Welcome to the 2012 U.S. United Pageant! We will be honoring females from across the United States for their personal, professional, and community achievements. Our 8th anniversary show promises to showcase each contestant on her own merits and personality and will give the audience a fabulous night to remember. We focus on the individual inner beauty of each contestant, as well as her individual achievements, community involvement and personal strengths and talents. The 2012 U.S. United Pageant will take place July 5 – 8, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Hilton Atlanta Airport. Your weekend in Atlanta, Georgia will be a memorable one. Below is very important information about the pageant. Please read the information in its entirety. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
ENTRY DEADLINE:
The pageant's entry deadline is June 1, 2012. This is when all applications, fees and paperwork must be turned into the Pageant Office. If you know someone that would like to compete, please urge them to go ahead and submit their application. ALL FEES MUST BE paid in full by June 1, 2012.
Hotel reservation MUST be made by June 6, 2012 in order to secure the discounted rate of $89/night. You may call the Hilton at (800) 445-8667. Be sure to ask for the U.S. United Pageant room block.
FEE PAYMENT:
Your Pageant fee is as follows:
Early Bird Special: $50 application fee and $175 pageant fee. This price expires October 31, 2011.
November 1 - April 1, 2012 - fee will be $50 application fee and $200 pageant fee.
April 1 - June 1, 2012 - Regular pageant fee of $50 application fee and $295 pageant fee will apply.
You may pay your fees in the following ways: Check, Money Order or Paypal. The Paypal address is usunitedpageant1@aol.com. Make all money orders/checks payable to: U.S. United Pageant. Please retain your receipt for your records. Your fee includes your state banner, state crown, program book, photo shoot, admission to all pageant weekend events.
You will receive your state banner and crown once your fees are paid in full. Your $50 applicatin fee will temporarily reserve your state title.
You may use patrons and ads to pay for your pageant fees. Patrons are $5/name.
Ads are $150 full page $75 half page $40 quarter page
All ads must be camera-ready. These should be submitted to our office no later than June 12, 2012. We can not be responsible for the printing of ads or patrons that are submitted after this date. Please contact our office if you have any questions. We will accept business checks from businesses for ads until June 1, 2012. After that date, all monies must be in the form of a cashier’s check or money order. Each contestant is responsible for any return check fees, which will be deducted from pageant fee.
Ads and patrons may be used to pay fees. **Let family and friends pay your fees.
We urge you to not wait until the last minute to secure sponsors. It is easier to pay your fees and then use the money secured from ads and patrons to reiumburse yourself. We've had contestants in the past who have relied on sponsors only to have them pull out at the last minute causing them to have to pull out of the pageant at the last minute.
AIRLINE RESERVATIONS
When you are making airline reservations, please let the reservationist know you need to fly into the Hartsfield/Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
The host hotel is the Hilton Atlanta Airport located 5 minutes from the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The room rate per night is $89.00. Reservations should be directly with the hotel by calling (800)445-8667 or (404) 767-9000. Reservations should be made by June 6, 2012 in order to guarantee the rate. Please ask for the U.S. United room block. The hotel offers complimentary airport shuttle service anddiscounted parkingfor $3.00/day.
DELEGATE/QUEEN’S CONTRACT
Each contestant will sign a delegate’s contract and a queen’s contract. These contracts spell out, in detail, what is expected of you. Contracts will be emailed to you once fees are paid. Please review and sign both contracts, make a copy for your records and return the originals by the due date.
HOW TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE
When mailing in forms, please mail them to the address below:
Marchia Mickens
U.S. United Pageant
P.O. Box 191
Conley, Georgia
If you need to contact me by phone, you may call (404) 434-7331. I may also be contacted at usunitedpageant1@aol.com or director@usunitedpageant.com
PAGEANT VIDEOS
The Pageant will be professionally video taped and photographed. The official Photographer and Videographer is Gates Photography and Videography. Flash photography or videography will not be permitted by anyone else during the pageant.
SCORES
Scores will be available 30-40 minutes after the final nght pageant.
