• Miss

  • Must be 18 by state competition, and no older than 27 at state competition

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• Teen 

  • Must be 14 by state competition and no older than 18 at state competition.*

     

Teen Age Criteria- Additional Notes:

 

*Miss America HQ is reinstating the option for 18-year-old contestants to have a ‘pivot’ year to decide whether they would like to compete in the Teen or Miss divisions.

 

*A TEEN must not be more than 18 years old at the FIRST DAY of the State competition and must be at least 14 years of age. To clarify, the date of determining this age criterion remains the first day of the published State competition schedule.

 

*Additionally, once an 18-year-old decides on the division she may compete in, she may not change divisions until the next cycle.