QUALIFICATIONS
To become a 2025 contestant, you must:
Be a United States citizen.
Be the following age:
Teen: 14-18 years old
Miss: 18-27 years old
For the 2025 competition, 18-year-olds qualify for both the Miss and the Teen programs. Please contact us prior to submitting an entry form so that we may confirm if you should sign up as a Miss or a Teen.
Pay participation fees:
$39.99 (per competition year) Registration fee on the Miss America Organization website. This is a requirement from the Miss America Organization. Please do not submit your Miss America Organization registration fee until the Miss Seattle Scholarship Organization confirms your entry. (We can send you a Bypass link if you have already paid in this competition year).
$50 regular registration fee to the Miss Seattle Organization.
$34 - $42 (plus tax + shipping) Rebel Athletic top. The Miss America Organization requires all local contestants to wear a Rebel Athletic top at the local level for the fitness competition. Please do not purchase this top/bottom set until the Miss Seattle Scholarship Organization has provided links to the required top styles.
$45 - $68 (plus tax + shipping) Rebel Athletic bottom. The Miss America Organization requires all local contestants to wear a Rebel Athletic bottom at the local level for the fitness competition. Please do not purchase this top/bottom set until the Miss Seattle Scholarship Organization has provided links to the required bottom styles.
AHA Go Red Fundraiser, $30 required to be raised per contestant. We will give you information for setting up your Spotfund/AHA Go Red account if you don't have one already set up.
Sell a full page of advertisements ($300) minimum in program magazine advertisement sales. Contestants are encouraged to approach local businesses and sell advertisement space in our program magazine. The more program magazine advertisements sold, the more scholarship we are able to award. There are incentives for the contestants that sell the most advertisements. Program magazine advertisement prices are $150 for half page or $300 for full page.
Eligibility requirements are subject to change as new guidelines are provided by the Miss America Organization. Additional details and full qualifications can be found in the Miss America Organization contract which each delegate will review and sign before competing.