Miss Garden Grove Scholarship Pageant


Garden Grove's Outstanding Teen Program

    Garden Grove’s Outstanding Teen Competition is a program for girls 13 to 17 years of age.  The competition is intended to encourage and reward scholastic achievement, communication skills, talent and community service. The state competition is held in conjunction with the Miss California pageant.

    ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

    • Resident of Orange County, California for the last six months

    • Must be 13 by April 15 of the year they compete at the state competition.

    • No older than 17 by the state competition in late June (17-year-olds may enter if they are high school juniors; 17-year-old high school seniors may enter the Miss Garden Grove pageant)

    • U.S. Citizen

    Areas of Competition

    30% - Interview: Each contestant participates in an individual 6-minute interview with our panel of judges, which includes a 30-second opening. Interview is press-style, with the contestant standing at a podium. Contestants are questioned on their background as presented on their fact sheet, their educational and career goals, and their interests, hobbies and extracurricular activities. Scoring is based on overall communication skills, including personality, intelligence, validated opinions, emotional control, overall first impression and personal appearance. Community Service is required at the local level.

    35% - Talent Performance: The talent presentation and costume must be age-appropriate. Contestants perform a 2-minute routine of their own choosing. Some possible talents include dancing, gymnastics, instrumental music, dramatic or comedic monologues, vocal performances, baton twirling, and cheerleading routines. Judges may deduct one point for clothing, hair, or make-up deemed in poor taste or not age-appropriate. Scoring is based on contestant's skill and personality, interpretive ability, technical skill level, stage presence and the totality of all elements, including costume, props, voice, use of body and choreography.

    15% - Personal Appearance/Poise in Evening Wear: Each contestant appears on-stage in an outfit of her own choosing, representative of what she would wear to a prom or other formal event. Although contestants typically wear ball or evening gowns, pantsuits, tea-length dresses and cocktail dresses are all appropriate for this phase of the competition. Scoring is based on overall first impression, sense of confidence, personality and stage presence, walk, posture, carriage and grace, appropriateness of attire and sense of style, sense of attractiveness, beauty and charm.

    10% - Lifestyle and Fitness: Each contestant briefly appears on-stage (up to 30 seconds) in the workout attire of her own choosing. The Executive Director must approve the workout attire prior to competition. Workout attire must be age-appropriate, and typical of what a teenage would wear to workout at the gym. An example of workout attire includes sweats, leggings or shorts with a tank top or half top and tennis shoes. Swimsuits and clothing specifically for dance, such as a leotard, are not permitted. Scoring is based on overall first impression, statement of strong physical fitness and health, sense of attractiveness and presence, display of energy, charisma and expression, sense of confidence and composure.

    5% - On-Stage Question: Questions will be of a general nature. The objective is to evaluate the contestant’s ability to think on her feet and answer a question of general interest to people her age, including, but not limited to local, state and national current events. Scoring is based on overall first impression and extemporaneous response to an on-stage question, contestant’s ability to answer the question in the context in which it was asked, contestant’s ability to handle the pressure of speaking on stage in front of an audience, and if young people see her as a role model who is reflective of today’s generation.

    5% - Scholastic Achievement: Academic Judges will review each contestant's resume and official transcripts. Scoring will be based on the following questions...
    1. Has this student maintained at least a "B" average during the past academic year?
    2. Would her academic achievements place her in the top 10% of your (the judges') institution?
    3. Is she taking Advanced, AP, or IB courses?
    4. Does she hold leadership positions in her school and extracurricular activities?
    5. Based on the information before you, do you believe this student would meet the description of an "outstanding student"?

    There is also a Final Ballot for both the Miss and Teen competitions. This should be included under the Areas of Competition, after all the categories are listed. It should read the same for both the Miss and Teen. Here is the text:

    Top Five - Final Ballot
    From the above 100%, the Top Five Finalists will be named. The Top Five Finalists enter the final round of competition with zero points. The judges will then rank the contestants in the order they individually believe the contestants should finish on a Final Ballot.

    Each judge will rank the Top Five contestants on a Final Ballot. A first place vote is worth ten points, a second place vote is worth five points, a third place vote is worth three points, a fourth place vote is worth two points and a fifth place vote is worth one point . The total of the Final Ballots alone will determine the outcome of the pageant. The high and low scores on the Final Ballot will NOT be dropped. All judges’ votes count on the Final Ballot.

    Candidates must be a resident of Orange County for the last six months. Candidates must be no younger than 13 by August 24, 2007 and no older than 17 by the date of the state competition (17 year olds may enter if they are still juniors in high school). All candidates must be United States citizens.