Faith Ward

So finals was probably the most crazy day of my life.

They had about 80 girls all come together from all over the country, right?

I knew there was a couple of international candidates.

So we all sit down and you just go up and you do a solo one at a time.

And this is when you all do the dance.

This is when you do your dance.

This is where all my dancing training from growing up was going to come to play.

I was like, okay, Faith, you know you can do this stuff.

This is where you need to show that this is your strong suit.

Where I knew that the field stuff, the pom-poms, I hadn't really done before.

So I was like, you need to show them now that this is you and this is why you're here.

And then in the field stuff, fake it till you make it, girl.

So there I was giving it my best shot.

I performed a really beautiful lyrical piece and gave it my all.

I put in all my best tricks, told a really great story behind the dance as well.

And I could tell that they were really enjoying it by just looking at their face on the panel.

And that was like the most rewarding feeling knowing that like,

I'd been training for like three months leading up to that audition, obviously my whole life, but like just on that specific dance for that three months of running it and then performing it and looking at their faces.

And like the owner of the company, Jerry Jones's daughter was sitting there, Charlotte, and her face just lit up.

And I remember just looking at her thinking, oh my goodness, does she like me?