Competition Wardrobe And Judging Guidelines
Opening Number Outfit – TBA
Personal Interview
Interview is 40% of the contestant’s score. The total amount of points to be given in this Category is 40 points. Contestants should wear a business suit or business dress. You should look as though you are going to a job interview or making an appearance. Please be mindful of the length of your skirt. You be will judged on written and oral communication skills, confidence, poise, charisma, projection of personality and sincerity of your answer. The judges will generate questions from your judge’s information sheet. PLEASE have someone look over your form. Many contestants have lost points because of misspelled words, grammatical errors, etc. Information sheets MUST be typed. You will turn in five (5) copies of your information sheet at registration. Please keep in mind that this competition weighs the heaviest in the total score. Photos, graphics, etc. SHOULD NOT be added to this form. Judge's information sheet should be copied on PLAIN white paper. Failure to follow these guidelines will result in a 5 point penalty.
On-Stage Personality
On-Stage Personality is 30% of total competition score.
In this competition, you will introduce yourself to the audience and briefly speak about your accomplishments, achievements, or, hobbies and your platform if you have one. You will have up to 30 seconds for your speech. Please adhere to this time frame.
Personal Expression Wear
The Personal Expression Wear Competition is 15% of the contestant’s score. This is an outfit of choice that reflects your personality. Should you choose to wear a hat, PLEASE be sure your full face is visible to the judges at all times. You will be judged on poise, stage personality, presentation, and confidence.
Evening Gown
The Evening Gown Competition is 15% of the contestant’s score. Contestants should wear a floor length gown. The price of the gown is not important. You will be judged on poise, grace/elegance, overall presentation, eye contact, and confidence while on stage. Be sure your gown fits you well and is not too tight, too long or too short. Make sure it compliments your figure and is age appropriate.
Other Clothing Needed
You will need a Pink after five outfit for our "Pink Affair" Gala. Family and friends are also invited to our Gala. The cost for non-contestants is $30.
OPTIONAL COMPETITIONS
Scores from optional competitions have no bearing on the division winner. Contestants are not required to enter the optional competitions
Optional Competition Fees are due by June 15th.
Talent Competition (optional $30.00 fee
The Talent Competition is an optional competition and does not affect the overall outcome of the pageant. The talent entry fee is $25. Your talent may be a performing or non-performing talent. You will need to have your Talent Entry form & Entry Fee to the Office by July 1, 2010. We need this information ahead of time because these names have to be added to the computer score sheet..
Photogenic Competition (optional $30.00 fee)
Contestants in this competition should submit 2 photographs. You should bring them with you. Photographs will be returned after the pageant. Please be sure you pick them up. Photographs should be at least a 4 X 6 and no larger than an 8 X 10 and may be either in color or black and white. One photo must be a headshot. Photos should be professional not a snapshot.
Community Service (optional $30.00 fee)
Community Service Awards will be awarded to a contestant THAT SIGNS UP, pays the $20 fee and submits a separate community service resume or scrapbook. You should bring your resume or scrapbook with you. Please be sure to pick this up after the pageant.
People’s Choice
Each contestant will have a box on the People's Choice table. The People’s Choice Award will be awarded to that ONE contestant who obtains the most votes ($1.00 per vote), There is no optional fee for this award. The People’s Choice winner will receive a tiara, floral presentation, and trophy. The patron form can be downloaded from the website. ANY ADS OR PATRONS TURNED (above and beyond your fees) WILL ALSO COUNT TOWARDS THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD.
U.S. United Scholar (no fee)
Contestant will present official transcript from school or college and write an essay about their academic achievements (can not have been out of school for more than three years). You may be in or have graduated from high school, undergraduate, graduate or vocational school. The U.S. United Scholar will be awarded to a contestant in the middle school/high school age group and in the college level age group. The winner will be the contestant who has shown outstanding achievement in academics.
Contestant Gift
We will be doing a gift exchange during the weekend. Each contestant is asked to bring two gifts.One gift will be for the gift exchange and the other will be for the outgoing queen. The cost of each gift should be between $5.00 and $10.00 each.
