Become Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen

The mission of the Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageant is to provide an opportunity for Nevada's young teenage ladies to compete in a first-class teen scholarship pageant and to encourage them to continue pursuing their talents, become positive influences in their communities and develop into mature, responsible young women of the highest morals and integrity.

The Pageant provides an opportunity for young teenage ladies in Nevada to engage in a formal interview with the judges, helping them develop positive communication skills for life. The young ladies will also focus on their personal fitness training in preparation for the active wear competition. Their gracefulness and poise will be demonstrated in the evening wear competition and their marvelous talents will be presented during the talent competition.

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A partial list of eligibility requirements are listed below. A full list is provided in our official contract.

Contestants must be between the ages of 13 and 17
A teen may compete in a Local Pageant at the age of 12 IF she will turn 13 by the State Competition.
A Teen may be no older than 17 and entering her senior year in high school when she competes for the State Title. She cannot turn 18 before July 31st in the year she would compete for Nationals. She cannot be eligible to compete as a Miss Contestant in the Miss America Pageant and compete as a Teen.
She must be a United States citizen
Meet residency requirements for competing in a certain town or state
Meet character criteria as set forth by the Miss America's Outstanding Teen Organization
Be in reasonably good health to meet the job requirements
Be able to meet the time commitment and responsibilities as set forth by the local or state program in which she competes

Locals are held each year as a preliminary to the state competition. Contestants compete in five phases of competition: interview, lifestyle/fitness, talent, evening wear and on-stage question. Contestants's scholastic achievements are also taken into account during the competition by the judges.

Areas of Competition

30%	_ _ _ _	Interview Competition
35%	_ _ _ _	Talent Competition
10%	_ _ _ _	Evening Wear Competition
10%	_ _ _ _	Active Wear Competition
10% 5% 100%	_ _ _ _	On-Stage Question Scholastic Achievement Total

Each contestant is encouraged to reach her educational goals and aspirations and to serve her community by becoming involved in local community service. Truly, the contestants for Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen are graceful, talented, poised and confident young ladies that will be the future leaders for our great state.

The cycle for each pageant season begins after the state pageant which is held in the month of July. After the state pageant, local pageants are conducted throughout the state from July to the following April. The months of May and June are spent getting all information ready for the contestants to compete at the state competition. Once a contestant wins the title of Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen, she immediately begins preparing for Miss America's Outstanding Teen held in August of that same year.