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Subject: These are great pageants for beginners and experienced contestants!

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They are NOT on weekends, however, which makes it hard for some people.

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Date Posted: 15:06:12 06/26/07 Tue
In reply to: Check it out! 's message, "International Festival has several pageants." on 14:49:51 06/26/07 Tue

>The International Homecoming Festival is held the end
>of July through the first week of August in Calais, ME
>and St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and has many pageants.
>
>LaPetite, Pre-Teen & Teen Pageants
>Contact: Barbara Lara 454-2824. Barbara has been a
>dance teacher for decades. Many of her students have
>won national pageant and talent titles.
>
>Little Miss International (ages 7-9) and Miss (ages
>17-24)
>Contact: Jill Thorton at 454-3730. Her daughter was
>Miss International 1991 and was in top 7 at Miss Maine
>America.
>The Miss Pageant has cash prizes. I think there is a
>$20 entry fee for Little Miss.
>
>For more information go to www.visitcalais.com, click
>on News and Events for August. Also there is a new
>website, for just the Little Miss and Miss pageant: rel=nofollow target=_blank >rel=nofollow target=_blank
>href="http://www.freewebs.com/missinternational/">http:
>//www.freewebs.com/missinternational/

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[> [> Subject: Little Miss International ages 7-9
Author: Jill Thornton ,co-director [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:26:14 06/26/07 Tue It is FREE to enter the Little Miss International. Pageant date is Aug 2nd. Miss International Scholarship pageant ages 17-24. Free to enter. The pageant committee gets the sponsors for each of the contestants.

[> [> [> Subject: Jill, about how many contestants usually enter the older division?
Author: what are contestants judged on? [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:35:58 06/26/07 Tue

[> [> [> [> Subject: Does the website say what judging is based on?
Author: I'm curious to know how many contestants they allow since the pageant finds the sponsors! [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 19:21:53 06/26/07 Tue

[> [> [> [> Subject: Miss International Scholarship Pageant
Author: Jill [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 18:38:46 06/27/07 Wed Usually it's between 6-12. What stops alot of local girls from entering is talent, which is 40% of the score. We had 10 last year. Many of these girls have never entered a pageant before. All judging criteria is on the website.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: That's a good number. It seems most pageants now average between 8 and 12.
Author: Is it usually the same number of Americans and Canadians (or close to it)? [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 18:39:32 06/28/07 Thu

[> [> [> Subject: That's great! Not many pageants are free to enter!
Author: I know this one's been around a long time, too. [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:42:39 06/26/07 Tue

[> [> [> [> Subject: Every year, since 1974!
Author: Not many pageants can say that! [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:45:41 06/26/07 Tue

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Have queens won $1000 every year since 74?
Author: $1000 is a great incentive to enter! [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 18:16:31 06/26/07 Tue

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: The $1000 prize is recent, but the winner has always received nice prizes.
Author: It is only the Miss division that has the $$$. [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 18:23:08 06/26/07 Tue

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Yes, a long time ago it was just a few hundred.
Author: Nice prices from local businesses, though. [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:41:31 06/28/07 Thu

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: I believe it has been $1000 since 1998.
Author: 1997 it was $500 for Miss Int. [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:56:09 06/28/07 Thu

[> [> [> [> Subject: Do you need a passport now to cross the border to Canada?
Author: I've heard it can take a long time to get through Canadian customs. [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 06:11:33 06/27/07 Wed

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: The issue of passports was for when one enters into the USA from Canada, not leaving the USA!
Author: I don't think they're required yet to enter/re-enter the USA but will eventually be I think. [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 06:35:58 06/27/07 Wed

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: What ID is required? I haven't crossed the border in years.
Author: Is it still the same questions: Where are you going? How long are you staying? [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:18:38 06/28/07 Thu

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: A photo ID, or Drivers Licence,Birth Cert.
Author: Same questions. [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 18:07:03 06/28/07 Thu

[> [> [> Subject: Barbara's pageants have a small entry fee.
Author: Not sure how much, but not a lot. [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 09:31:36 06/27/07 Wed