MISS PARSONS TEEN PAGEANTS
Could YOU be the next Miss Parsons Outstanding Teen or Teen
Princess?
Thank you for inquiring about being a contestant in the 2015 Miss Parsons Teen Pageants.
Perhaps you would like to participate in the upcoming pageant because of your outstanding
leadership, talent and communication abilities, or for your quest of educational scholarship
funds.
You are about to embark on a very exciting experience filled with new friendships and new
opportunities. Throughout your pageant experiences you will sharpen qualities of character
and talent that you can use the rest of your life.
I hope you will find the official information from the Miss Parsons Teen Pageants regarding
your wardrobe and competitions beneficial. Please read all of this information carefully as
the rules may change at any time. It may seem like quite a lot but most people find it very
helpful.
Please note that deadlines exist for certain pageant information. If you have forms that are
ready to send prior to the deadline date, please send them in. You do not have to wait until
the deadline. It would be best to call several days after you have sent the information to
ensure we have received it.
If there is anything we can do or if there is any information that you do not understand,
please do not hesitate to contact us. We are here to help you in any way that we can.
2015 will be the 5th year for the Miss Parsons Teen Pageants. We want to wish each
of you the best of luck in your preparations for the 2015 Miss Parsons Pageant.
Sincerely,
Amy Bawcum
Emily Ferguson
Amy Bawcum
731-845-6485
Emily Ferguson
731-549-5435
missparsonstn@gmail.com
2015 GENERAL INFORMATION
The 2015 Miss Parsons Pageant will be held Saturday, December 6, 2014. All contestants
must be available for rehearsals, interview and the competition.
Eligibility is as follows:
Be born a Female
Ages 13 to 17 (cannot be a senior in high school)
Must by at least 13 years of age by July 31, 2015
May not turn eighteen (18) years of age on or before July 31, 2015
Be a citizen of the United States of America
Be of good moral character
Has never been married
Is not pregnant and has never been pregnant
Be available for appearances during 2015
Be available to compete at Miss Tennessee Teen on March 21, 2015
All contestants must submit the following:
Photo for program book (color) (can be emailed to missparsonstn@gmail.com)
$100.00 Entry Fee
Talent CD/mp3 - for Outstanding Teen contestants only
Fact Sheet (included in this packet)
Resume (info included in this packet)
Platform Statement (info included in this packet)
Talent Request Form (included in this packet) – for Outstanding Teen contestants
only
Contract (included in this packet)
All of the above, except the Talent CD/mp3, is due by Saturday, November 29,
2014. You can bring your Talent CD/Cassette with you to the Pageant.
Wardrobe for Areas of Competition:
Opening Number and Introductions – Cocktail dress of your choice
Interview Competition – Business attire
Fitness Wear Competition – Sports bra top or a tank top along with sports shorts,
capris or pants. NO BLING, NO METALLIC FABRICS will be allowed this year.
Talent Competition - Any type of outfit that would be appropriate for the
presentation of your talent
Evening Wear Competition – Your choice of evening gown
Miss Parsons Scoring System:
Interview
Evening Wear & On-stage Question
Fitness Wear
Talent (2 minute time Limit)
Evening Wear
Composite
Total
Outstanding Teen
25%
25%
15%
35%
--100%
Teen Princess
30%
-10%
-20%
40%
100%
2015 GENERAL INFORMATION, CONT.
The Miss Parsons Pageant and all other events will be held Saturday, December 6, 2014,
at 6:30 p.m. at Decatur County Middle School, 2740 Hwy 641 South, Parsons, TN.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Orientation & Rehearsals
8:00 – 10:00
Interviews
11:00 – 2:00
Wardrobe Load In
Immediately after Interview
Pageant
6:30
Please complete this information and mail or email it to the address listed below. If you
have questions, need additional information or need to request a deadline extension please
email them to the email address listed below or call any of the directors at the numbers
listed on the first page of this packet.
Miss Parsons Scholarship Foundation
PO Box 594
Parsons, TN 38363
missparsonstn@gmail.com
MISS PARSONS
TEEN CONTESTANT FACT SHEET
(Please limit to 2 pages)
Full Name:
Name To Be Called By:
Check one:
________ Outstanding Teen Contestant
________ Teen Princess Contestant
Current Address:
City, State, Zip:
Mobile Number:
E-Mail Address:
Parents’ Name(s):
Mobile Number:
E-Mail Address:
Date of Birth (Month/Day/Year):
Age (As of December 6, 2014):
EDUCATION
High School:
High School Graduation Date (Month/Year):
Current GPA:
GENERAL
What are your main reasons for entering the Miss Parsons Teen Pageants?
