Phases of competition
What is a Community Service Initiative?
Miss America’s Community Service Initiative (CSI) is a key part of the interview phase, focusing on the “Service” point of the crown’s “Four Points” (Style, Scholarship, Service, and Success). As a Delegate, you can showcase your interests and creativity by engaging with local or state programs or creating your own. You’ll advocate for this initiative throughout your term.
Phases of Competition
Both Teen and Miss delegates will compete in these phases of competition.
Each delegate participates in a 30-second opening, a 9-minute press conference-style interview, and a 30-second closing statement with judges. They are questioned on their background, goals, opinions on current events, service initiative, and interests.
The private interview is designed to
- Ability to fulfill titleholder duties
- Relevant personal qualities
- Commitment to community service
- Authentic expression of beliefs
- Accomplishments beyond the fact sheet
- Spontaneity, intelligence, humor, charm, and charisma
- Authenticity in answering questions
- Role model potential
Private Interview Scoring Considerations
- First and last impressions
- Naturalness and relatability
- Communication skills
- Warm, relatable, and confident personality
- Understanding of Social Impact Initiative
- Knowledge and commitment to community service
- Positive impact on the public, especially youth
- Charisma, dynamism, and maturity as an ambassador
The preliminary conversation question should be a single question asked onstage regarding the Delegate’s Community Service Initiative (CSI) and response should not be longer than 30 seconds.
On-stage conversation:
- Commitment to the Service point of the crown
- Unique perspective on community service and its local impact
- Desire to generate interest in her community service initiatives
- Interactive and engaging presentation to showcase each delegate
- Highlights intelligence, personality, charisma, and aptitude
- Shows composure in presenting ideas on stage
- Demonstrates interactivity with panelists and the audience
Scoring is based on:
- Overall first impression
- Response to on-stage question
- Contextual accuracy of the answer
- Ability to handle stage pressure
- Role model potential for today’s generation
The primary purpose is to engage the audience in a conversational perspective on the delegate’s ability to have a extemporaneous conversation or respond authentically to a question in a manner befitting a brand ambassador or state representative.
To underscore the Miss America and Miss America’s Teen commitment to supporting performance arts education initiatives and women’s individual efforts in dance, music, opera/vocal, drama, magic, oratory and circus arts, delegates perform a 90-second routine of their own choosing. Read more about HERStory on the Miss America website.
The Talent phase allows insight into the delegate’s:
- Preparatory, performance, or storytelling skills
- Overall presentation and ability to captivate
- Interpretive ability and entertainment value
- Stage presence, personality, and connection to her story
- Evaluation of all performance elements on stage
- Ability to capture the audience’s attention while performing
Scoring is based on
Talent selection and performance highlight a candidate’s skills, personality, creativity, and technical ability. Candidates should have strong stage presence and on-stage personality. Scoring considers all elements, including costume, props, voice, body use, and choreography.
Delegate will publicly present her sense of Style wearing an evening gown in a fashion suitable for an appearance as Teen/Miss Local/Miss State. Part of a titleholder’s role is to attend galas, fundraisers, awards shows, and other formal events. This often involves walking a red carpet, posting for the press photographers, modeling in fashion shows, promoting various national fashion designers who partner with Miss America or Miss America’s Teen programs.
The evening gown portion allows insight into the delegate’s
- Ability to capture attention on stage, and individual stage presence.
- Comfort, confidence, and composure.
- Overall impression of ability to represent the Miss America or Miss America’s Teen Organization at a high profile event.
- Note: Neither the gown itself nor the estimated cost of the gown should be considered in scoring.
Scoring is based on
- Qualities and attributes of a Miss America
- Overall first impression
- Sense of confidence, personality and stage presence
- Walk, posture, carriage and grace
- Appropriateness of attire and sense of style
- Sense of attractiveness, beauty and charm
This phase showcases the delegate’s commitment to health and fitness. Physical health is crucial for success in all areas and for representing the Miss America or Miss America’s Teen program. Delegates perform a choreographed fitness wear modeling routine, wearing red Rebel Athletic Wear available for purchase at here RebelAthletic.com
The Health & Fitness portion allows insight into
- The delegate’s comfort and confidence level on stage.
- The delegate’s overall impression of health and physical fitness commitment.
- On stage presentation and energy, comfort in front of an audience, confidence.
- The delegate’s spontaneity, and lack of “robotic” stage presentation.
- Ability to determine if delegate could serve as national health/fitness ambassador.
Local Titleholder Description
We are seeking a Miss and Teen to represent Clovis, Fresno, and Fresno County throughout the year.
Our organization values are: kindness, humility, communication, and teamwork
The ideal titleholder will:
- Serve as an ambassador for the Miss America organization in the local community.
- Be dedicated to community service and her role as a titleholder.
- Promote her service initiative and the Miss America brand through events, meetings, and social media.
- Advocate for kindness, humility, personal growth, open communication, and open-mindedness.
- Work collaboratively with sister titleholders and the directors.
Examples of duties:
- Be an Active Member of the community by attending grand openings, parades, schools, chamber of commerce events, sponsor meetings, photo opportunities, pop-up meet-n-greets to which she has been invited or scheduled to appear.
- Exhibit Role Modelship for local youth by taking photos and speaking with them about your service initiative and issues important to them.
- Welcome opportunities to enhance Interview / Public Speaking skills with the goal to prepare oneself for future career goals and aspirations.
- Foster Relationships with sponsors & community stakeholders with the goal of networking for future career opportunities, engaging with women owned businesses, and/or local governance opportunities.
- Promote her Service Initiative.
- Learn and develop Social Media presence by creating self-generated social media content.
- Be an Ambassador of the Miss America brand.
Availability:
Titleholders should be available on weekends and some weeknights for community events. We’ll try to give 2 weeks’ notice for scheduling, but some events may come up with less notice. We respect your schedule and will work with you.