2015 Miss Rodeo Old Fort Days Pageant
Pageant dates
May 28th to May 30th
Pageant Eligibility
Ages are determined as of January 1 of the year the pageant is held.
1) Miss- 18-24 years old
2) JR Miss- 13-17 years old
3) Princess- 8-12 years old
General Rules
Eligibility and Application Process
1) All contestants must be legal residents of the state of Oklahoma or Arkansas; or live within 4
hours driving distance from Fort Smith, AR
2) All contestants must pay the required entry fee or have it paid by a sponsor.
3) All contestants must submit all required documents, pictures, and application by the due date
(POSTMARKED BY APRIL 4th) on the application.
4) No contestant may have been married, pregnant, or have a child, nor become married or
pregnant during the year of her reign.
5) The entry fees need to be paid by a Money order or Cashier’s check made out to: MROFD
a. NO personal checks
6) Entry Fees include stall fees
a. Miss- $150
b. JR Miss- $150
c. Princess- $150
Competition Rules
1) Contestants and individuals related to a contestant may not contact judges before, during,
or after the pageant in order to influence or harass.
2) Score sheets and photos will be returned after coronation Saturday night.
3) Contestant numbers will be drawn at orientation.
4) Contestants must wear western attire, cowboy boots, and a cowboy hat to all functions
(unless otherwise directed by pageant officials). PRCA approved wear- Wrangler jeans
** deduction of points will be consequences of not wearing WRANGLER jeans**
5) Should circumstances occur that a contestant is conducting herself in an improper
manner, a meeting of the MROFD Committee will be held and proper measures will be
taken: including dismissal and/or disqualification of the contestant.
6) If there is only one contestant in an age division, she must compete in all categories to
win the title.
7) Miss, JR Miss, and Princess Contestants must submit a signed statement that they have
read and understand the rules of the pageant.
8) If a contestant chooses to not compete after submitting her application, no refunds of
entry fees or prizes will be given.
9) Each contestant is required to bring a package of 24- Thank You Cards to send to the
sponsors of the pageant.
Page 1 of 1 a. Please write in the Thank you card- “Thank you for your support of the Miss
Rodeo Old Fort Days Pageant……………….” and sign your name.
b. Hand these in at orientation
10) Each contestant and visiting queen is asked to bring one gift under $20 so we can play
“Cowgirl Dirty Santa” at the Pizza Party on Friday night. This gift will be for exchange
so please have it wrapped nicely. If you do not want to participate in this activity, that is
fine, but we usually have a blast doing this.
11) DO NOT BE LATE TO any activity or there will be a deduction of points.
12) Girls must stay in groups of at least 2-3 during the rodeo performance on Friday night or
with your parents. This is for your safety.
13) Each contestant will receive an admission ticket to the rodeo after the grand entry.
Tickets will not be issued to parents. Parents are responsible for buying their own
admission tickets.
Titleholder Rules
1) All winners must participate in PRCA rodeo appearances and other special events as
requested by the MROFD Pageant Committee. There will be required appearances and
rodeos.
a. Rodeo Of the Ozarks
b. Fort Smith Christmas Parade
c. Meeting in early 2016
d. Queen Clinic
e. OFD Chili Super- Cure for the Cancer (April)
f. Futurity Diner
g. VB rodeo parade
h. OFD Futurity Finals
i. Fort Smith parade and 2016 rodeo all week
2) Title winners must understand that if they win a title, the funding for all expenses
including travel and wardrobe will be their responsibility.
3) Title winners must conduct themselves in a professional manner befitting of an Old Fort
Days Representative at all times.
4) No contestant may acquire state or national pageant titles after being crown with the
MROFD Title. If the title holder wins a state or national title while reining as MROFD,
she will be required to forfeit all prizes and the 1st runner up will be crowned.
a. The state title cannot be for Example- Miss Rodeo AR, Miss Rodeo OK.
However, it is okay if you win the Miss AR State Fair Queen title.
b. National titles include- Miss Rodeo USA, Miss Rodeo America, Miss NFPB
5) Title winners must understand that there are required rodeos to attend.
6) Titleholders will be responsible for helping with the next year’s pageant in a professional
manner. You are considered the “Role Model” for the upcoming winners.
7) Title winners are responsible for helping the pageant get sponsors
Page 2 of 2 ORIENTATION- THURSDAY, MAY 28TH - 9:30 AM
• Go over any questions about rules, draw for positions. There will be four phases of
competition: we will begin with contestant #1 at the first phase, #2 in the 2nd phase, #3 at
the 3rd phase, and #4 in the 4th phase (Miss contestants first, then JR Miss and finally the
Princess contestants). We do this so the same girls will not always be first or last.
