OUR SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION

 The Miss Johnston County Organization is an official preliminary to the Miss North Carolina Organization and

has been in existence for the past 38 years.This past year

the Miss North Carolina organization provided over $100,000 of scholarship monies to young women across our state. Our organization provides young women the chance to further their dreams and aspirations and to instill an opportunity to give back to communities across North Carolina through their social impact initiatives. 

The Miss Johnston County/Miss Cleveland Competition is a means for awareness of the Miss North Carolina and Miss America Organization.  Our local organization supports our young women during their year of service to become confident and strong women who share not only their social initiative and talent, but the opportunity to express their views on local, regional, national and global issues.  We support higher education for advancing academic goals by using the model of competition. This experience prepares our candidates to accept life’s challenges and to produce role models who exemplify and promote positive values. 

Where to start for Miss and Outstanding Teen Candidates

To become a candidate, you must:

Miss Candidates

Be between the ages of 19 and 26 for the Miss America system (Candidate (1) must be at least nineteen (19) years of age as of December 31st in the calendar year of the State Competition in which she competes; (2) Must not be older than twenty-six (26) years of age as of December 31st of the year of the State Competition in which she competes.)

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Outstanding Teen Candidates:
Be between the ages of 13 and 18 for the MAOTeen system (Must not be older than eighteen (18) years of age as of December 31st in the calendar year of the State Competition in which she could compete. To further clarify, Candidate cannot turn nineteen (19) years of age at any time during the calendar year in which she could compete at the State MAOTeen Competition.)

• Be a United States citizen

• Meet residency requirements for competing in your respective city or state

• Be able to meet the time commitment and job responsibilities as set forth by the local, state and national competition(s) in which you compete

• Not be a candidate, titleholder, or representative of a competing program to the Miss America and MAOTeen programs

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To compete for Miss Johnston County title you must reside in the following NC counties; Harnett, Johnston, Wake, Sampson, Pitt, Wayne, Cumberland, Durham, Orange, Wilson, Robeson, Nash, Lenior, Duplin, Scotland, Richmond, Anson, Union, Chatham, Onslow, Brunswick, Pender, Bladen, New Hanover and Greene.

Miss Cleveland Candidates can reside in any of the 100 North Carolina Counties

Outstanding Teen candidates DO NOT require any residency eligibility.

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NEXT: Register

All Miss and Outstanding Teen Candidates are required to register with the Miss America Organization prior to competing in preliminary competitions. Below we will outline the steps to ensure you are properly registered. 

    Step 1: Follow this link https://bit.ly/3mKHCwR to complete the registration

    Step 2: Submit the registration form along with a $35 registration fee.

    Step 3: Each candidate will receive a welcome email with further instructions 

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