5^th Annual Miss Southern Belle Scholarship Pageant

　Age Divisions:

Part One 2:00 pm Part Two 7:00 pm

Baby: 0-12 months Teeny: 1-2 years old

Tiny: 3-5 years old Petite: 6-7 years old Little: 8-9 years old

Jr: 10-12 years old Teen: 13-16 years old

Miss: 17-25 years old  Mrs: 17-up

The 5^th Annual Miss Southern Belle Pageant will be done in two parts. Part One is for ages 0-9 years old. Registration begins at 12:30 on August 25, 2012 and the pageant will start at 2:00 p.m. Part Two is for ages 10 and up. Registration begins at 4:00 p.m. and the pageant will start at 6:00 p.m. Interviews will be from 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm and then again from 4:00pm to 5:30 pm.

Miss and Mrs Divisions: Miss should be 17-25 years old and must not be married, have children or be pregnant and Mrs should be 17-up and no restrictions apply.  Mrs can be married, not married, single mom, divorced, widowed, etc.

Jr., Teen and Miss divisions will have an interview session with the judges prior to the pageant. Time and place will be announced and/or given to each contestant at rehearsal or before. Interview suits are not required, but the majority of the contestants will be wearing either a dress suit or a pant suit.

Jr. - Miss - Entry Fee: $85.00 (includes mandatory Country Wear and Grand Supreme)

Baby - Little - Entry Fee: $75.00 (includes Grand Supreme)

OPTIONALS:

Country/Western Wear - Fee $10.00 Prettiest Dress - Fee $10.00

Prettiest Hair - Fee $10.00 Prettiest Smile - Fee $10.00

Photogenic Natural - Fee $10.00 Photogenic Glamour - Fee $10.00

FACEBOOK "LIKE" CONTEST - FREE (Winner of each age

Division wins $20 cash on stage)

Entry for everything is $100.00 if paid by August 14, 2012.  EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT IS $75 IF PAID BY July 14, 2012 and includes all optionals (Older girls saves $50).

There is a $25.00 sibling discount. Only one person is allowed back stage with the contestant. One person will be allowed to get in free per contestant. Tickets will be $5.00; children 3 and under will get in free. Tickets will be on sale at the door that night. Program Books are $5.00 each. Program Books are very nice. They are bound books with a picture of each contestant and many, many sponsors. Good luck ads are available and the funds given for the good luck ads will go toward the Hospitality Queen tally.

When paying application fees, you can mail a check or use paypal. If you use paypal, please add 4% to the payment due to paypal's fees. My paypal account name is abfletcher@windstream.net.

PRIZES: Each age division will have a queen, 1^st runner-up, 2^nd runner up, best country wear and the optional winners. Queen will receive nice crown, 2 foot trophy, satin embroidered sash, crowning pin and flower bouquet and lots of nice prizes from our sponsors. 1^st Runner-up and 2^nd Runner-up will receive a trophy. Best Country Wear and optionals will receive a trophy. All others will receive a participation trophy.

SCHOLARSHIPS: "Junior" will receive a $75 Cash Award. "Teen" Queen will receive a $100 Cash Award and "Miss" Ga Southern Belle Queen will receive a $200 Cash Award. This cash award will be given to the Queen at the end of her rein. Each scholarship queen is required to attend at least two appearances.

FACEBOOK QUEENS: Cash Awards only will be given to the winners. A picture (via email) will be placed on my FB profile in the contestants age division. Voting will start on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 12 noon and will end Friday, August 24, 2012 at 12 noon. This will give each contestant one full week of advertising and will also help them to raise money for hositality queen if they so choose. The contestant with the most "likes" will win Facebook Queen for her division. Cash award of $20 to each winner. Winners will be announced during the awards. This will be fun for contestants and their family and friends.

COUNTRY WEAR- This is an event to have fun with! Outfits can be off the rack or custom made. One winner from each age division will win a trophy. Country Wear is optional for the 0-9 years age divisions and it is mandatory for JR, TEEN and MISS.

PHOTOGENIC- There are two photogenic categories. One Natural and One Glamour. If you are participating in either of these photogenic categories, I will need them by Thursday, August 23, 2012 so as not to have chaos at rehearsal. Your photogenic picture can be any size, but please no larger than an 8x10.

PROGRAM PICS

All program pictures must be submitted to via email abfletcher@windstream.net by August 10, 2012.

MISS HOSPITALITY QUEEN

There will be two Hospitality Queens crowned. The two contestants that sell the most ads will receive a crown and a satin sash. There will be one queen crowned from the age group of 0-10 years old and one queen crowned for the age group of 11-25 years old. Money for ads must be turned in by Wednesday, August 22, 2012. There will be runners up in this category. Runners up will receive a trophy.