• Wear what you will be wearing to the Mayor’s luncheon, you will not have time to
change
MAYOR’S LUNCHEON- Thursday, May 28th – 10:00 am
• The Mayor’s Luncheon is for the Contestants, visiting royalty and family (limit only to 2
guests)
• Luncheon Theme “Wild West Sweethearts”
o Everyone including family members are encouraged to dress in their favorite
cowboy/cowgirl outfit that goes with the theme
• Be prepared to give an introduction
o Name, hometown and attending guest
o Draw a fun impromptu question
QUEENS TEA- Thursday, May 28th, 1-3 pm
• The Tea is for the Contestants, visiting royalty and family (limit only to 2 guest)
• This is a get together for past queens, current royalty, contestants and the Old Fort Days
Dandies
• Will be held at the Fort Smith Museum of history
Super Kids Rodeo- Thursday, May 28th 4:00 pm
• You will walk around and help the handicap children do activities like stick horse barrel
racing, roping, riding a bull, etc
HORSEMANSHIP- Friday, May 29th – 8:30 am
Horsemanship competition allows the contestants to showcase their riding ability; control of
mount; precise execution of patterns; balance of rider; position of hands, feet, and seat; mounting
and dismounting. A queen run will also be performed at the end of the horsemanship pattern (and
will also be part of the horsemanship judging).
1) No stallions are allowed.
2) No horses under 3 years of age are allowed.
3) No green or unsafe horses will be allowed. The MROFD committee shall determine
whether or not a horse is safe. We are only concerned for the young ladies safety.
4) All contestants will provide their own horse for the horsemanship competition.
5) Contestant must ride the same horse during the entire contest, unless lameness or sickness
to animal. A vet certificate is required.
6) The use of spurs are at the contestants’ option.
Page 3 of 3 7) No chaps or gloves are allowed.
8) It is the responsibility of the contestants to make sure their hats stay securely on their
heads. Failure to do so will result in point deductions.
9) Contestants must ride in a western style saddle.
10) Split reins
a. Required for the Miss and JR Miss
b. Optional for Princess Contestants.
11) Tie Downs
a. No Tie-downs for the Miss and JR Miss Contestants
b. Optional for the Princess contestants.
12) Every element of the horsemanship portion of the competition will be scored regardless
of execution of set pattern.
13) There will be a deduction for an incorrect pattern, missed leads, etc, but that doesn’t
mean that you can’t win horsemanship.
14) The judges have the right to ask the contestants questions during the horsemanship
competition.
15) Horsemanship will be judged in the Harper Stadium Arena.
16) Horsemanship Attire:
a. Dark Blue Wrangler Jeans
b. Plain white shirt, no decorations allowed (no color accessories)
c. Black Hat
d. Black Boots
e. Black Belt
17) The horsemanship patterns will be mailed out the same time as the Speech Topics, after
we receive all of the entries.
18) The Princess contestants will compete first, followed by the Junior Miss contestants, and
the Miss contestants will go last. Each contestant is required to remain in Harper stadium
until their entire category has completed competition, and then all contestants of that
specific category will be dismissed to the queen room to do the practice for the fashion
show.
a. Parents can escort the girls to the queens room and stay in the room, but we want
contestants only in the practice. We want the routine to be a surprise for you at the
Fashion Show.
INTERVIEW- Friday, May 29th – 12:00 pm
The purpose of the interview is to allow the judges to observe personality, intelligence, common
sense, conversation ability, and maturity of each contestant. The questions are not limited to any
subject, but may include: rodeo knowledge, current events, general horse health care,
contestants’ goals and aspirations, contestants’ life experiences, etc.
• This is a business interview, You are applying for the job of promoting the Old Fort Days
Rodeo
• The times will be staggered so everyone is not waiting for a long period of time
Page 4 of 4 SPEECH and STYLE SHOW- Saturday, May 30th – 10:30 am
Speeches allow the judges to evaluate contestants’ public speaking ability, poise, confidence,
correct use of grammar, creativity, and personality.
1) The Speech and Fashion show will be at Rodger Kay Park in the Expo Building
2) Speech Times:
a. Miss contestants’ speeches should be three (3) minutes.
b. JR Miss contestants’ speeches should be two (2) minutes.
c. Princess contestants’ speeches should be ninety (90) seconds.
3) Deductions will be made for not staying within time limit. The judges will have a
stop watch.
a. There is a 10 second grace period on the time limit.
i. For example- (for a Miss contestant), if your speech is 2 min 50
seconds or 3 min 10 seconds you are still considered to be in the time
limit.
b. If a contestant goes over her time limit, points will be deducted at the judges’
discretion.
