Rules and Regulations
Applications can be completed and submitted through Sunday, June 2, 2024. Please use the contact information provided if you're interested in an early entrance incentive of $250.00 by May 28, 2024. Entrance after this date will be $300.00 (Cash app, Venmo, Zelle, Paypal, or cash).
All interested contestants are asked to attend the contestant's meeting or send a representative. Applicants are considered until Sunday, June 2, 2024, @ 5:00 pm.
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Categories
Contestants will be judged in the following categories:
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Presentation in any shade
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Runway
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Talent
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Creative Gown
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Top 5 Questions (7 or more contestants)
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Scoring
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Judging will be on a point-scoring system. Score sheets will be provided by MMI National Pageantry in increments of five (5), totaling 25 points per category.
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In the event of a tie of final placement for winner/first, the tie will be broken by a question. We will offer a Top 5 with seven (7) or more contestants.
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Dancers and Props
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No dancers or stage props are allowed in any category except the Talent category.
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Only mobile/handheld items are allowed during the Creative Gown category (escorting to the stage is also accepted).
Talent
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Setup for the Talent category is three (3) minutes (setup and breakdown). YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN PERSONNEL. The length of the contestant's talent must not exceed seven (7) minutes.
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Contestants will be allowed one(1) helper at no cost. Additional persons involved in the contestant's talent performance must pay a $20.00 entrance fee.​
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Only CDs, flash drives, and emails are permitted. Please have an additional backup copy ready and available with a designated person to whom we have been made aware. Please use a high-quality disk to ensure proper sound.
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Music for each category (except Talent) will be provided by MMI National Pageantry!
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Any contestant or their assistant(s) caught in the act of stealing, or abusing drugs and/or alcohol will be disqualified from the pageant and removed from the theater immediately. OVA Productions and MMI National Pageantry reserve the right to a final decision that may not be covered in this set of rules and regulations.