The Miss Jacksonville Teen & Miss First Coast Teen Pageant 2005

     Who is Miss Jacksonville Teen? Who is Miss First Coast Teen? She is a role model who cares about her role and the role of teen women in society. She is an attractive and poised woman with a confident and commanding presence. She is talented and intelligent and is an independent and eloquent communicator. Miss Jacksonville Teen and Miss First Coast Teen are ideal leaders, take pride in her health and physical fitness, and are involved with their community.

     The Miss Jacksonville Teen  & Miss First Coast Teen Pageant is an opportunity to participate in a pageant that is modeled after a Miss America Preliminary Pageant. You will get an opportunity to compete in Interview, Swimsuit, Talent, and Formal Wear competitions in front of Miss America preliminary judges. This is great training for future competition in the Miss America Pageant System, which is the largest source of scholarships for women.

     To enter the Miss Jacksonville Teen & Miss First Coast Teen Pageant, contestants must meet certain basic requirements and agree to abide by all of the rules now in effect or announced hereafter. To be a contestant in the Miss Jacksonville Teen & Miss First Coast Teen Pageant you must:

       The Miss Jacksonville Teen/Miss First Coast Teen Pageant will be held at 7:00 PM on Sunday, January 9th, 2005, at the Florida Theater in downtown Jacksonville. Interviews will be held prior to the pageant on Saturday, January 8th, 2005, at a location to be announced.   The Teen contestants are encouraged to attend the Miss Jacksonville/First Coast Scholarship Pageant (ages 17 - 24) on the evening of January 8th, 2005 to see what our pageant is like.

     Contestants will compete in four phases of competition, including private interview, swimsuit, talent, and evening wear (with on stage questions). Each contestant is scored individually from 1 to 10 in each category. All contestants will supply their own wardrobe, to include interview and talent outfits, a swimsuit, and evening wear. You will also be asked to furnish a production number outfit.

     Contact the pageant today! Fill out an application, provide your birth certificate, and contact the Executive Directors: Kevin & Cammie Sanders, at (904) 636-9098. You may also contact the pageant through its email address: MissJacksonville@juno.com. You will need to attend an orientation meeting listed below, or call today to set an appointment to get signed up even sooner!

ORIENTATION

    Your Orientation Meeting with the Executive Directors is your first official function as a contestant in the Miss Jacksonville Teen / Miss First Coast Teen Pageant. At the Orientation Meeting, you will meet the pageant committee or Director, and you will receive all paperwork and a complete orientation regarding all pageant events and activities. We suggest that only one parent attend with the contestant due to limited space. The Orientation Meetings will be scheduled in the Fall and the dates are not yet determined, and these meetings will be held at 817 Willow Branch Avenue, Jacksonville (phone 384-3578) unless otherwise specifically designated to be held elsewhere. Contact the directors to indicate which meeting you will be attending, and to confirm that the location has not been changed.   Please furnish your Birth Certificate ASAP (Now!). If you can not make one of these orientation meetings, call the executive directors to make an appointment individually to meet or to see if additional orientation meetings have been scheduled.

YOUR YEAR AS MISS JACKSONVILLE TEEN OR MISS FIRST COAST TEEN

     As the winner of the Miss Jacksonville Teen or Miss First Coast title,  you will serve for approximately one year as an "ambassador" for the city at social, civic, and community events on a volunteer basis. You will be a role model for others around you, particularly teens. You will be in the public eye and should give freely of your time and energy to promote your title and the pageant. Members of the pageant committee will help to coordinate your preparation to be in the state pageant.   

MISCELLANEOUS

PLATFORM

     Like the contestants in the Miss Jacksonville / Miss First Coast Pageant, each teen contestant is to have a platform or community involvement which she participates in and/or feels strongly about. It is best to choose a platform which the contestant is actively involved in and to which she has a strong personal commitment.

     Contestants must submit one (1) original and (10) copies of her answers to the Platform Questions. Please put the platform title at the top of the page and add your name. You should include the reason you chose this platform, your involvement, and your plans for this platform should you win this pageant. You will get this paperwork at your orientation meeting.

SPONSOR(S)

Each contestant is required to obtain at least one (1) sponsor page which will be placed in the official pageant program book. The full size page will feature the contestant's photograph and recognition of the sponsor (see contestant's paperwork for costs of sponsor page and for the benefits of obtaining a sponsor, such paperwork will be available at the orientation meeting). This sponsor page can list more than one business or individual (preferably not over 3) who would like to "honor" the contestant. The pageant will set up this "sponsorship" page. For all other ad sales, you will need to submit camera ready ads. A non-camera-ready ad requires an additional set-up fee of $25.00. More information is available by contacting the Executive Directors.

