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    AWARDS & PRIZES

    At your State Pageant, you will be competing for your share of more than $25,000 in cash and prizes, and exciting opportunities! We’re giving out trophies, plaques and crystal medallions on pageant weekend and lots of other prizes including Cash, Trips to Disney World®, Free Nights at the Host Hotel, and more! It’s not a program in which only one winner takes all. In fact, each and every girl is a winner at National American Miss. If you qualify to be in the pageant, you’ll become a State Finalist, and every State Finalist will be presented onstage with her Official State Finalist award at the pageant. Every state’s National American Miss winner in each age division receives:

    • One thousand dollars in cash

    • Official state crown, banner, crystal trophy, and roses

    • Travel allowance to the National Pageant (up to $350)

    • Entry fees paid for the National Pageant

    • Activity voucher to be used toward her choice of a day at Disney, Universal Studios, Discovery Cove or design your own day of fun with family and friends in Orlando!

    • Travel opportunities

    • Hotel expenses paid to attend the following year’s pageant to crown your successor

    • And every girl who qualifies and attends Nationals is eligible to win a brand new CAR! 

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    THE STATE QUEEN’S TITLE

    The National American Miss State title opens doors during your year of service. As the State Pageant winner you will represent your state for the following year and will return to next year’s pageant, with your family’s hotel room provided, to crown your successor. Take a day to visit your state’s Governor, make an appearance with your local sports teams, be an honored speaker at the state fair, and participate in parades; these are just some of the opportunities you will have with National American Miss!

    TOP 5 - QUEEN'S COURT

    The four runners-up to the Queen’s title will each receive a crystal trophy, roses and an invitation to the National Pageant where they will compete in a separate competition for the National All-American Miss Title. Take competition to the next level with top finishers from all across the country. And when you attend Nationals, you are eligible to win a brand new CAR!

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    COVER GIRL CONTEST

    The State Cover Girl will receive a crown, banner, trophy, roses and the opportunity to compete in the National Pageant in Orlando! She will also return to next year’s pageant, with her family’s hotel room provided, to crown her successor. The Cover Girl contest is a contest where you have the opportunity to sell Spotlight Pages for your state’s beautiful pageant yearbook. You can earn trophies, cash awards, a pageant weekend hotel room for your family, trip to Disney World and more! And when you attend Nationals, you are eligible to win a brand new CAR!