What are your hobbies?
In what sports do you participate?
If you could meet one celebrity who would it be?
MISS PARSONS
TEEN CONTESTANT FACT SHEET, CONT.
What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you?
What is your biggest fear?
If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why?
What is the best advice you could give your friend? Why?
Where do you go to have fun? Why?
Other than physical appearance, what do you like most about yourself? Why?
Favorite song or musical performer?
Name the state you’ve always wanted to visit:
What motivates you?
What is the biggest challenge to young people today?
Instructions for Completing the Contestant’s Resume
Please remember this is your opportunity to demonstrate to the judges why they should
consider you for Miss Parsons Outstanding Teen or Teen Princess. You may list as many or
as few items under each category as you desire. Your only restriction is that it must follow
the established format and it must fit on one page. The judges will receive exactly what is
submitted. Any items submitted that do not fit the established criteria will be returned for correction
only once. Any items, which do not meet the criteria or are submitted after the deadline, will not be
given to the judges. The contestant may explain the lack of judging materials during her interview, if
she so chooses.
1. Go to the word processing program of your computer.
2. Start a “new” document.
3. Set margins for 1" on all four sides. The font style may not be any smaller than “10” and
no larger than “12” point type, using the Times New Roman font style. Please refer to
the attached sample to verify you are following the requested format.
4. With the justification set for left, type “Name:” in bold. Following the colon (:), hit the
space bar twice. Then, type your name as you wish the judges to know it. (If your name
is Jamie Ruth Marie Watkins and you want to be known as “Jamie Watkins”, please type
“Jamie Watkins”).
5. Then, move to the next line and type “Hometown:” in bold. Following the colon (:), hit
the space bar twice. Then, type your hometown including the city and the state.
6. Move to the next line. Now set your justification to the right. Type “Date of Birth:” in
bold. Hit the space bar two (2) times, and type the month, day, and year of your birth.
(Ex. October 10, 1979)
7. Move Justification to the left. Double space down and type “Education:” in bold. Hit
the tab bar four times and then type your most recent school first. If it is grad school,
indicate it as such. List degree seeking (all on the same line as the name of the school),
move to the line underneath that to list your undergraduate school and degree
sought/achieved, and below that list your high school.
8. Double space down. Type “Platform Issue:” in bold. Hit the tab bar three times.
Type the TITLE of your platform, MAKING SURE IT LINES UP WITH THE
INFORMATION ABOVE IT. DO NOT TYPE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE TITLE.
9. Double space down. Type “Scholastic/Career Ambition:” in bold. Hit the Tab bar
once, MAKING SURE IT LINES UP WITH THE OTHERS ABOVE IT. Then type the
type of degree/education you would ultimately like to achieve and beneath that, list your
career ambition.
10. Double space down. Type “Talent:” in bold. Hit the tab bar four times. Type the type
of talent and specific selection. MAKE SURE IT LINES UP WITH THE INFORMATION
ABOVE IT. (i.e. Pop Vocal - “Crying”, Tap Dance - “Staying Alive”, etc.)
11. Double space down. Type “Scholastic Honors:” in bold. Hit the space bar twice.
Each item should be separated by a semi-colon (;).
12. Double space down. Type “Leadership Roles:” in bold. Hit the space bar twice.
Each item should be separated by a semi-colon (;).
13. Double space down. Type “Accomplishments:” in bold. Hit the space bar twice.
Each item should be separated by a semi-colon (;).
14. Double space down. Type “Interesting Facts:” in bold. Hit the space bar twice. Each
item should be separated by a semi-colon (;).
15. Double space down. Type “Marketing Plan” in bold. Hit the space bar twice. Please
answer the question in sentence form as to how you would market the Miss America
Outstanding Teen “brand”? Be aware that a portion of the job description of Miss
Parsons titleholders will be to market the program to potential sponsors, education
institutions and organizations.
16. Double space down. Type “Legacy” in bold. Hit the space bar twice. Please answer
the question in sentence form. Please write what your legacy as Miss Parsons
Outstanding Teen or Parsons Teen Princess will be. This statement should answer the
question, “A year after giving up your title, what will we remember about your year of
service?”
17. Double Space down. Type “Why should I be the winning titleholder?” in bold. Hit
the space bar twice. Please answer the question in sentence form explaining why you
should be the winner.
