Eligibility

• Miss America’s Teen 14-18 – must be 14 by state competition and no older than 18 at state competition.

  • Miss America HQ is reinstating the option for 18-year-old contestants to have a ‘pivot’ year to decide whether they would like to compete in the Teen or Miss divisions.

  • A TEEN must not be more than 18 years old at the FIRST DAY of the State competition and must be at least 14 years of age. To clarify, the date of determining this age criterion remains the first day of the published State competition schedule.

  • Additionally, once an 18-year-old decides on the division she may compete in, she may not change divisions until the next cycle. Please proceed to your applicable State online application.

• Miss America 18-28 – must be 18 by state competition, and no older than 27 at state competition

• Be a United States citizen

• Meet residency requirements for competing in your respective city or state

• Be able to meet the time commitment and job responsibilities as set forth by the local, state and national competition(s) in which you compete

• Not be a candidate, titleholder, or representative of a competing program to the Miss America and MAOTeen programs