.
· You have received honorary ballroom awards for your contributions in the scene.
· You are often imitated by others, spoken highly of and/or even feared when it comes to your talent/category because of all that you have done with it.
· You have created a LEGACY within your talent/category and/or you have created a LEGACY within the ballroom scene and/or the LGBT community.
· You are VERY well respected and looked at in the highest regard by many of your peers.
· You are a PIONEER within your talent/category and/or the ballroom scene.
· You have gone above and beyond for your talent/category and/or even changed the game when it comes to your talent/category.
·Your name is and will FOREVER be stamped within ballroom history based on the wins, moments, accomplishments and LEGACY that you have created within the ballroom scene for your talent/category.
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Famous quotes containing the word status:
“Knowing how beleaguered working mothers truly are—knowing because I am one of them—I am still amazed at how one need only say “I work” to be forgiven all expectation, to be assigned almost a handicapped status that no decent human being would burden further with demands. “I work” has become the universally accepted excuse, invoked as an all-purpose explanation for bowing out, not participating, letting others down, or otherwise behaving inexcusably.”
—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)
“What is clear is that Christianity directed increased attention to childhood. For the first time in history it seemed important to decide what the moral status of children was. In the midst of this sometimes excessive concern, a new sympathy for children was promoted. Sometimes this meant criticizing adults. . . . So far as parents were put on the defensive in this way, the beginning of the Christian era marks a revolution in the child’s status.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)
“[In early adolescence] she becomes acutely aware of herself as a being perceived by others, judged by others, though she herself is the harshest judge, quick to list her physical flaws, quick to undervalue and under-rate herself not only in terms of physical appearance but across a wide range of talents, capacities and even social status, whereas boys of the same age will cite their abilities, their talents and their social status pretty accurately.”
—Terri Apter (20th century)