Competition Guidelines 2009 

Junior Miss Iowa 

Community Service Project
Junior Miss Contestants are required to have a completed or on-going Community Service project. She will write an essay about the  project on one page of white paper to be included in the Judges’ Books.   The essay will be typed.  It should discuss the reason this project was chosen, the details of the contestant’s involvement in the project and how  it has affected her community.

Interview
There will be a 6 minute interview with the contestant seated before the panel of judges.  One third of the interview will concern her Community Service project.  The judges will evaluate the contestant’s ability to express herself, talk about things that are important to her and discuss her Community Service project.  The interview accounts for 30% of the total points. 

Talent
The talent portion of the competition is the performance of music, drama, art, dance, baton, or acrobatics and is limited to a maximum of two (2) minutes. The talent will account for 40% of the total points. 

Casual Wear
The contestant will model a sportswear or casual outfit that expresses her interests and personality.  She will be evaluated on her ability to model the outfit and her on-stage personality.  This accounts for 10% of the total points.

Party Dress
The contestant will model a party dress that could be worn to a school function, church or party.  She will be judged on her ability to model the dress and how well the dress suits her personality, not the dress itself.  Pageant dresses with excessive frills are not permitted. This accounts for 15% of the total points.

On-Stage Question
There will be one on-stage question that will be formulated from the contestant’s Resume and Community Service Project. She will be evaluated on her ability to answer the question, and her on-stage personality.  This accounts for 5% of the total points. 

The contestant with the highest number of total points
shall be named Junior Miss Iowa.

Junior Miss contestants must be citizens of the United States of America, residents of the State of Iowa and between the ages for 10 and 12 years old by June 1, 2009.

Junior Miss Iowa may not compete for or hold any other pageant titles during her year of service.

The contestant named Junior Miss Iowa will make personal appearances as arranged by the Miss Iowa Youth Program staff throughout her year of service.