! ! ! ! ! Dear Contestant, ! ! The pageant is quickly approaching, and we hope you’re looking forward to a great pageant! ! Included in this packet you will find: ! ! • A pageant itinerary ! • A letter regarding the parent ZOOM meeting ! • Information regarding the Top 5 interview and a form for your Top 5 contestant ! question. Please bring the form with your contestant question to registration! ! • A COVID Release Waiver that you must sign and return before the pageant. If you are ! under 18 years of age this form must be signed by a Parent or Guardian. ! • Order forms to purchase a pageant DVD and/or photos. ! • A link to purchase Contestant Buttons (a great way for your fans to show support or a ! ! souvenir of your pageant experience) and a MISS USA T-Shirt! The deadline for ! ordering Contestant Buttons is June 23rd. T-shirts will also be available for purchase at ! registration. Order here: http://www.missillinoisusa.com/finalpacket ! ! There will be a Contestant ZOOM Orientation on June 22, 2021 at 7:00 pm. John Vannatta, the ! Executive State Director, will go over details about the pageant, the scoring procedure, and ! introduce you to other staff and pageant volunteers. A link to the Zoom meeting is below. ! ! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83538369340?pwd=anRkMHdZZm5RQ0pCZjdrcVVadD ! diUT09 ! ! The pageant is being held at The Braden Auditorium on the campus of Illinois State University ! ! in Normal, IL. Park in the back parking lot and enter through the glass doors. Please carefully ! review the weekend itinerary. If you have any questions, call or email the pageant office. ! Teen’s will need to be at registration on Saturday, June 26th and Miss will need to be at ! registration on Sunday, June 27th. Please arrive with hair/make-up complete and dressed ! ready for your Judges Interview. Before your Interview your will take a headshot photo and a ! full length interview photo. You will also record a video introduction to be played at the ! beginning of both shows. As always, if you have a conflict with the arrival/registration time, ! please contact us as soon as possible. ! ! ! We are looking forward to discovering who will become the next Miss Illinois USA and Miss ! ! ! Illinois Teen USA for 2021! Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions prior to your ! ! departure for the pageant. You should be very proud of yourself for stepping out of your ! ! comfort zone, and taking on this challenge. We will see you at the Braden Auditorium in Normal. LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN! Regards, John, Jason, Jennifer, Karen, and Sherri ! MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA® 2021 PAGEANT ITINERARY SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2021 7:30 am Registration at: Please arrive with Hair/Makeup complete Interview Groups 1 & 2 Braden Auditorium and dressed ready for your judges interview. (Bone Student Center) 8:00 am Illinois State University Remaining Groups 200 N University St Normal, IL 61761 8:00-10:30 am Judges Interviews Before you go into Interview you will take an individual headshot photo, full length Interview photo, and record a Video Intro that will play at the beginning of each show. 8:30-10:30 am Rehearsal 10:30 am Dress Rehearsal 12:00 noon Lunch and Prepare for Show Dressing Room Area 2:00 pm 2021 MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA Ticketed Event – PRESENTATION SHOW Braden Auditorium 4:00 pm Dress Rehearsal 6:00 pm Dinner and Prepare for Show Dressing Room Area 8:00 pm 2021 MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA Ticketed Event – CORONATION SHOW Braden Auditorium Crowning of 2021 Top 5 to remain on stage for photos. All MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA other contestants released. SUBJECT TO CHANGE – Always check with contestant supervisors for updated locations & times NOTES: Be sure to label all of your belongings. All contestants are released following their Coronation Show. No one is allowed on-stage, backstage, or in the dressing area, but you may meet your family at the back door to help carry your belongings. The pageant staff no longer accepts responsibility after the coronation show. The newly crowned titleholder will be required to stay Saturday and Sunday night and meet with the pageant director Monday morning for contract signing. A hotel room will be provided if needed along with 3 tickets to the Miss Presentation and Coronation shows. The new titleholder will also have her first official photo shoot on Monday. We will provide hair, make-up and some wardrobe for the shoot. This will take at least half of the day Monday, and is NOT optional. MISS ILLINOIS USA® 2021 PAGEANT ITINERARY SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2021 6:30 am Registration at: Please arrive with Hair/Makeup complete Interview Groups 1 & 2 