Name: Jane Doe
Hometown: Anytown, Tennessee
Date of Birth: December 29, 1985
Education:
University of State – Bachelor of Science, Liberal Arts
Frederick Douglass High School
Platform Issue:
Celebrating Cultural Diversity and Inclusiveness
Scholastic/Career Ambition:
Obtain a Masters of Business Administration
Talent:
Pop Vocal / “Fallen”
Scholastic Honors: Recipient of National Coca-Cola Scholarship; Recipient of the Metropolitan
Urban League National Scholarship; Dean’s List; Member of the President’s Leadership Council
at the UCF
Leadership Roles: Created and implemented a comprehensive Cultural Diversity Education
Curriculum for grades K-12 in twelve Public Schools; University Student Body Senator; H.S. Sr.
Class Pres.; College Sorority President.
Accomplishments: Recipient of the J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award for Outstanding Volunteer
Service to Community; Recipient of the National Conference for Community and Justice
Humanitarian Award; Performer, Grand Ole Opry in Nashville; Piano Performance scholarship
at State University.
Interesting Facts: First person on either side of my family to attend college; Youngest of five
children with a 13-year gap between me and my next oldest sister and an almost 20-year gap
between the oldest and myself.
Marketing Plan: My plan includes using local groups, politicians, charities, and other organizations to
promote both my hunger-focused platform and the caliber of teens affiliated with Miss America’s
Outstanding Teen program. It is imperative to involve food banks and grocery stores to obtain food.
Many have a donation amount available but you must ask. Having a platform that is a national issue, and
prevalent at some level in every community in this economy, will give me the opportunity to meet with
community leaders across the nation and challenge others to fight hunger.
Legacy: I want my legacy to be about my continued desire to help and support others, including at-risk
school-aged children and senior adults. With my platform, I will use the opportunity to educate teen and
political leaders in other communities about ways to fight hunger.
Why should I be the winning titleholder: I would be honored to be Miss America’s Outstanding Teen
because I embrace the duty of reaching out and making a difference in other people’s lives. In partnership
with the leadership of Miss America’s Outstanding Teen organization, I would promote both my platform
and the values of the program, including the importance of scholastic achievement and service. As a role
model, I would maintain integrity and grow in my leadership.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TYPING THE PLATFORM ISSUE STATEMENT
Please remember. This is your opportunity to explain to the judges
what your chosen platform is and why it is important for the Miss
Parsons Organization to embrace this platform.
In addition, it
should explain how your platform will further the Miss Parsons
Organization “brand” to the public. It should be ONE (1) page, singlespaced.
Judges will receive exactly what is submitted.
Any items
submitted that do not fit the established criteria will be returned for
correction only once. Any items, which do not meet the criteria or are
submitted after the deadline, will not be given to the judges.
The
contestant may explain the lack of judging materials during her interview, if
she so chooses.
1. Go to the word processing program of your computer.
2. Start a “new” document.
3. Set margins for 1" on all four sides. The font style may not be any smaller than “10”
and no larger than “12” point type using the Times New Roman font style.
4. With the justification set for left, type “Name:” in bold. Following the colon (:), hit the
space bar twice. Then, type your name.
5. Double space down. Set your justification to “center”.
underline the title of your Platform.
Then type in bold and
6. Double space down. Write what you feel is critical for the judge’s to know about your
platform and why it is necessary for you to have the job of Miss Parsons Teen or
Princess to promote this issue. What you write will be what the judges know about your
platform, your role in successfully dealing with this issue, and the role the Miss Parsons
Organization may play in your plan.
7. This essay may include some of the following items (this is not to be meant as an
exhaustive list):
 A clear definition of the platform and the specific issues you wish to address
 A plan on how you have or will create awareness of the platform
 The way in which you have or will change attitudes regarding the issue
 The way in which you have or will change behaviors related to this issue
 The way in which your platform issue will move the Miss Tennessee Organization
forward
 Your media plans
 Your marketing strategy
 How you propose to fund your ideas/plans
 Any significant accomplishments you have made in regard to your issue
SAMPLE
Name: Jane Doe
Celebrating Cultural Diversity and Inclusiveness
It is imperative that this nation face and embrace its cultural diversity. While many people have
talked about this issue, I believe that most of them have only paid lip service to the true necessity
of what needs to be addressed related to this issue. There is a false truth in merely accepting and
tolerating cultural diversity. I intend to prove that in order to accept and understand people of
other cultures; one must be willing to step out of a personal cultural comfort zone and identify
the origin of their prejudice. I will specifically focus on three areas: Children, Communities,
and Businesses.
