HowtoEnter

2010 Pageant Dates:
April 30-May 1, 2010

Deadline for entering the 2010 Pageant:
Saturday, April 3, 2010

Pageant Location:
Liberty High School Auditorium
3470 Ridgecrest Road Extended
Jackson, TN 38305

Host Hotel:
The Courtyard Marriott, Jackson, Tennessee

Qualifications for Entering the
Mrs. Tennessee America Pageant:

* At least 18 years old;
* Married, residing with your husband and not separated or in the process of a divorce;
* A Tennessee resident for at least 6 months (dual residency and/or residency on a
military base is acceptable);
* Of good moral character;

Judging Criteria/Categories

* Personal interview;
* Beauty;
* Physical Fitness in Swimsuit;
* Evening Gown;

Each category is valued at 25% of your total score

Here's how you get started!

First you download an application from this website, type it and send it, along a
snapshot of yourself, and your $300 deposit. Be sure to specify your top two choices
for local titles that you would like to represent, just in case someone has already been
awarded your first choice, we will have a second choice to work with. Your local title
should follow the format of "Mrs. Your City(or)Town(or)County". Titles are awarded
on a first come basis.

Once we have received your application, photo and $300 deposit, we will order and
send you a beautiful embroidered sash that you may wear while making personal
appearances, parades, etc., in your community. The local titles are valid from October 1
through September 30...one full year! If the title you are requesting is currently
available, you may assume it earlier, rather than waiting until October 1st, thus
making your reign even longer! You are NOT required to make local appearances, but
it is a lot of fun and can help you down the road when you are trying to obtain
sponsors for your entry fee and ad sales.

You are then required to sign a contestant agreement (emailed to you by our office)
that states that you will represent your “local title” in the Mrs. Tennessee Pageant in
May 2010, and maintain integrity, honor and decorum while representing the local
title, as well as the Mrs. Tennessee Pageant. The fees for the state pageant are $600,
from which you deduct the $300 you have already paid (local titleholder deposit),
leaving a balance of $300 due no later than the deadline of April 3, 2010. You may,
and are encouraged to, obtain sponsors for all of your fees, and list their names beside
your contestant photograph in our beautiful Mrs. Tennessee souvenir program book.
You may offer to make appearances as “Mrs. Your city/county” to sign autographs,
etc., in exchange for sponsorships from businesses. Car dealers are great about this, so
are salons, malls, clothing stores, etc.

Each contestant is also required to sell a minimum of one full page ad in our program
book. There are several ways to fill a page with ads, but the least expensive way is to
sell a single full page to one sponsor for $350. A rate sheet will follow in your
complete entry packet with the ad prices. Ad sales are due by the pageant forms and
paperwork deadline of April 3, 2010.

Upon receipt of your application, snapshot and deposit, we will let you know within
just a few days as to if you have been awarded the local title for which you applied.
Please be sure to list your first and second choice of titles.

If you are forced to resign from your local title, or withdraw from the Mrs. Tennessee
competition after fees have been paid, no refund will be given. Depending on the
circumstance, a credit to participate in the following year's competition may be issued,
solely at the discretion of the pageant director(s).

You may pay your pageant fees, ad sales, etc., via personal check, credit or debit card,
or Paypal, through this web site. Just go to the "Pay Pageant Fees" tab on this web site
and follow the instructions. In the interest of time, you are encouraged to email your
application and snapshot and pay the deposit through this site, or you may mail it all
to the address below.

Mrs. Tennessee America Pageant
Bob & Delayna Bridges
656 Port Natchez Cv. W.
Collierville, TN 38017