Pageant Information
The Louisiana Watermelon Festival Pageant will be held in Farmerville on Saturday, July 25, 2026, with private interviews taking place on Friday, July 24, 2026.
Phases of Competition
Private Interview: 30%
Talent: 20%
Health and Fitness: 20%
Evening Wear: 20%
On-Stage Conversation: 10%
Local Registration Fee
Miss Division: $100
Teen Division: $100
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible to compete as an at-large, local or state participant for either Miss America or Miss America’s Teen in September 2026, you must: be a female, meet the age criteria as shown below, be living full-time as a resident of your state, or employed full-time in person, or enrolled full-time as a student at an accredited school/college.
Miss America 18-28: must be NO OLDER than 28 on September 30, 2026, and no younger than 18 on Sept 1, 2027.
Miss America’s Teen 14-18: must be no YOUNGER than 14 by September 1 and no older than 18 on Sept 30, 2027.
Teen Age Criteria- Additional Notes:
Miss America HQ allows 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.
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.
Required Registration
Club America
All contestants competing for either Miss or Teen must register for
their Miss America membership, which allows them to compete in all
levels of Miss America/Miss America’s Teen. This is the FIRST STEP to
getting the ball rolling to compete in a local competition. The direct link
is: https://www.club.missamerica.org/ma-membership. The
membership fee is $49.99 for the year.
Please be sure to use the SAME email address and phone number all
the way through once you begin completing the Miss America
membership.
Contestants are responsible for CANCELLING the membership before
the one-year “join date” anniversary to avoid being charged again for
the annual recurring fee charge.
AHA x Miss America
After a contestant completes the membership process, an email containing additional information, including the delegate/contestant contract and a link to
set up the SpotFund account to raise money for the American Heart Association will be issued from the Miss America Office.
All local contestants who are competing on the local stage must raise a minimum of $30 (for each local competition entered) for the America Heart Association through SpotFund.
For more information please reference the following step-by-step directions: https://storage.googleapis.com/msgsndr/2kD74R4iVusddhxXy8hi/media/6871802c6975b347e289173b.pdf