Chapter 380

Roxanne and Yvonne sat in the waiting room, neither speaking a word. Off to the side, Yvonne silently dabbed makeup on her reddened cheek while Roxanne kept her eyes on the live feed playing on the room's screen. The two left each other completely alone. Yasmin's number was in the 70s. Thus, by the time it was her turn, all the contestants with real talent—the ones worth noticing—had already been seen by the judges. For someone like her, with average talent and looks, going later in the lineup almost guaranteed she would be overlooked. If she had been placed earlier, maybe she could have caught some attention riding the wave of the standout contestants before her. But her number was too far back. To make it onto the screen, being pretty was just the starting point. And to stand out among so many talented women, the ones who came later didn't just need looks; they needed real skill and something memorable to set them apart. Yasmin obviously understood this. So, when she took the s