All competition paperwork is due at orientation.  The judging panel needs ample time to review your paperwork and prepare for the interview competition, so your paperwork must be submitted in a timely manner.  Please download the checklist below to help you with preparing everything to be turned in.  If you have any questions, please contact us.  

The online application will be available in May 2012.

Register at www.missamerica4kids.org in order to raise the required CMN donation (due by dress rehearsal).  
 

Please make sure the contestant contract is completely filled out, signed, and notarized*.  Any supplemental information (applicable for you) should be attached.  If you have any questions on how to fill out the contract, please ask!

*If you do not have access to a notary, we will provide one for you at orientation.

Eight copies each of your résumé and platform issue statement are to be turned in at orientation.  A final copy must also be uploaded below or e-mailed to Brooke VanBelle by the day of orientation. 

Your résumé is the first impression you will give the judges.  Please proofread it carefully and include anything about yourself that may spark their interest.  Your résumé must follow the Miss America approved format.  We have provided you with a sample of a contestant's résumé and the directions for correct formating.  Please follow them carefully.

Like your resume, your platform issue statement will be one of the first things the judges see from you.  Make sure you proofread it.  Your platform issue statement must follow the Miss America approved format.  We have provided you with a sample of a contestant's platform issue statement and the directions for correct formating.  Please follow them carefully.

Although your talent music is not paperwork, it's also due at orientation.  You may upload your 90 seconds or less talent selection in the form below or bring a copy on CD with you to orientation.

Please note that talent song selections are registered on a first come, first served basis, so it's important to register your music as soon as possible.  Two contestants cannot perform to the same song even if they are performing different talents.

You are responsible for making the desired cuts to your music.  The time limit for the talent competition is 90 seconds.  The version you turn is must be of competition quality.  Talent CDs may not be enhanced.  For example:  Background vocals cannot sing the same words at the same time as the performer.  If you find that you are having problems please contact us prior to orientation.
 

The Ashlee Baracy Community Service Award is an optional scholarship opportunity which seeks to encourage and reward the Miss Wayne County contestants who donate their time and talent to worthwhile community projects.  This competition is judged by a separate judge and does not have a direct effect on the final outcome of the pageant. 

To enter this optional competition, please submit the following by the third rehearsal:
1.  A one-page essay about your community service work.
2.  One reference letter from a non-relative who is in a position to evaluate your community service work.