Miss Missouri Pageant

Miss Missouri Pageant 2012 Local Pageant Forms Instruction

Director Material includes forms and information that each local director needs. Some are to be shared with contestants, some with the local board and some are to be returned to the Miss Missouri office. The following forms, listed in bold caps and in red, are the local director paperwork that must be returned to us WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE LOCAL PAGEANT.

 FRANCHISE REQUEST: The request is to be sent in with a $50.00 fee. At the following Miss Missouri Board meeting your pageant will be considered. We will notify you of your pageant’s status.

 FRANCHISE AGREEMENT MUST BE SENT TO STATE AT LEAST 30 DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR PAGEANT! Without this agreement we cannot guarantee you to be covered by our insurance.

2012 MISS MISSOURI LOCAL PAGEANT RULES AND REGULATIONS. This document gives directors the rules which must be followed in your local pageant.

1. LOCAL WINNER NOTIFICATION. Please fill this form out with your winner immediately following your pageant and email to the person(s) on the form as soon as possible (same day or next morning) PLEASE, DO NOT DELAY.

2. CONTESTANT CERTIFICATION Prior to allowing a young woman to compete it is the director’s responsibility to make sure that the contestant meets all of the eligibility requirements.

3. SCHOLARSHIP RIDER NOTIFICATION: Please make sure your contestants understand your policy about scholarship payment prior to competition. Make it part of your local paperwork. Keep a copy for your records and send one that states your policy to us.

4. LOCAL ORGANIZATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND AFFIDAVIT: Please note it is due 30 days after your pageant and again in 6 months. This is a Miss America required form.

5. STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACT: see Local Contestant and State Contestant paperwork for these.

6. Local Scholarship Rules and Regulations. These rules and regulations are in effect for all Local Pageants associated with the Miss Missouri Pageant. These rules were approved by the Miss Missouri Pageant Board of Directors and are to be followed exactly by all Local Pageants in Missouri. This form is included in the local contract and must be completed by the local pageant and initialed by your contestant.

7. Miss Missouri Pageant Scholarship Rules and Regulations. These were sent by Miss America Organization and all states & locals are to use these guidelines. Please become familiar with them as there may be some differences. These are very similar to the Local Pageant Scholarship Rules and Regulations but there are slight differences. Please be familiar with the differences. Each contestant should be given a copy of the Local Scholarship Rules and Regulations and should sign and return with her local paperwork.

8. Platform Issue Information. Each contestant in a local competition must include this with her Contestant Packet. You will find a Sample Platform and Instructions for Platform Statement for you and your contestants. This format will be required of the winner for state pageant: see Local Contestant and State Contestant paperwork for these.

9. Contestant Resume. Each contestant in a local competition must include this with her Contestant Packet. You will find a Sample Resume and Instructions for the Resume for you and the contestants. This format will be required of the winner for the state pageant: see Local Contestant and State Contestant paperwork for these.

10. Local Pageant Badge Request. Self-explanatory but please note the deadline. Also, please note the information regarding gifts, etc. in the auditorium as well as the comments regarding noise, etc, in the auditorium during rehearsals.

11. Code of Business Ethics. Each member of the local pageant committee should receive a copy of this code and sign a copy of the Compliance.

12. Code of Business Ethics Compliance Form. This compliance form remains with the local pageant. Do not send to state.

13. CODE OF BUSINESS ETHICS REPORT FORM. List each local pageant volunteer who has signed the Code of Business Ethics Compliance Form.

14. IN-KIND SCHOLARSHIP FORM. Several schools offer scholarships in their local areas. Please see the 2011 Program book for our supporters. Or better yet, maybe a new donor can be found in your area. Send only if your pageant award “In Kind Scholarships.”

2012 Local Pageant Forms List Page 1 of 2 15. MiSS MISSOURI FIELD OPERATIONS REPORT FORM. This is a new form and is required by Miss America Organization for each local pageant. We will require this form to be filled out and submitted by Orientation.

16. LOCAL CONTESTANT CMN & OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS FORM. (attached to Operations Report) Give one form to each contestant and mail in each form or you may assimilate them onto one form.

17. Mutual Contract Release. This is to be used if a local pageant contestant is holding a title other than one in the Miss America system.

You must mail red titled forms within 30 days of holding the local pageant; with the exception of the Miss Missouri Local Field Operations Report which is due by Orientation.

IMPORTANT NOTE: All forms have been updated. Please discard any and all old forms. Only 2012 paperwork will be accepted.

MAIL ALL PAPERWORK TO:

Miss Missouri Pageant P.O. Box 351 Mexico, MO 65265

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