Become a Candidate
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Age Eligibility
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Miss
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Must be 18 by state competition, and no older than 27 at state competition
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Teen
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Must be 14 by state competition and no older than 18 at state competition.*
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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.
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Register with Miss America
The first step is to register with Miss America Club America where you pay your membership fee. Each step should advance you to the next step so that you complete all parts.
1. MAO Club America Registration
2. Complete Delegate Agreement
3. Complete MAO Local Registration
**IMPORTANT - Please make sure you use the same email for every step. Otherwise, we will not get your registration.
Having trouble with getting registered? The button below will take you through the PDF showing you how to complete each step.
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Register with Miss Statesville Organization
After you have completed all steps for Miss America registration, you will complete our local registration.
2026 Registration is currently closed since we crowned our new queens on October 11, 2025.
If you are interested in being added to our mailing list to receive information next year, please reach out to Tennille Sherrill at
missstatesvilledirector@gmail.com