4) Three outfits will be required for the Speech and Fashion Show Event.
a. Speech:
i. Western Style Dress
ii. There will be little modeling in your western style dress.
b. Fashion Show:
i. One arena outfit that you will model
ii. One outfit of Your Choice that you will model as long as it is
1. Age appropriate
2. Western
3. Must wear Boots, hat and buckle
5) Speech topics will be mailed out after all entries are received, no later than April 20th
6) Speeches will be given before the Fashion Show begins
7) We will be having the Silent Auction during the Fashion Show
8) Modeling at the Fashion Show- The modeling competition allows the judges to
evaluate a contestant’s sense of style, posture, poise, projection of self-confidence,
grooming and knowledge of current rodeo royalty fashion trends.
a. The Fashion show will be at Kay Rodgers Park in the Expo Building on
Saturday, May 30th.
PHOTOGENICS
Each contestant must submit one 8x10 and one 5x7 color photograph of herself. The picture will
be used for judging the photogenic quality of the contestant, featured in the pageant program,
used for promotional purposes and may be displayed at other events during the pageant.
1) The photograph should be a head and shoulders (bust) shot.
2) The contestant must be dressed in tasteful western attire, including a cowboy hat. PRCA
approved western wear. No CROWNS.
Page 5 of 5 3) Photographs submitted by contestants to be used in the photogenic portion of the contest
must be vertical.
4) The photo must not be framed or mounted.
5) Failure to submit the photo with application and entry fee by the deadline will lead to
point deductions.
6) Do not email the photo!
IMPROMPTU SITUATIONS
The purpose of the impromptu question/situation is to test a contestant’s ability to think quickly
and respond gracefully and intelligently under pressure.
1) The same question may be asked of each contestant or contestants may randomly draw
questions.
2) An example of an impromptu question/situation such as “Why did you choose to compete
in this pageant”? or “What is a Coggins test and what is it for”?
PHOTOGRAPHS During the Pageant
• Parents and guests are asked to not take photographs during the Mayor’s Luncheon and
Speech/Fashion Show
• We will have a professional photographer taking pictures during the events and you will
have an opportunity to buy them
• Parents or guests who wish to video a contestant’s performance during the Mayor’s
Luncheon and Speech/Fashion show may do so from their seat in the audience as long
as it does not interfere in any way with the professional photographer.
Stalls
• Stalls are on the grounds. The fee is included in your entry fee. Only 1 stall per horse. No
exceptions.
• Shavings will be available to buy or you can bring your own. They are not provided.
• It will be hot, so you might bring fans, extension cords, and etc
• If you need a trailer hook up with electric and water they are first come first serve.
Someone will come around and collect the money
CONTACT NUMBERS
• Kala Price- 479-806-4914
o kpriceslp@gmail.com
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Jessica Chitwood 479-670-4711
o Jchitw12@gmail.com
Page 6 of 6 ADDRESS for the ARENA
4400 Midland Blvd
Fort Smith, Arkansas 72904
Information that will be sent out after entries are received:
• Speech Topic, Horsemanship pattern, Host hotel information
Tentative Pageant Schedule
Thursday, May
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Saturday May
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Orientation at 9:30 am (Do NOT Be late).
10 am Mayors Luncheon “Wild West Sweethearts”
o Wear an outfit that goes along with cowgirls of the Wild
West.
o There will be impromptu questions during this event.
Queens Tea at the Fort Smith Museum of History 1-3 pm
Super Kids Rodeo, 4 pm
Grand Entry, line up at 6:45 p.m.
o You MUST Wear PINK during the grand entry and rodeo
that night because it is Tough Enough To Wear Pink
night.
8:30 Horsemanship will begin
o Wear Dark Blue Wrangler jeans, white shirt (No
decorations), black cowboy hat, black boots, black belt
o Fashion show practice immediately after
12:00 Interviews will start
o Interview times will be staggered, so division and times
TBA
Grand Entry, line up at 6:45 p.m.
o You MUST Wear PINK during the grand entry and rodeo
that night because it is Tough Enough To Wear Pink
night.
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When the bull riding starts, head to the queen room. We will be
having a Pizza Party and Gift Exchange.
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Contestant Breakfast at 8 am.
Speech and Fashion Show at Expo Center at Kay Rodgers Park
10:30 a.m.
Coronation with your horse during the rodeo
o Be lined up for the grand entry at 6:45
o The winners will push cattle on Saturday night’s
performance of the rodeo
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