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MISS COMPETITION CATEGORIES & WEIGHT

Talent 35% (90 seconds)

interview 25%

Evening Wear 20%

Swimsuit 15%

On-Stage Q&A 5%

TEEN COMPETITION CATEGORIES & WEIGHT

Talent 35% (2 minutes)

Interview 30%

Evening Wear 15%

LIFESTYLE/FITNESS IN SPORTSWEAR 10%

On-Stage Q&A 5%

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT 5%

Miss Competition

• How to Enter
  To become Miss Texas, a contestant must first win a local competition, a process requiring personal commitment, hard work and talent. More than twelve thousand young women participate each year in the local and state events, culminating in the selection of 53 national finalists who vie for the Miss America title in Las Vegas. It does not cost a cent to compete in the Miss America program - all you need is commitment, perseverance, talent and ambition.

  To compete you must:

  • Be between the ages of 17 and 24.

  • 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 Organization.

  • Be in reasonably good health to meet the job requirements.

  • Be able to meet the time commitment and job responsibilities as set forth by the local program in which you compete.

  Each contestants must raise a minimum of $100 for the Children’s Miracle Network to compete in a Miss Texas local pageant.  If you compete in more than one local pageant, you must raise a minimum of $100 for each local pageant you enter up to a total of $400.  Once you have raised a total of $400, you are not required to raise more money and can enter as many local pageants for which you qualify in the current pageant year.  Click here for additional information about the CMN requirement.

Outstanding Teen Competition

How to Enter
To become Miss Teen Texas, a contestant must first win a local competition, a process requiring personal commitment, hard work and talent. To compete you must:

• Be a young lady between the ages of 13 and 17.

  • The contestant must be a minimum of thirteen (13) years of age on the first day of the State competition.

  • May not have graduated from high school before the start of the MAOT National Finals, except for 16 year olds (or younger) who graduated early.

  • May not turn eighteen (18) years of age on or before July 31 of the year of the National Finals in which she will compete.

  • Not eligible to compete in the Miss America Pageant.

  • Click here to view a chart further detailing the age/education eligibility requirements.

• 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 program in which you compete.

• Must not be eligible to compete in the Miss America Competition.