1. THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE.

2. Must be a citizen of the United States.

3. Must be female, single, never married, not now pregnant and never conceived a child, and be of good character.

4. The Miss Texarkana Pageant is a closed pageant. In Texas, you must have legal residence within a 100 mile radius of Texarkana, and in Arkansas you must be a resident of Columbia, Howard, Pike, Nevada, Sevier, Miller, Hempstead, Little River, or Lafayette counties. Contestants must be a resident of Texas for the past 6 months or a student of an accredited Texas or Arkansas college or University for at least one full semester enrolled in a minimum of 12 semester hours or the maximum required for the degree plan chosen.

5. Must (1) have been at least seventeen (17) years of age at the time of the first appearance in the preliminary round of the local or state competition that she is entering in anticipation of this year’s National Finals, and (2) be no older than twenty-four (24) years of age on September 30^th of the year in which she would compete in Miss Texas the first year she holds the title, and Miss Arkansas the second year she holds the title. If a contestant meets the first age requirement and not the second, her first runner-up will represent Texarkana at Miss Arkansas, and all scholarship awards will be evenly divided by these two.

6. Competition wardrobe should include an evening gown; interview suit or dress; Swimsuit; and talent clothing appropriate to the talent. Swimsuit may be either one piece or two-piece but no string bikini or thong.

7. Must be, on July 30th of the year in which eligible to compete, a graduate of a high school and can or will be able to produce a diploma as proof thereof upon request or that she has or will have successfully completed the G.E.D. testing program for high school equivalency and can or will produce proof thereof upon request or have or will have successfully completed the academic requirements for entry into a four year college/degree program.

8. Upon completion of the most recent Miss USA or Teen USA State or National Pageant (for example: Miss Texas USA that was held in Laredo in July 2005, or Miss Texas Teen USA held over Thanksgiving Weekend in Houston in November 2005), and she meets the other eligibility requirements to compete in a Miss Texas local pageant, then she may compete in our 2006 Miss Texas local pageants

9. If you held a Miss America local title during the 2006 pageant season and either resigned your title or lost your title for some reason, you may not be eligible to compete in a Miss America local pageant again until the 2008 pageant season. Please contact the director prior to entering.

The Judging Process
The Miss Texarkana competition judging system is adopted from the Miss America Pageant. It is a national judging process, and is designed to promote diversity, individuality and overall achievement among all the contestants. Judges score the individual contestants immediately following each phase of competition. Contestants are scored on a 1-to-10 point scale, in whole numbers, within each category (more than one contestant may receive the same score). All judges will have been educated about the Miss America judging system and will represent a variety of professional sectors within their communities.

Scoring

The weighting of scores awarded per category is distributed as follows:

Interview/Presentation and Community Achievement	25%
Talent/Artistic Expression	35%
Evening Wear/Presence and Poise	20%
Swimsuit/Lifestyles and Fitness	15%
On Stage Question	5%

At the end of preliminary competitions, each judge will be given a list of the top five contestants in the order in which they competed (no scores). Each judge will rank each of the five contestants as to whether the contestant should be the Winner, First Runner-up, Second Runner-up, Third Runner-up, or Fourth Runner-up.

The judges will submit their individual rankings to the Auditor and the Auditor will assign points to each judge’s contestant ranking based upon the following:

• Winner - 10 Points
• 1^{st Runner-up - 5 Points}
• 2^{nd Runner-up - 3 Points}
• 3^{rd Runner-up - 2 Points}
• 4^{th Runner-up - 1 Point}