INTERVIEWS

    The Interview Competition is your first opportunity to meet the judges who will choose the new Miss Jacksonville Teen or Miss First Coast Teen. When you begin your interview, you will need to do a brief introduction of yourself. You may be asked questions regarding your fact sheet, your speech/introduction, your career goals, your platform, and current events. Judges will observe your personality, validated opinions, speech, and personal appearance. The length of the interview will be announced at a later time and will probably be dependent upon the total number of Miss and Teen contestants. The interview will be held prior to the pageant on Saturday, January 8th, 2005 (time to be announced). Interview is 40% of a contestant's total score.

SWIMSUIT

     The Swimsuit Competition represents how you maintain good physical fitness. The judges will be looking for overall proportion of figure, beauty of face and figure, walk, poise, grace, and confidence. This pageant encourages the contestants to keep their costs down and to buy "off-the-rack" swimsuits (one-piece or two-piece). There are detailed specifications with regard to the swimsuit. Swimsuit counts 10% of a contestant's total score.

TALENT

     You will give a talent presentation of not more than two (2) minutes which may include singing, dancing, playing a musical instrument, reciting a comedy or dramatic reading, baton, etc. (You will be penalized for "over-time" talents.) Contestants are responsible for their own music, arrangements, etc. Judges will look for interpretive ability, technical skill, stage presence, entertainment value, and the integration of elements (costume, choreography, music). Talent is 30% of a contestant's total score. You must submit two good clean copies of your music by the deadline for the pageant to review and to time. You may provide tapes or CDs, but your talent music must be the only music on that tape or CD.

EVENING WEAR

The Evening Wear Competition will include two on-stage questions, one from your platform information and one from your "fact sheet". Judges are looking for personality, sense of confidence, stage presence, walk, posture, and grace. This pageant encourages the contestants to keep their costs down and to buy "off-the-rack" dresses whenever possible to reduce expenses on the contestant. The Evening Wear Competition is 10% of a contestant's total score. The final 10% of the score is a composite score. While you are answering your on-stage questions, the judges can reflect back on your overall performance and the qualities you possess to be a good titleholder, and thus come up with their composite score for you.

     Any and all scholarships, awards, and prizes will be announced closer to the pageant and will be dependent upon the support of and moneys raised by the contestants, the pageant, and the community. It is our goal to not only provide the winner with a crown and trophy, but to provide some type of scholarship award to the winner and the finalists. Any awards or prizes will be officially announced in the program book and/or on stage.

REHEARSALS

As with any production, there are necessary rehearsal periods to ensure that the pageant is produced in a professional manner. Rehearsals for the 2004 Miss JacksonvilleTeen/First Coast Teen Pageant will be scheduled on the weekends, usually the two  Sunday afternoons prior to the pageant weekend (tentatively December 26th, 2004 and January 2nd, 2005, at 2PM). You will be given a confirmed schedule of rehearsals at your initial orientation, or as soon as they are set up. Attendance at all rehearsals is MANDATORY! Assistance will be available for interview and platform presentation as outlined by the pageant.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

     If you have any questions concerning the Miss Jacksonville, Miss First Coast,  Miss Jacksonville Teen, or Miss First Coast Teen Pageant or need an application and paperwork, please call the Executive Directors, Kevin & Cammie Sanders at (904) 384-3578. You can also e-mail the pageant at: MissJacksonville@juno.com.

APPLICATION PROCESS

     The completion of the official Miss Jacksonville/First Coast Teen application and presentation of your Birth Certificate are your first steps to becoming Miss Jacksonville Teen or Miss First Coast Teen. Please complete an application, attach a copy of your birth certificate, and return them to Cammie Sanders at 8011 Napo Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32217. The deadline is November 30th, 2004 to get your application in, so you must act soon! Due to a limited number of contestant slots available (25-30 contestants max), it is suggested that you submit your completed application with birth certificate, and phone to confirm your intent to participate and to indicate which orientation meeting you wish to attend. Upon receipt of this paperwork, the Miss Jacksonville Committee will verify the information and your qualifications. 

     The Miss Jacksonville/Miss First Coast Pageant, the Miss Jacksonville Teen/Miss First Coast Teen  Pageant is a  non-profit event and is composed of all volunteers. If you would like to become involved with this fun and exciting community project, please contact the Executive Directors at 904-636-9098.