Eligibility Requirements
The Miss Washtenaw County Scholarship Program is a closed local franchise in the Miss America Organization and the Miss Michigan Scholarship Program. Contestants are required to follow all of the rules and regulations set forth by MAO and MMSP.
AGE
Contestants must be at least 17 years of age on the date of the local pageant. The contestant must also have completed High School before competing at the state pageant, in June 2012. The contestant will be no older than 24 years of age on December 31, 2012.
A copy of your birth certificate must be presented at orientation. If you have previously been a contestant in Miss Washtenaw County we will already have a copy on file.
An eligible contestant for Miss Washtenaw County is a resident, student, OR employee of Washtenaw or Livingston Counties. Each category is described in detail. Please read carefully. You must fall into ONE of these categories and at orientation submit the required documentation that verifies that you have met that eligibility criteria.
RESIDENCY
Contestant is a resident of Washtenaw or Livingston Counties and has been for a minimum of six months preceding the pageant date. The contestant must submit two of the following items, in the contestant’s name. Financial information may be deleted or blackened out.
Michigan State Drivers License
Auto Registration
Voter’s Registration Card
Lease
Utility Bill
Federal or State Income Tax Return
STUDENT
Contestant is a full time student (12 credit hours minimum) within Washtenaw or Livingston Counties. Out of state students must have been enrolled for the six months preceding the pageant date. Michigan residents must be currently enrolled. The contestant must submit two of the following items: one of which shows the credit hours currently enrolled for. Financial information may be deleted.
Copy of Student ID
Official Transcript
Letter from Registrar
Copy of Registration
EMPLOYEE
Contestant is employed full time in Washtenaw or Livingston Counties and has been for a minimum or six months preceding the pageant date. Contestant must submit one of the following. Financial information may be deleted.
1) Copy of pay stub dated six months prior to pageant date showing hours worked and copy of most current pay stub showing hours worked.
2) Letter from immediate supervisor or human resources department verifying current full time employment status, including the six month period preceding the pageant date.
NATIONAL PLATFORM
In addition to her personal platform all local contestants and title holders will be ambassadors for Children’s Miracle Network. This new national platform will provide the Miss America Organization the opportunity to not only raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network, but also to raise additional funds for the Miss America Scholarship Foundation.
Service, one of the four points of the crown, has always been important to contestants striving for the opportunity to be Miss America. To build on this, contestants competing at any level in the Miss America system will now be expected to raise a minimum of $100 to support Children’s Miracle Network and the Miss America Scholarship Fund. This is not an entrance fee, but rather a new service requirement to participate in Miss America sponsored pageants.
Contestants must register online at www.missamerica4kids.org and click on New Contestants. Contestants may register and complete their fundraising goal at any time. The pageant year cycle that you are registering for is 2013. You are a local contestant competing for the title of Miss America 2013. If you are paying by check you can bring your check to orientation made out to Children’s Miracle Network. Donation forms will be available at orientation and I will mail all checks together. The deadline for CMN donations for the 2011 Miss Washtenaw Pageant is Contestant Orientation on September 18th. For further questions or to request fundraising tools please write to Laura at mwced1@msn.com or call at 734-383-3119
AGE
Contestants must be at least 17 years of age on the date of the local pageant. The contestant must also have completed High School before competing at the state pageant, in June 2012. The contestant will be no older than 24 years of age on December 31, 2012.
A copy of your birth certificate must be presented at orientation. If you have previously been a contestant in Miss Washtenaw County we will already have a copy on file.
An eligible contestant for Miss Washtenaw County is a resident, student, OR employee of Washtenaw or Livingston Counties. Each category is described in detail. Please read carefully. You must fall into ONE of these categories and at orientation submit the required documentation that verifies that you have met that eligibility criteria.
RESIDENCY
Contestant is a resident of Washtenaw or Livingston Counties and has been for a minimum of six months preceding the pageant date. The contestant must submit two of the following items, in the contestant’s name. Financial information may be deleted or blackened out.
Michigan State Drivers License
Auto Registration
Voter’s Registration Card
Lease
Utility Bill
Federal or State Income Tax Return
STUDENT
Contestant is a full time student (12 credit hours minimum) within Washtenaw or Livingston Counties. Out of state students must have been enrolled for the six months preceding the pageant date. Michigan residents must be currently enrolled. The contestant must submit two of the following items: one of which shows the credit hours currently enrolled for. Financial information may be deleted.
Copy of Student ID
Official Transcript
Letter from Registrar
Copy of Registration
EMPLOYEE
Contestant is employed full time in Washtenaw or Livingston Counties and has been for a minimum or six months preceding the pageant date. Contestant must submit one of the following. Financial information may be deleted.
1) Copy of pay stub dated six months prior to pageant date showing hours worked and copy of most current pay stub showing hours worked.
2) Letter from immediate supervisor or human resources department verifying current full time employment status, including the six month period preceding the pageant date.
NATIONAL PLATFORM
In addition to her personal platform all local contestants and title holders will be ambassadors for Children’s Miracle Network. This new national platform will provide the Miss America Organization the opportunity to not only raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network, but also to raise additional funds for the Miss America Scholarship Foundation.
Service, one of the four points of the crown, has always been important to contestants striving for the opportunity to be Miss America. To build on this, contestants competing at any level in the Miss America system will now be expected to raise a minimum of $100 to support Children’s Miracle Network and the Miss America Scholarship Fund. This is not an entrance fee, but rather a new service requirement to participate in Miss America sponsored pageants.
Contestants must register online at www.missamerica4kids.org and click on New Contestants. Contestants may register and complete their fundraising goal at any time. The pageant year cycle that you are registering for is 2013. You are a local contestant competing for the title of Miss America 2013. If you are paying by check you can bring your check to orientation made out to Children’s Miracle Network. Donation forms will be available at orientation and I will mail all checks together. The deadline for CMN donations for the 2011 Miss Washtenaw Pageant is Contestant Orientation on September 18th. For further questions or to request fundraising tools please write to Laura at mwced1@msn.com or call at 734-383-3119
