There is absolutely NO travel required !
City Title Holder Information
-Every city AND COUNTY
in each state can be represented. Participant may represent any city where she lives, works,
attends school, church,
spends significant time, or has extended family. This requirement is the same for the state level as well. Participants who
are in military families can represent their home city/state as well, or any state/city where significant time is spent or
where she has extended family.
-A participant must hold a city title
to compete in the state competition and a state title to compete in the national pageant.
-Participants are not required to advance to the state level or the national level of the competition if they
choose not to, these are seperate competitions. There are no application fees for any levels but to accept a title a
sash purchase is required for appearances as a delegate.
-State competitions Toddler Miss
Division and up will be in June. Nationals for Toddler Miss Division and up March. Cities
and or states that do not yet have a local title holder may continue to be filled throughout the year by the National
Director/Assistant National Director. Baby Miss States are at the end of the summer usually the last weekend in August
or the first weekend in Sept. Baby Nationals are also held in March.
-Some applicants may win by default if there is no other applicant for that division in THAT city
or state, we do NOT release information pertaining to the number of applicants in any division
- When there is a competition, more than one interest in a particular state or national title,
judges will be 3 independent individuals chosen by My Girl. Each will judge a contestant based on the criteria
required for her division. All judges decisions are final. If there is more than one interest for a city/county title,
a delegate will be chosen ( by the National Director/Assistant National Director) based on information provided
on submittted applications.
-Toddler Miss and above city title holders
must be a city title holder for at least 2 months to compete in the state competition. Those chosen within 2 months of
the state competition will be eligible to compete in the state competition the following year. Baby Miss Division city title
holders need only be a city title holder for a month before applying for the state competition.
-A city title holder may chose to apply for a different age division at the state/national level. For example
a Toddler Miss Division city delegate may apply for the Tiny Miss state title, or another example a Miss Division city delegate
who marrys within her reign, may apply for the Mrs. state title. However EVERY state applicant must be a current My
Girl city title holder.
- City Queens who move during the year may
compete for either their current state title or previous state title.
-Platform
choice must meet approval of the National and or Assistant National Director.
-Participants
MUST be born female.
-To accept any My Girl title, an official My
Girl appearance sash must be purchased at time of each acceptance.
-State/National title
holders may be selected on an "at large" basis, by the National and/or Assistant National Director if a
title is left unfilled.
STATE /NATIONAL
COMPETITION
RULES
Tiny and
Little Miss
State competitions and National competitions are separate competitions and winners will
determined by the following which must be submitted 4 weeks prior to state competition:
- log of time spent on community involvement activities
-log
of time spent participating in activities as a city/state queen (appearances of any kind)
-nomination letters (maximum of three) from teachers, friends, family
Titles will be awarded as follows:
1- Queen
4- Princesses
1 - Princess (Princess state title
holders will be eligible to participate at the national level in a princess level competition)
4-Starting at Nationals in 2011 a Mini-Miss Division State/National Queen Title will also
be awarded.
STATE/NATIONAL
COMPETITION RULES
Pre-Teen & Junior Miss
State competition and National competition is a separate competition and winners will determined by the following
which must be submitted 4 weeks prior to state competition:
-
log of time spent on community involvement activities
-log of time spent
participating in activities as a city/ state queen (appearances of any kind)
-nomination
letters (maximum of three) from teachers, friends, family
Titles
will be awarded as follows:
1- Queen
4- Princesses
1-Princess (Princess state title holders
will be eligible to participate at the national level in a princess level competition)
STATE/NATIONAL COMPETITION RULES
Miss
State competition and National competition is a separate competition and winners will determined
by the following which must be submitted 4 weeks prior to state competition:
-
log of time spent on and impact of chosen platform involvement activities
-log of time spent participating in activities as a city/state queen (appearances of any kind)
-nomination letters (maximum of three) from teachers, friends, family
- NO TALENT REQUIRED
Titles will be awarded as follows:
1-
Queen
4- Princesses
Princess (Princess state title holders will be eligible to participate at the national level in a princess level
competition)
Application for state competition will sent via email
to all local title holders.
For all fairness, we do NOT disclose
how many applicants we have in any one location.
Mini
Pageants
(Miss Hometown Holiday, Miss Little Lady Liberty, Miss
Liberty, Shamrock, Pumpkin Patch Princess)
All rules for each contest
will be posted on the individual Mini Pageant Page
For Mini Pageants there
is no double crowing.
On date applications/materials for judging are due,
cut off time is always that date at 5pm EST. No acceptions.
Special Grand Supreme title and prize may be awarded at Judges' discretion.
