I feel ignored in pageants

I am holding pet pageants and photo pageants to raise money for chairties , It is hard because nobody will enter mine apart from family. Girls enter each others but not mine. I am wanting to hold an state pageant , I have to do it all by myself and I am scared nobody will enter it 😞 I love helping those in need because my parents are not well off so I understand how it feels. I have only been in pageants since 2021. I tried making friends with the other girls but one ended up hurting me really bad at my first pageant , I still congratulated her on winning even after what happened. I have been in 12 pageants so far , it is not like im brand new to it. When I try to buy their outfits for sale , they ignore that too. I love competing , I really do even though I never win. I just feel sad I am so ignored by the other girls