Being judged implies you being marked notice or observed by someone else. That may be for the purpose of some evaluation or on a general basis. When you are being judged, you should make sure that you put your best foot forward and get acknowledged and appreciated. Adjudicators are the ones who judge and the contestants in a contest get judged by the adjudicators. Adjudicators are normally called “judges”. In contests, one has to be judged and evaluated by the adjudicators and judgment only decides the winner of the contest. In general, no one likes being evaluated without any rhyme or reason. The reason is pretty simple. When one is behaving normally, one does not prefer coming up all made up so as to project a goody-goody image in front of others. While when one is contesting some contest one projects one’s finest image in front of the audience and the adjudicators. But judgment is something that one has to face invariably, while contesting the contest of life. So, stay ready to be judged and try to impress the judges so as to win any contest eventually. In the words of Kate Moss, “Everyone's projecting onto you, or you feel like everyone is judging you. I feel like I'm being judged a lot of the time. You become really self-conscious.”
