Jackson Chamber Of Commerce - Miss Jackson Information Letter

Miss Jackson Scholarship Pageant

An Official Preliminary to The Miss Missouri / Miss America Scholarship Program

A Project of the Jacksonian Charter Chapter of A.B.W.A.

The Jacksonian Charter Chapter of ABWA is proud to sponsor the Miss Jackson Scholarship Pageant to be held on November 17, 2007. The pageant will be held at 7:30 PM at the Jackson High School Auditorium, Jackson, MO. This preliminary is open to all young women ages 17-24 and is an official open preliminary to the Miss Missouri / Miss America Pageant. Entrants must reside or attend school in the state of Missouri (there is a 6-month residency requirement for school or as a resident). According to guidelines from The Miss Missouri Scholarship Pageant, the following forms, information and copies need to be submitted for entry to the local preliminary competition.

The forms listed below are required for entry into Miss Jackson. The contract, resume and platform information that require your name and the name of the local pageant and city it's held.

Contestant required materials: there are a total of 9 forms or items you must submit

The following 4 forms are available on-line from the Miss Missouri website

- click on “2008 Contestant Forms”

1. 2008 Local Pageant Contestant Contract (fill and print out)

2. Local Scholarship Rules (initial a copy)

3. Contestant Resume (see Sample Resume for details on how to submit a resume)

4. Platform Issue Information (see Sample Platform for details on how to submit your platform

Information)

The following 2 forms are available by email attachment (Word format) or can be sent by US mail. Request forms by sending an email to: missjacksonpageant@charter.net or you access the forms by going to the Jackson Chamber of Commerce website: www.jacksonmochamber.org

5. Talent / Production form

6. Miss Jackson Application

The other 3 necessary items you must submit to enter the Miss Jackson pageant:

7. Photocopy of birth certificate to verify age

8. 1 photograph - used for publicity and program (any size, photos will be returned to you)

9. Proof of Residence / Photocopy of your recent college transcript

These 9 items must be received by Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 to be included in publicity and the pageant program. The final deadline to enter is Saturday, November 10, 2007! Talent duplication will be determined by postmark. Another letter and detailed schedule of events will follow upon receipt of your entry forms. We must have all forms by the November 10, 2007 deadline, please send your entries to:

Miss Jackson Scholarship Pageant

% Marybeth Williams

P.O. Box 85

Jackson, MO 63755

Or entries may be emailed to: Email: missjacksonpageant@charter.net

All local pageant forms are available on-line at:

www.jacksonmochamber.org

Click on “About Jackson”, use the dropdown,

Click on Clubs & Organizations

Click on A.B.W.A.

Additional Responsibility: CMN Children’s Miracle Network

The National Platform of the Miss America Organization

Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping kids by raising funds for 170 children’s hospitals across North America. In 2007, Miss America was named a goodwill ambassador for Children’s Miracle Network. In the new partnership, Miss America will continue to promote her personal platform, but also help raise awareness and funds for CMN. Contestants are to raise a minimum of $100 before they may enter a local preliminary. A portion of all funds raised also goes back to the Miss America Organization and the individual state and local pageant programs.

Here’s how you do it!

1. Each contestant log onto www.missamerica4kids.org to create her own CMN web page.

2. Once registered, contestants will e-mail friends and relatives and ask for donations to support Children’s Miracle Network and the Miss America Scholarship Fund using a simple e-mail system.

3. Friends and relatives will then log on to their contestant’s web page to make secure online donations using a credit card or check.

Local directors will verify that contestants who have entered the local preliminary have achieved their $100 fundraising goal. Fund raised in excess of $100.00 for a local pageant will roll over and be available to use for the contestant’s second local pageant. Once she wins a local pageant, any excess funds in her account are rolled over and can be applied toward her $250 fundraising goal that she must meet as a contestant for Miss Missouri.

Schedule of Events

November 3, 2007 - Deadline to enter pageant and be included in pageant publicity

November 10, 2007- Final deadline to enter pageant

November 17, 2007 - 9:00 AM - Rehearsal - Jackson High School Auditorium

November 17, 2007 - 2:00 PM - Interviews – Chamber of Commerce, Jackson, Missouri

November 17, 2007 - Miss Jackson Scholarship Pageant - 7:30 PM - Jackson High School

Auditorium, Jackson, MO

Additional Information

Competition:

1. Interview (25%)

Interviews will be 10 minutes. You will be introduced to the judges, then stand behind

a podium. There will be no opening statement about yourself, after a 9 and ½ minute interview, you will have 30 seconds for closing statement. You will be stropped at the 10 minute mark. Dress for interview is business attire, something worn to a job interview.

2. Evening Wear Competition (20%)

Contestant should wear evening wear of her choice.

3. Talent (35%)

Talent can only be 2:00 minutes or less. Only CD accompaniment can be used. Talent must be performed live, no lip-sync or prerecorded sounds (i.e.: tap sounds).

4. Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit (15%)

You may wear one or two piece swim suits during the swimsuit competition.

5. On-stage Question (5%)

This phase of competition will be held after the Evening Gown segment.

Other Information -

Please look at the contestant resume on the Miss Missouri website, and create one according to the rules and regulations. This is the first place the judges will become acquainted with you. Make that impression one that counts!

The Miss Jackson Application and the Talent Forms are for our use only. It may be

handwritten or typed. This form will not be given to the judges; it is for publicity and office

use only.

Rehearsal will be at 9:00 AM, Saturday, November 17. We have limited time for

rehearsal and to complete everything required. Therefore it is necessary that you be

prompt allowing rehearsal to run on schedule. We will draw numbers to determine

the lineup. Our rehearsal is "closed". Only contestants, the production staff and the

participants in the entertainment will be allowed in the auditorium during rehearsal.

Please remember this request and plan your transportation accordingly.

The opening production number will feature the "Jackson Honors Children’s Choir”. During the opening number you will introduce yourself, please wear dark jeans and a bright colored top.

Opening number outfit suggestions:

Dark long jeans – plain or with embellishment. Tank top, turtleneck, t-shirt, any sort of bright colored top. Please no torn or extremely faded jeans. You may wear heels, sandals, your choice on shoes. The opening number will be fun and up-tempo, let yourself have a good time!

Duties of Miss Jackson:

1. Represent Jackson at the Miss Missouri Scholarship Pageant in June of 2008.

2. Attend civic and cultural events in and around Jackson during 2007-2008.

3. Give programs about the Miss Missouri Scholarship Pageant and your community service

platform to local Jackson Civic Clubs and groups.

4. Develop and work on a community service platform.

5. Represent the ABWA chapter during Jackson's annual Christmas Parade the first

Saturday of December (December 1, 2007).

6. Attend Miss Missouri Orientation, in the Spring of 2008.