**Miss Capital City is an OPEN pageant**

Eligibility for Competition:

One must be:

• a single female between the ages of 17-24
• a high school graduate before July 30, 2011
• not less than 17 years of age on the date of the local pageant nor more than 24 years of age before December 31, 2011
• a permanent resident for at least six months, or a full-time student for at least one semester, or a full-time employee for at least six months in the State of Georgia

The deadline for competition registration is August 30, 2010. The following items must be RECEIVED by August 30, so please allow sufficient time if mailing. The forms must be typed and you must use the required forms.

*Please include your email address on your forms*

Please Note that there is a National Platform for Miss America: The Children’s Miracle Network. All contestants competing in a local preliminary are required to complete the Service Requirement of raising $100 for the CMN. This is a tax deductible donation. 40% goes to the Children’s Miracle Network, 30% to the Miss America Scholarship Fund and 30% to the local pageant. Contestants are not required to handle any money. All fundraising must be done via internet and email. Please visit the official website at www.missamerica4kids.org. Here you can register and get answers to frequently answered questions. Please call or e-mail us if you have ANY questions.
In order to compete in the Miss Capital City pageant you must complete your requirement by September 24, 2010. We will check the missamerica4kids website to ensure your compliance and no contestant will be allowed to compete unless she has fulfilled this requirement.

Click Here to learn how to register with CMN

REQUIRED: Click To Download

1. Contestant Cover Letter - PDF Format
2. Contract - PDF Format (CONTRACT MUST BE NOTARIZED)
   (Simply fill in the appropriate blanks after first highlighting the existing text. Filling one blank will automatically populate all similar blanks. No other text may be changed, added or deleted. Please remember to make a hard copy of your finished contract before closing the file since this Adobe PDF file cannot be saved.)
3. Resume Sample (PDF Format) and Instructions (PDF Format) ***please note: the resume has changed for miss contestants; please use this form instead of the old form***
4. Platform Essay Sample (PDF Format) and Instructions (PDF Format)
5. Production Information Form - PDF Format
6. Talent Request Form - PDF Format
   (in case of two requests for the same music, the contestant whose form is received first will be allowed to use the music)
7. Scholarship Rules and Regulations-Click Here
8. Contestant Photo ( 300dpi jpeg ) Please email the jpeg to erin@misscapitalcity.org
9. Music CD (no tapes, CDs only please; music cannot exceed 90 seconds in time)
10. Proof of Residency (driver's license or school transcript, etc.)
11. Birth Certificate
12. $100 CMN requirement due by September 24, 2010
    

    Please send all of the above in time to be received by August 30, 2010 to:

    Amy Haney
    Miss Capital City Pageant
    1120 Sunrise Field Court
    Lawrenceville, GA 30043