The title of Miss America, combined with the national media already looking at the surface of
this issue, will allow me to create the national awareness that must exist. Currently, the term
“Cultural Diversity” is well known in the halls of institutions of higher learner and, perhaps,
even in the public school classroom because of the need for some to be politically correct. But,
in order for us to make a true change in attitudes and behaviors of Americans, we must move
beyond talk and into action and policy changes.
My plan is to motivate the media and to partner with the National Conference for Community
and Justice. This organization has chapters in every major city in the nation and, in many cases,
those chapters have community leaders involved who can, with encouragement and challenging,
bring this issue out of hiding and into the public light in each of those communities.
Obviously the media and the NCCJ already exist. However, what is lacking is a lighting rod to
draw attention to this issue. This is where the Miss America Organization steps into the lead.
What better role is there for Miss America than to be an agent of change in organizing our nation
to accept our differences and to create an environment that values each person on individual
characteristics rather than on stereotypes or assumptions?
For years, Miss America was seen as a young woman who cut ribbons and appeared in parades.
It is time for “Miss America” to step out of the convertible and lead the parade. Our country’s
ethnic make-up is changing rapidly and our citizen’s fear of terrorism can explode already
existing, but deeply hidden prejudices. I want to be the leader that this nation needs.
This nation needs this issue addressed now and through the already existing NCCJ and its local
and state organizations combined with the power of Miss America, we can make a concrete
difference now, which will change the direction and the future of our nation.
MISS PARSONS TEEN
TALENT REQUEST FORM
TALENT MUST NOT EXCEED 90 SECONDS.
Name:
Please indicate type of talent:
Full Title of Music Used in
Your Talent Presentation:
Will You Use a CD/MP3 Accompaniment?
Yes
No
If No, Please Explain Your Accompaniment:
If Your Talent is a Reading, Monologue or Theatrical Presentation, Give the Name of the
Book, Play or Writing You Will Use:
What Microphone Requirements Will You Require?
Wired Hand Mike
Wireless Hand Mike
What Other Technical Requirements Does Your Talent Require?
Suggested Talent Introduction:
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
MISS PARSONS CONTRACT
I attest that I am a citizen of The United States of America and I meet the requirements to enter the
pageant.
I agree to represent the Miss Parsons Pageant and the Miss Parsons Pageant Committee with
professionalism and will represent their events in a professional manner.
I understand that failure to make appearances may result in the loss of my title as Miss Parsons.
I understand that I am “Miss Parsons” at all times. I will dress appropriately when in the community
and be properly groomed with make-up, proper clothing, and hair and nails properly groomed. I will
be “camera-ready” when in the community and will not wear inappropriate clothing or be seen in
businesses that leave the impression of poor moral judgment.
I will be on time for all public appearances and will be appropriately dressed for each appearance. I
understand that there is rarely an excuse for being late to an appearance and will make the necessary
arrangements to be on time. I will arrive at the appearance refreshed and will do my best not to look
tired, bored, or otherwise distracted. I will conduct myself in a manner that will uphold the dignity
and honor of the pageant.
I understand that the Miss Parsons local directors will contact me occasionally via email, text or phone
to discuss pageant preparation, upcoming events, etc. I agree to respond to them in a timely
manner.
I understand that if I have a boyfriend during my year of service, he is not to show public displays of
affection to me under any circumstances while I am making an appearance as Miss Parsons.
If I have a social media account, I understand that inappropriate pictures and/or language should be
removed in order to uphold the dignity of the pageant. I agree to make my social media profiles
available to the directors for viewing.
I understand that the Miss Parsons local directors want me to include them in my wardrobe choices for
interview, evening gown, fitness wear, and talent (if applicable). I will inform them of appointments I
have to look at dresses/outfits. If they are unable to attend the appointment, I agree to send them
pictures of my selections.
I will have all documents, photos, and mandatory requirements of the Miss Tennessee Teen Pageant
prepared by the deadline set forth by the Miss Tennessee Teen Pageant for the 2015 Miss Tennessee
Teen Pageant.
I understand that my attendance at all events associated with the 2015 Miss Tennessee Teen Pageant
is mandatory. The Miss Tennessee Teen Pageant will determine these dates as well as other
mandatory deadlines. I understand that it is my responsibility to clear any possible conflict from my
schedule in order to attend these mandatory meetings of contestants.
______________________________________
NAME (Print Name Here)
_____________________________
DATE
_________________________________
LEGAL SIGNATURE