State Director:
Robbin Ray-Addison
louisiana@missheartoftheusa.com
800-515-0327
P.O. Box 215
Graceville, FL 32440
Divisions
Your division is based on your age as of January 1st, 2012!
Baby Miss (Ages 0-23 months)
Tiny Miss (Ages 2-4 years)
Little Miss (Ages 5-7)
Petite Miss (Ages 8-10)
Junior Miss (Ages 11-13)
Teen Miss (Ages 14-16)
Miss (Ages 17-23)
Ms (ages 24 and up)
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State Director:
Robbin Ray-Addison
louisiana@missheartoftheusa.com
800-515-0327
P.O. Box 215
Graceville, FL 32440
Divisions
Your division is based on your age as of January 1st, 2012!
Baby Miss (Ages 0-23 months)
Tiny Miss (Ages 2-4 years)
Little Miss (Ages 5-7)
Petite Miss (Ages 8-10)
Junior Miss (Ages 11-13)
Teen Miss (Ages 14-16)
Miss (Ages 17-23)
Ms (ages 24 and up)
Please read this entire page and ask any questions before you submit your payment. There are no refunds once your payment is submitted for any reason. Register for the state pageant and represent your county or city for $295. Your entry fee includes your Rhinestone Crown, Monogram Miss Heart of the USA Sash, Rhinestone Pin. The entry fee includes your required events at the state pageant. You can choose to enter additional optional for $35 each.
Areas of Competition
Required:
Self Introduction - Little Miss - Ms Divisions will do a self introduction (must be under 1 minute). Attire for this self introduction is black shorts, capri's or black pants with our Miss Heart of the USA T-Shirt. Baby Miss and Tiny Miss Divisions will of course not do a self introduction instead they will just compete in outfit a choice.
Formalwear - Baby Miss and Tiny Miss Divisions can wear Pageant Dress or Sunday Best. Little Miss - Ms Divisions will need a pageant dress. Contestants will be judged on personality, fit and style of garment, overall appearance and poise & smile.
Optional Events:
One Optional Event is included in your entry fee. You may pick one of the following. You may do any additional optional event for $35 per event. We will use your highest scoring optional in your score.
Photogenic - Photos can be of any size and do not have to be professionally done. This can be a head-shot or full body shot. Photos are scored on personality projection, clarity and overall photogenic qualities. PHOTOS WILL BE TURNED IN AT THE PAGEANT!. 1 photo is included if you choose this as your basic entry fee optional, you can include up to 5 additional photos at an additional charge of $15.00 per photo. The one photo with the highest score will then be used towards your photogenic score. All photos submitted must have the contestants name and age division on the back. No photos will be accepted in frames or hard cases. Photos can be any size up to 8x10 color or black and white. Photos that do not have proper labeling on the back will not be accepted.
Community Service - As a Queen with the Miss Heart of the USA Pageant you are encouraged to be as involved as possible in your community. This can be by volunteering at a local festival/fair, riding in a parade, getting involved with a local charity... the opportunities are endless. If you choose this optional you will submit a scrap book that shows your community involvement during your reign as a MHOUSA Queen. This is separate from the Community Queen Title mentioned further down. This optional event only requires that you turn in a scrap book.
Casual Wear - This heart themed area of competition is a chance for you to show us your sense of style. Get creative with your outfit! This outfit can be custom made or "off the rack". Model like you are in a fashion show. You will be judged on overall appearance, stage presence, personality projection and eye contact. Baby and Tiny Miss Divisions will be judged on personality and overall appearance.
Your total score is compiled of your scores in Self Introduction, Formal wear and your one highest score in the optional categories. One (1) optional is included in your entry fee you may enter any other optional for $35.
Prizes
Winners will receive a monogrammed sash, beautiful rhinestone crown, rhinestone sash pin, misc. prize package and $495.00 entry fee paid to the Miss Heart of the USA National Pageant in Orlando, Florida where they will compete for $5,000!
Our Most Prestigious Titles
Each county/city queen also has the opportunity to vie for one of our most prestigious titles. There is no extra charge to participate in this and each queen is encouraged to do so. We recommend registering as soon as possible so you have as much time as possible to vie for these titles!
Queen of Hearts: All of our pageants are food drives. Each contestant competing is required to turn in 25 non perishable food items the day of the state pageant. Each contestant is encouraged to get out in their community and collect additional non perishable food items above and beyond their required 25. The contestant that turns in the most non perishable food items during their reign will be crowned our Queen of Hearts. All of the food collected at the Louisiana's Miss Heart of America Pageant will be donated to an organization in the Metairie area! If you would like to nominate an organization to receive the food please contact us! Our State Queen of Hearts will receive a Rhinestone Tiara, monogram Miss Heart of the USA Sash, Rhinestone pin, and her entry fee paid to the 2012 National Pageant.
Community Queen: As a County/City Queen with the Miss Heart of America pageant you are encouraged to participate in community service activities. In your queens kit you will receive a tracking form that you submit to our office monthly for each community service activity you participate in. The more activities you participate in, the more points you earn. The queen with the most points is awarded this title! Our State Community Queen will receive a Rhinestone Tiara, monogram Miss Heart of the USA Sash, Rhinestone pin, and her entry fee paid to the 2012 National Pageant.
Ambassador: This title is based on a point system earned for helping to promote the 2012 Louisiana's Miss Heart of the USA State pageant and our prelims. Points are earned for hanging posters, referring contestants, obtaining sponsors and vendors. Our State Ambassador will receive a Rhinestone Tiara, monogram Miss Heart of the USA Sash, Rhinestone pin, and her entry fee paid to the 2012 National Pageant.
Our Fun Title
Viewers Choice: This title is chosen by the audience. During the pageant the audience has the opportunity to vote for who they would like to see be awarded this title. Each vote is $1.00. We will award a Viewer's Choice in each age division with a special gift and the one with the most overall votes will be our State Viewer's Choice and will receive a Rhinestone Tiara, monogram Miss Heart of the USA Sash, Rhinestone pin, her entry fee paid to the 2012 National Pageant.
Entry Fee
The entry fee for our State Pageant is $295.00!
You will receive a rhinestone crown, official Miss Heart of the USA County/City Queen Sash, State Information Packet, Rhinestone Crown Pin and Referral Cards. You will also receive access to our Queens only group on NING where you can chat with other Miss Heart of the USA County, City and State Queens!
Please allow approximately 3 weeks for your kit to arrive.
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