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Date Posted: 10:35:59 07/14/06 Fri
Scoring Criteria For 2006-07 Season Locals
Miss Local is both a business and a culturally specific brand that transcends being just a beauty pageant. Miss Local herself is a critical member of the Miss State and Miss America Organization’s marketing team and works to advance the business of scholarship and community service for women. The Miss America Organization’s judging system distinguishes Miss Local via a form of Olympic scoring where each contestant competes against ONLY herself with judging using a 1-10 whole number system where the high and low are discarded.
Competition Scoring
The Miss Local areas of competition and their weighted score values are:
•Talent - 35%
•Private Interview - 25%
•Evening Wear - 20%
•Swim Wear - 15%
•On-Stage Question – 5%
•The Final Ballot -
The total scores from all areas of competition will determine the Top 5 whose names will be given to the judges in their competition order with absolutely no indication of their overall scores. Each judge then ranks these contestants in the order he/she believes they should each finish.
1st Placement = 10 Points
2nd Placement = 5 Points
3rd Placement = 3 Points
4th Placement = 2 Points
5th Placement = 1 Point
These scores are not additionally weighted and the high and low scores are not deleted. These points will NOT be added to the scores from the previous competitions and will be the final determination of the pageant outcome.
Judging Criteria for Talent
The artistic expression phase of competition provides an insight into the contestants preparatory and performance skills. Consideration is given to whether the talent selection fits these skills and the contestant’s personality while acknowledging the quality and technical skill of the talent being presented. Judges will look for a favorable overall first impression; interpretive ability; technical skill; entertainment value; stage presence and the integration of elements (costume, choreography, music and/or props)
Judging Criteria for Private Interview
The community & scholastic achievement phase of competition is an opportunity for the judges to learn as much as possible about the contestant such as her educational goals; her commitment to advance her community service issue; her level of communication skills; her opinions and aspirations; her sense of accomplishment, poise, and presence and the personal qualities and attributes that uniquely qualify her to fulfill the job responsibilities of Miss State. Judges will look for a favorable overall first impression; exceptional communication skills with a commanding presence; personality; personal appearance and beauty; validated opinions and responses; ability to fulfill the job responsibilities; sense of accomplishment; and knowledge and understanding of community service issue.
Judging Criteria for Evening Wear
The presence & poise phase of competition provides an insight into the contestant’s sense of style and her self-confidence. Judges will look for a favorable overall first impression while she showcases her beauty, poise and grace with a commanding stage presence across the footlights.
Judging Criteria for Swim Wear
The lifestyle & fitness phase of competition provides an insight into whether the contestant maintains a lifestyle of good physical health and fitness. Judges will look for a favorable overall first impression; physical beauty; sense of confidence and composure and a display of drive, energy, and charisma.
Judging Criteria for On-Stage Interview
The knowledge & awareness phase of competition is designed for the contestant to make an on-stage statement of her interests, opinion, and aspirations. Judges will look for a favorable overall first impression; charisma and stage presence to be a spokesperson. Special attention is given to whether or not the contestant answered the question in context, in the time allotted and if she had a commanding presence to make the audience want to listen to her.
Criteria for Final Ballot
Judges will consider the job description, responsibilities and requirements necessary to be Miss Local as presented to them during the judges' orientation regarding the titleholder they have been entrusted to select. In doing so they will consider the following 3 questions:
Does she want the job?
Can she do the job?
Is she manageable?
They will also consider all phases of competition and then determine the order in which the contestants could best perform as Miss America/Miss State/Miss Local and serve as the “face” and the “voice” of this Organization. The contestant they believe to be the best woman for this job will receive the first placement; the second best, the second placement, and continue this process until all five have been ranked according to the judges belief in who would be the best applicant for the job description they have been asked to fill.
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