OPEN CONTESTANT ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION GUIDELINES
NOTE: Applicant is prohibited from using the assigned official title prior to state organization approval of application and notification to the applicant that she has been accepted as a 2025 state delegate.
1. Have a positive, energetic, optimistic, driven attitude that is ready to have fun!
2. Be a Miss who meets the age eligibility requirements:
Miss contestants must be between 18- and 28-years-old. Age eligibility is established by birth year. To be eligible, delegates must have been born between 1997 and 2007. To clarify, the contestant cannot be older than 28 in the year she would compete for a state title (2025).
3. Meet all eligibilty guidelines set forth by the Miss America Delegate Contract.
4. If selected to advance to the State Competition, complete all remaining program and production paperwork and other requirements. Complete information is found in the Miss Contestant Resource Portal. The link will be provided if selected to advance.
5. Be available for the following mandatory events/dates:
Delegate/Parent/Guardian In-Person Spring Workshop***
April 27, 2025 in Coos Bay/North Bend
Delegate/Parent/Guardian Virtual Spring Workshop***
Late May or early June via Zoom (extact date TBA)
***It is optional for a parent/guardian to join the Miss contestant at both sessions of Spring Workshop.
Miss Oregon Competition
June 23 - 28, 2025 in Seaside, Oregon
Delegates will be given the option of a home stay during Miss Oregon Week. If they choose not to stay with a host family, lodging will be the responsibility of the delegate and/or her family. Other expenses are the responsibility of the delegate and/or her family.
Miss America Competition
Official dates: Aug. 30 - Sept. 7, 2025
Location: TBA
Entry fee and airfare of Miss Oregon provided by the Miss Oregon Scholarship Program. Lodging and meals during travel days and the required competition days are provided. Lodging and meals for dates prior to the official check-in or after the official check-out is the responsibility of Miss Oregon and/or her family.
FURTHER REQUIREMENTS POST APPLICATION APPROVAL:
1. Collect sponsors for A MINIMUM OF ONE MANDATORY PROGRAM BOOK AD PAGES. Ad pages are $400 each. Ad pages beyond the first will earn the delegate additional monies to offset competition expenses. Information to be found in the contestant's resource portal. Link available upon application approval.
2. Provide a mandatory silent auction basket to be auctioned off during the state competition. Information to be found in the contestant's resource portal. Link available upon application approval.
3. All competition wardrobe is the sole responsibility of the delegate. This includes: interview, talent, evening gown, off night evening gown (not required), required production wardrobe, media tour outfit, official headshot outfit, and clean/appropriate shoes and accessories for each wardrobe change listed. Further information to be found in the contestant's resource portal. Link available upon application approval.
4. Be committed to volunteering within your community. Provide an official Community Service Initiative Essay outlining and detailing your chosen social cause and what you have done and will do to support this cause during your year of service. This will be used during your interview portion of competition. To be submitted within the contestant's resource portal. Link available upon application approval.
5. Create a Fact Sheet that will be used during your interview portion of competition. To be submitted within the contestant's resource portal. Link available upon application approval.
6. Prepare a 90-second talent presentation that may be publicized by the Miss Oregon Scholarship Program. Further information to be found in the contestant's resource portal. Link available upon application approval.
7. Register to fundraise for the American Heart Association and Miss America's Scholarship Foundation via Spotfund.com. Additional information available within the contestant's resource portal.
8. Recruit a Shining Star (aged 5 to 12) to participate in Miss Oregon's Shining Star program during the 2025 Miss Oregon Competition. Additional information will be provided at the Delegate Workshop.
9. Participate in all fundraisers for Miss Oregon during your time as a state delegate.