Franchise Request LOCAL ORGANIZATION INFORMATION Proposed Organization Name (ex. Miss Sugar Maple Scholarship Organization) * Business Address (Typically the address of the Executive Director) * ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP You must have a minimum of 5 members on your local team: (1) Executive Director, (1) Judges Chair, and (3) additional members. If your organization is run with co-directors, your Co-ED can count for one of your 3 additional members. Your Judge's Chair cannot be an Executive Director or Co-ED. Executive Director * Phone * Email * Judge's Chair * Phone * Email * Team Member #3 * Title * Email * Team Member #4 * Title * Email * Team Member #5 * Title * Email * Team Member #6 Title Email Team Member #7 Title Email Team Member #8 Title Email COMPETITION INFORMATION The 2025 Local Competition Season opens September 1, 2024 and all organizations are strongly encouraged to run their competitions by December 31, 2024 to avoid issues with NY weather and allow maximum preparation time with your titleholders. Organizations that need until early 2025 to hold their competitions will need to contact Sloane for approval. Your competition venue must be located in your region of eligibility. Dates are reserved on a first-come-first-served basis and we do not allow competitions to have the same date if their regions of eligibility overlap. Proposed Venue * Proposed Venue Address * Proposed Competition Date * TITLES, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND ELIGIBILITY List each title you intend to award, the region of eligibility for the title, and the scholarship that accompanies it. You can award up to 3 Miss titles and 3 Teen titles in a single competition. Each scholarship is a minimum of $100. If you would like to crown a 4th titleholder you will need written permission from Miss America. Rules regarding regions of eligibility: Areas of eligibility must be contiguous, meaning all counties must share a border with at least one other county in the region to form a single continuous region. You cannot have outlier counties that do not join up with the rest of your eligible area. EX: you cannot have a Miss Hudson Valley program that includes only the hudson valley area, and then tacks on the city of Rochester. If you are offering Teen title(s), the area of eligibility must match the Miss Titles If you are offering more than one title (Miss or Teen)*: No more than two areas of eligibility are allowed in a single program The area of eligibility must be either exactly the same for all titles or completely distinct from each other with no overlap. Overlap will be permitted only if one of your titles is open State wide. It is strongly recommended that titles have the same eligible counties. If you have two distinct areas of eligibility you will essentially be running two competitions simultaneously and will need two auditors spreadsheets. The county where your delegate lives/works/attend school will determine which title(s) they will be eligible for. If you are running a local where one title is open state-wide and the other(s) are closed to a specific region, individuals who live in the closed region can only compete for the closed title(s). Delegates who do not live in the closed area will only be eligible for the state-wide open title. How many Miss Titles will you award? * 0 1 2 3 4 How many Outstanding Teen Titles will you award? * 0 1 2 3 4 How many Empire Stars (Our Prince/Princess Program) will you crown and send to State? * 0 1 2 3 4 Miss Title #1 * Proposed Scholarship * $ Eligible Counties * Miss Title #2 * Proposed Scholarship * $ Eligible Counties * Miss Title #3 * Proposed Scholarship * $ Eligible Counties * Miss Title #4 * Proposed Scholarship * $ Eligible Counties * Teen Title #1 * Proposed Scholarship * $ Eligible Counties * Teen Title #2 * Proposed Scholarship * $ Eligible Counties * Teen Title #3 * Proposed Scholarship * $ Eligible Counties * Teen Title #4 * Proposed Scholarship * $ Eligible Counties * Will you charge an entry fee? * Yes No Entry Fee for Miss Contestants Entry Fee for Teen Contestants FRANCHISE FEES Fees are two-part. All local organizations will carry a franchise agreement and pay a fee to the National organization. Additionally, there is a supplemental agreement and fee due to the State Organization, due 30 days before your local competition. Insurance is required for each show you hold (so it is beneficial to crown all your titleholders in one show). Insurance $250 Miss Title Fees 1 Miss Title ($300) 2 Miss Titles ($400) 3 or 4 Miss Titles ($500) Teen Title Fees 1 Teen Title ($250) 2 Teen Titles ($500) 3 Teen Titles ($750) 4 Teen Titles ($1000) Empire Star Fees* 1 Empire Star ($250) 2 Empire Star ($500) 3 Empire Star ($750) 4 Empire Star ($1000) *You should only include Empire Stars in your fee if you will provide an empire star with an official Miss America 'Princess' crown AND send them to the State Competition in 2024. This $250 will cover that individual's State Empire Star fee for the 2024 State Competition, and they will receive a sash and t-shirt when they arrive at State Week - they will not receive an additional crown. You will be responsible for sending the name and contact information for your official Empire Star's to the State Empire Star Coordinator when applications open in January so that your Stars are not charged the registration fee. 2024 Season Franchise Fee * $ Submit If you are human, leave this field blank.