Program Ad Pages: 1 Full Page and ad on back of t-shirt-$200.00; 1 Full Page- $100.00; ½ Page- $50.00; ¼ Page- $30.00; Business Card- $20.00

GRAND SUPREME WINNERS - There will be one grand supreme winner for each pageant. There is no double crowning except where Popularity Princess and Hospitality Winners are concerned. The Grand Supreme Winners will receive a large crown, a 3 foot tall trophy, silk sash, crown pin, flowers and over $100 worth of prizes. You must be entered into all categories to be eligible for Supreme.

POPULARITY PRINCESS- There is no entry fee for this category. There will be two Popularity Princess winners- one in our 0- 9 divisions and one in our 10- 25 divisions. The winners will receive a sash and a trophy. Votes are $1.00 and may be turned in at registration or during the pageant. Start collecting your votes now. These are not done by division.

ON STAGE INTRODUCTION: The JR-MISS DIVISIONS will have an on stage introduction. The contestant will need white pants, shorts or capris. The contestant will also wear their pageant t-shirt that will be given to each contestant at rehearsal. Shoes are optional. The contestant can wear 4 inch heels, flip-flops, sandals, tennis shoes or no shoes at all. THIS IS NOT JUDGED, SO HAVE FUN.

The stage will be set up as follows…

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                                                                                 Enter here / Exit here

                                                            X1 /X5

Podium  X4                                                                                       X3

                                                              X2

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                                                         Judges here

BASIC "T" WALK

You will enter, walk to X1 and stop for your name and number to be called out; then walk to X2 model and show back of dress, walk to X3 model, then walk to X4 model; then to X5 and wait again for your name and number to be called out before exiting the stage.

The winners of the Baby-Little pageant should come back around 7:30pm that night to be introduced at the Jr.-Miss Pageant and stay until other pageant queens are crowned. A picture of all the queens will be taken after the last pageant for the newspaper. Winners will be asked to appear at functions in and around Moultrie during their reign. We will have a float in the May Day Parade in Doerun, Georgia and at the Christmas Parade in Moultrie, Georgia.

REHEARSAL: Practice will be Friday, August 24, 2012.  Practice will be at 6pm for the Baby-Little, if you would like to come practice the walk, drop off your photogenic pictures and pick up your t-shirt. We ask that all Junior, Teen and Miss contestants come at 6:30pm to learn and practice their introduction dance.

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

1. Contestant numbers will be assigned in reverse order. First application in will be last out. NO EXCEPTIONS.

2. Contestants will compete in the age division they are the day of the pageant with a 30 day grace period.

3. The Ga Southern Belle Scholarship Pageant is open to anyone in the United States.

4. Video cameras are allowed. Cameras are allowed. We will have a professional photographer backstage and at both sides of the stage taking action shots of every contestant.

5. Queens will receive cash award at the end of their reign provided they have fulfilled their obligations. Each Queen must attend at least 2 events during the year. There are usually four or more events/appearances each year.

6. Contestants must not be pregnant or convicted of any crime.

7. Anyone acting in a disorderly manner or displaying conduct relating to poor sportsmanship will be disqualified without a refund.

8. No refunds unless the pageant should be canceled.

9. Entry fees must accompany application.

10. Each contestant will need to email a photo for the Program Book to abfletcher@windstream.net.

11. Junior, Teen and Miss will be scored, 30% on a five-minute interview, 10% on personality, 10% on Confidence, 10% on Poise/Grace, 20% on Beauty, 10% on Personality and 10% on Overall Appearance.

12. Baby, Teeny, Tiny and Little will be scored on 25% Personality, 25% Beauty, 25% Confidence and 25% Overall Appearance.

13. There will be a $30.00 fee for all returned checks.

14. Reigning Ga Southern Belle Pageant queens may enter in next years pageant; however, they will not be entitled to do their final walk on stage.

15.  NO DRAMA ALLOWED.  EVEN ON FACEBOOK.  Those creating drama will not be allowed to participate in this pageant or future pageants.  

16.  This is a GLITZ pageant but not a SUPER GLITZ pageant. We have glitz judges.  Judges have their own opinions and are not the opinions of the directors.

Email: abfletcher@windstream.net (229) 456-1039 cell (229) 891-2244 home　

Mail application and a photo for the program book to Miss Ga Southern Belle Pageant, 3040 Ga Hwy 133 South, Moultrie, Georgia 31788