MISS MISSISSIPPI VOLUNTEER ELIGIBILITY

In order to meet age eligibility requirements to compete in a State Pageant, a Contestant must be at least 17 years of age and must not be older than 26 years of age as of the day she competes, is crowned or appointed as the Local or State Titleholder.

*NOTE: A Miss Contestant must have completed her high school education.

ELIGIBILITY LOCK-IN

If a contestant is deemed eligible to participate and either wins a Volunteer local title OR applies and is appointed a Volunteer title to an at-large state pageant, her eligibility is then “locked-in” and she will remain eligible through that title’s cycle, not to exceed the National Finals. This includes age and residency eligibility.

A contestant must also be:

• High school graduate (or equivalent)

• Medical and legal female, never married, not a parent

• Bonafide Mississippi resident or full-time employee or student

• Citizen of the United States of America

• Able to compete in all areas of competition

MISS MISSISSIPPI TEEN VOLUNTEER ELIGIBILITY

TEEN contestant’s age eligibility requirements are based on a calendar year, not a pageant cycle, and remains unchanged.

In order to be a Contestant in a State Teen Volunteer Pageant, a Contestant must be at least 13 years of age and must not be older than 18 years of age as of the day she competes, is crowned or appointed as the Local or State Titleholder.

ELIGIBILITY LOCK-IN

If a contestant is deemed eligible to participate and either wins a Volunteer local title OR applies and is appointed a Volunteer title to an at-large pageant, her eligibility is then “locked-in” and she will remain eligible through that title’s cycle, not to exceed the National Finals. This includes age and residency eligibility.

A contestant must also be:

• Full-Time Student

• Medical and legal female, never married, not a parent

• Bonafide Mississippi resident or full-time employee or student

• Citizen of the United States of America

• Able to compete in all areas of competition

SPIRIT OF MISSISSIPPI ELIGIBILITY

Miss Spirit of Mississippi is a fundraiser pageant for the Miss Mississippi Volunteer Organization and is held in August after the Miss Mississippi Volunteer pageant.

• Basic requirements are but not limited to:

• Age 14-19 Years

• Medical and legal female, never married, not a parent

• Citizen of the United States of America

• Able to compete in all areas of competition