Braden Auditorium and dressed ready for your judges interview. (Bone Student Center) 7:00 am Illinois State University Interview Group 3 200 N University St Normal, IL 61761 7:45 am Interview Group 4 8:00 am Remaining Groups 7:00-11:00 am Judges Interviews Before you go into Interview you will take an individual headshot photo, full length Interview photo, and record a Video Intro that will play at the beginning of each show. 8:30-10:30 am Rehearsals 10:30 am Dress Rehearsal 12:00 noon Lunch and Prepare for Show Dressing Room Area 2:00 pm 2021 MISS ILLINOIS USA Ticketed Event – PRESENTATION SHOW Braden Auditorium 4:00 pm Dress Rehearsal 6:00 pm Dinner and Prepare for Show Dressing Room Area 8:00 pm 2021 MISS ILLINOIS USA Ticketed Event – CORONATION SHOW Braden Auditorium Crowning of 2021 Top 5 to remain on stage for photos. All MISS ILLINOIS USA other contestants released. SUBJECT TO CHANGE – Always check with contestant supervisors for updated locations & times NOTES: Be sure to label all of your belongings. All contestants are released following their Coronation Show. No one is allowed on-stage, backstage, or in the dressing area, but you may meet your family at the back door to help carry your belongings. The pageant staff no longer accepts responsibility after the coronation show. The newly crowned titleholder will be required to stay Sunday night and meet with the pageant director Monday morning for contract signing. A hotel room will be provided if. The new titleholder will also have her first official photo shoot on Monday. We will provide hair, make-up and some wardrobe for the shoot. This will take at least half of the day Monday, and is NOT optional. ! ! ! ! ! ! Dear Parent, ! ! You are invited to attend a parent ZOOM meeting on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 7:00 pm. ! John Vannatta, the Executive Director of the Miss Illinois USA and Miss Illinois Teen USA ! Pageant, will conduct the meeting and discuss the competition, the program, and answer any ! of your questions. ! ! This is a great opportunity to get to know the directors, and meet other parents. It’s also a ! good way to learn about the judging procedures and what to expect iF your daughter is ! selected as Miss Illinois USA or Miss Illinois Teen USA For 2021. Attending the meeting is ! optional, but we encourage you to attend, iF possible. A link to the Zoom meeting is below. ! ! ! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87659700967?pwd=TVYvNkRxT3UvMEdHeWV ! vbjBuWDB6dz09 ! ! Thank you For the continued support oF your daughter and this program. Our contestants are ! stepping out of their comFort zones in an efFort to make a diFFerence in other people’s lives ! and their own. Please applaud them For their eFForts, and always give them positive ! encouragement. ! ! Regards, ! ! ! Vanbros and Associates StaFF ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Dear Contestant, This is a recap of how finals night will unfold. As the pageant progresses past preliminary competition, the field of contestants will be narrowed to our group of semifinalists, and then 5 finalists. The semifinalists will compete in Swimsuit (MISS) or Athletic Wear (TEEN) and Evening Gown Competitions in order to narrow the field to 5 finalists. The 5 final contestants will then participate in an on-stage interview competition. Each of the 5 contestants will receive 2 questions. First they will receive a "contestant question." Each of you will need to submit a question that you would like to ask of a top-5 finalist. You should bring your question to registration and turn it in then. Be sure to include your name and title on your question. The staff will review all of the questions and select the best 10 questions.! On final night, should the author of any of those 10 questions make the final 5, her question will be removed from the pile. Then, 5 of the remaining questions will be chosen to give to the emcee. Each of the final five will draw one question to answer. She will be told which of her fellow contestants submitted the question. Please give due consideration to the question you ask. This is your chance to participate in determining what questions the top-5 will have to answer. The second question to be asked will be the traditional "judges question." Each of the five judges will submit a random question, and each of the top-5 will randomly draw one of the judges' questions that they will then answer. This process will be explained again during orientation, so if you have questions feel free to ask for clarification at that time. In the meantime, please think about various questions and formulate opinions; but speak from your own heart with your own words! Also, please don't forget to write a question that you want asked to a member of the top-5. Be sure to label it with your name and your title. Have fun, and Good Luck! John M.