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Eligibility Requirements
(as of September 2010)
Age:
Contestant must be at least seventeen (17) years of age AND at least a
senior in high school to compete in the current pageant season.
Contestant can be no older than twenty-four (24) years of age on
December 31, 2010
Residency/Work/School:
Contestant must satisfy AT LEAST ONE (1) of the following requirements:
1. Contestant must prove she is a Pennsylvania resident for the six (6) month
period preceding the local pageant date.
OR
2. Contestant must prove she is a full-time employee in Pennsylvania for the
six (6) month period preceding the local pageant date.
OR
3. Contestant must prove she has successfully
completed at least one semester as a full-time (at least 12 credit hours)
student and is presently enrolled and attending
classes on a full-time basis at an accredited college or university in the
Pennsylvania. Also no more than six (6) months may have elapsed between the
completion of last full-time semester attended and the beginning of the next
full-time semester to be attended at a college or university in the Pennsylvania.
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CHILDREN'S
MIRACLE NETWORK DONATION
A minimum donation of $100 must be made to the Children's
Miracle Network for each local pageant entered.
Donations of $400 or more will permit you to enter ALL
Pennsylvania locals for the 2007/2008 pageant year
The procedure for raising the $100 is as follows:
1. Go to
www.missamerica4kids.org
2. Find the blue box entitled "New Contestants Click
Here" Even if you competed at Miss Pennsylvania in June 2007
you will need to set up a new "ID" to use for ALL local
pageants in which you participate in the year leading to the
2008 Miss Pennsylvania Pageant. You will use the same "ID"
for all local pageants in which you compete.
3. Click on the box.
4. You will be taken to the Contestant Profile Page
where you will fill in your First Name, Last Name, State
(Pennsylvania), Pageant Year (2009), Fund Raising
Goal (at least $100), Email Address, Address, City and Zip.
You will also create a User ID and Password. In addition,
you may upload a small photo from your computer, if you
wish. The picture, in blue, below shows you the page on
which you are completing your profile.
5.When done with the page hit "save."
6.You will then be given directions on how to submit
the funds to "Miss America 4 Kids." Please note that some
contestants are choosing to raise the money themselves and
then submitting it rather than sending many emails to family
and friends. Also note that if extra money beyond the
required $100 is raised that the extra can be "rolled over"
to compete in other upcoming local pageants for the 2008
pageant year or, should you win a title, be applied to the
$250 that state contestants are required to raise for the
state competition.
6.Many other answers to questions can be found in the
"Frequently Asked Questions" section of the Miss America 4
Kids website.
7. The information in blue below was received from
Miss America and answers some questions about "rollover" of
funds donated for one pageant to another pageant.
CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK
- QUESTIONS/ANSWERS ABOUT DONATIONS
MAO National Platform
Donation Roll-Over Information
Donations, in excess
of the minimum amount required for each pageant,
collected by a contestant, may be rolled-over for
use in multiple Local Pageants, State and National
pageants within a pageant cycle. A pageant cycle
starts with the Local pageant that leads to State,
which leads to the National pageant for a title
leading to Miss America within that pageant cycle.
When a contestants starts a new pageant cycle at the
Local level (which could involve several Local
pageants for that cycle, no funds are rolled over
from the prior pageant cycle (Miss America title)
and everyone is at the same starting place for
fundraising.
Local Level
All contestants must register at
MissAmerica4Kids.org.
Dual local pageants only require each
contestant to have a minimum expected goal of $100
(not $200).
Any donations collected in excess of
the $100 for Pageant 1, will automatically roll-over
into the contestant’s excess account and will be
used toward their fundraising goal for Pageant 2.
Any excess funds from Pageant 2 will automatically
roll-over and will be used toward their fundraising
goal for Pageant 3, etc.
If a contestant does not go on to
compete at the State level, any excess funds over
the $100 per pageant entered will be equally
distributed among all the local pageants the
contestants competed in.
Donations in the amount of $400 or
more will qualify you for all local pageants in
Pennsylvania during the current pageant cycle.
State Level:
Should the contestant win a local
pageant, any excess donations will automatically
roll-over and be applied to the $250 minimum
required for the State Pageant.
Should contestant collect donations
during her state competition, then the “borrowed”
excess funds from the local level will be returned
to the local level for allocation under the local
accounts.
National Level:
Should the contestant win the State
pageant, any excess donations will automatically
roll-over and be applied to the $500 minimum
required goal for the National Pageant.
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Judging Consists of:
(Information Subject to Change)
- Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit - 15%
- The above scoring, which totals 100%, will result in the
determination of the Top Five contestants. The names of the Top Five
WILL NOT BE ANNOUNCED AT THE PAGEANT. The names of the Top Five
will, however, be given to the judges in competition order. The
judges will then rank the Top Five giving 10 points for a 1st place
vote, 5 points for a 2nd place vote, 3 points for a 3rd place vote,
2 points for a 4th place vote and 1 point for a 5th place vote. The
resulting totals will determine the pageant winners.
Important Dates for Contestants in
the 2010 Miss MidState Scholarship Pageant
Applications, Fact Sheets, Talent Request Forms and General Information will be available starting on
October 12, 2009. All forms will be available on the website, by email or
by regular mail. If you wish to have the forms sent by email or regular
mail please contact us. Please keep in mind that we will accept no more
than 25 contestants. If more than 25 women apply for the pageant, the
additional contestants will be placed on a "waiting list." In order to be
considered a contestant the Application, Fact Sheet, Critical Issue
Essay, Photo and Birth Certificate must have been received.
Entry Applications Available - October 12, 2009
Deadline for Entry Applications - December 15, 2009 (See
Note Above Regarding More Contestants than can be Accepted)
Fact Sheets -
December 15, 2009
Photos Due -
December 15, 2009
Critical Issue Essays Due -
December 15, 2009
Talent Request Form Due -
December 15, 2009
Program Book Information Form Due -
December 15, 2009
Performance CD's or Tapes Due - January 17, 2010
Rehearsal - Morning and Early Afternoon of Sunday, January 17, 2010
at the Hershey Area Playhouse at Country Meadows in Hershey (See Directions Below)
Interviews - Morning and Early Afternoon of Sunday, January 17, 2010
at a place to be determined.
Pageant - Sunday, January 17, 2010 in the Late Afternoon at the Hershey
Area Playhouse at Country Meadows in Hershey
Contestant Forms for the 2010 Miss MidState Scholarship Pageant
Forms now Available!
The forms listed below are available as both Microsoft Word and
Adobe Acrobat files. To download the Microsoft Word files to your
computer, left click on the name of the file and select either "Save" or
"Open." You may also right click on the name of the file and select
"Save Target As." A dialog box will appear. Save the file to your
computer. Remember the folder to which you have saved the file so you
can open the file later. If you click on one of the Adobe Acrobat files
it will open in either Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader provided you have
one of them installed on your computer. If you do not have either
installed, Adobe Reader is a free download by clicking the link below
the files. After your downloads are complete, you may then open the
files in Microsoft Word and complete and edit the form or print the
Adobe Acrobat form and complete it on a typewriter. You are not
permitted to alter the spacing of the Fact Sheet. You may, however, add
extra lines between the lines you were given on the forms in order to
increase the amount of information you provide. Please note the
instructions contained in the Fact Sheet Instruction file below. After
you have completed the forms, send them to the pageant. This may be done
as email attachments or by U.S. mail.
Download the 2010
Fact
Sheet (Microsoft Word)
Download the 2009
Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat)
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the Hershey Area Playhouse