The 2016 Miss El Cajon Scholarship Pageant Will salute Jimmie Johnson #48! Welcome and thank you for your interest in the Miss El Cajon Scholarship Pageant. The pageant has been a grand tradition in the City of El Cajon for more than 50 years. The program is rich with tradition and is an outstanding mentoring and leadership opportunity for young women. The Program is open to girls ages 6-11 and young women ages 12-22 years old. The on-stage pageant production is set for Saturday April 9, 2016 The pageant is produced by the Council for Youth Empowerment (CYE), a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, the entire staff are all volunteers with years of experience in pageantry and community leadership. There is NO ENTRY FEE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PAGEANT, Workshops are offered free of charge to all participants, no experience is required! Each young woman accepted into the program is asked to seek a business sponsor, sponsorships are $150.00, family and friends may sponsor your participation. The El Cajon business community is very supportive of the pageant! Each participant must qualify to participate, see page 5-7 for qualifications. Contestants will be scored in the following preliminary categories: Personal Interview, Speech, Evening Gown modeling (party dress for 6-8 yr olds), On-stage Impromptu Question, Poise, Personality and Overall Impression. Miss El Cajon and members of her Court take part in numerous City functions, and represent the City throughout the County of San Diego, as Goodwill Ambassadors of our great City. Miss Photogenic, Miss Congeniality, and Facebook Fan Favorites will also be selected. The 1 st Runner-ups in each age division of the pageant will be crowned Miss Rancho San Diego. Each Miss El Cajon and Miss Rancho San Diego titleholder crowned will move-on and represent the City of El Cajon during the Miss California Scholarship Pageant, August 13 & 14, 2016!
TIME COMMITMENT TO APPLY: Keep this page! Miss El Cajon Personal Development Workshops 2016. Being a Miss El Cajon Queen is a responsibility; it will require your presence during City events And you will have the honor of representing El Cajon or Rancho San Diego for the Miss California Pageant, August 13 & 14, 2016. Please do not apply if you can not make the commitment to represent the title for the State Pageant! Busy girls make the best queens - as they understand time management! Winning the crown is like most other things - you get out of the program, what you put into it! You are welcome and encouraged to attend as many Workshop/Rehearsals as possible If you are unable to make the time to give a good performance -wait until next year to apply. If you have previously participated in a pageant you are required to attend a minimum of 2 Workshops! Mandatory Dress Rehearsal: Friday, April 8, 2016 5:30/8:30 PM If you have never participated in a pageant it is mandatory that you attend a minimum of 3 Workshops! Mandatory Dress Rehearsal: Friday, April 8, 2016 5:30/8:30 PM It is suggested you attend as many rehearsals as possible, to shine when you are on-stage. DATE TIME EVENT LOCATION Saturday March 5, 2015 March 9, 16, 20, 30 and April 3, and April 8, 2016. TBD Saturday April 9, 2016 1:00 3:00 PM TBD (per age groups) Miss El Cajon s Green Flag Event Submit your application for acceptance into the 2016 Miss El Cajon Scholarship Program (Limited number of contestants accepted!) If you are unable to attend this event, please submit your completed application before this date, to be considered into the Program! Workshops: *March 9, 16, 20 & 30. Photo Day: *Sunday, March 20 th April 3 and 8 th Rehearsal at Greenfield Middle School, on-stage. (All dates subject to change, due to availability of facilities.) A Fun - Fundraising Event will also be planned. If you are accepted into the Program you are expected to participate! The Checkered Flag - Pageant Day (Interviews in the morning, followed by an On-Stage Rehearsal, Pageant will start at 2 PM (subject to change, due to facility availability.) Parkway Plaza Mall, near Sears *United Methodist Church, Chapel of the Valley 1465 E Madison Ave, El Cajon 92019 Greenfield Middle School What to Expect at Workshops/Rehearsals: Submit application packet for acceptance into the Miss El Cajon Scholarship Program *Headshot PHOTOS for the program book; you will need to wear a solid color blouse Submit your Good Luck sponsorship page/fees no later than March 16, 2016 Learn and practice the opening production number Learn the walking patterns for the evening gown presentation Practice answering on-stage questions Vote for Miss Congeniality Opportunity to purchase discounted-tickets to the Pageant! Review, discuss practice speech competition Ask questions, make new friends and have fun! 2
IF I AM ACCEPTED INTO THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, WHAT WILL IT COST? Being a CYE Pageant Sister is a privilege, to be a member of the Sisterhood is an honor bestowed upon only the best and brightest young women. CYE reserves the right to refuse entry to our Scholarship Programs, to anyone at any time. Once accepted into the program: There are no entry fees no cost to participate in the Personal Development Workshops, no charge for the headshot Photos. Each young woman accepted into the program is required to secure sponsors for her personal Good Luck page in the Miss El Cajon Magazine/Program book! Your sponsors information will be proudly displayed on your personal page. The sponsorship fee is $150.00. Family and friends may sponsor you; you may have more that one sponsor. (The El Cajon business community is very supportive of contestants. If for some reason you are unable to secure a sponsor, please let us know we will help you!) You will need a evening gown/shoes for the evening gown portion of the pageant, you will also need a black (short) dress (or black blouse and skirt, or black slacks and black top, no jeans) and black shoes for the Pageant s Opening Production Number, not a cocktail dress, you will be given a black and white scarf to wear with your outfit, to go along with the pageant theme! In addition you will need a nice dress for Interview portion of the pageant, a dress you would wear to church or out to dinner with your family. (Solid colors work best!) No one should wear white shoes for a pageant, never - ever! PAGEANT AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Miss El Cajon and Miss Rancho San Diego winners receive the official Miss El Cajon Crystal tiara, Miss El Cajon Satin Sash and presentation bouquet. Each winner crowned receives a $400 entry fee scholarship to represent the City during the 2016 Miss California Scholarship Pageant, August 13 & 14, 2016. Scholarship Awards: Miss El Cajon - $1,000.00 (if fewer than 6 Miss contestants $500.00 will be awarded) 1 st Runner-up: Miss Rancho San Diego - $500.00 (if fewer than 6 Miss contestants $300.00) Teen Miss El Cajon - $500.00 (if fewer than 6 Teen contestants $300.00) 1 st Runner-up: Teen Rancho San Diego - $125.00 Younger age divisions do not receive Cash Scholarships. Other Awards: Miss Congeniality and Miss Photogenic will be named in each age division. Top interview and top speech awards will be presented. Miss Spirit of the Pageant, will be Awarded to the contestant that sells the most pageant tickets and sponsorship ads combined! 3
This is your official application packet all pages must be complete and submitted to CYE. 2 ways to submit: via US Mail: CYE, 9355 Emerald Grove Ave., Lakeside, CA 92040 or you may submit during Miss El Cajon s Green Flag Event at Parkway Plaza, March 5, 2016 1/3:00 PM near Sears. For information email: misselcajon@cox.net Only 10 contestants will be accepted in the 6-8 year old age division for the 2016 Program. Please complete the forms, secure your sponsors and return the packet as soon as possible (sponsor fee must be included)! First come, first served! All checks payable to CYE, be sure to tell your sponsor fees are tax deductible, CYE is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization (W-9 forms available upon request.) Please attach this sheet to the top of the documents listed below Please print or type your full name Check the age division in which you will compete. You must be this age on January 01, 2016 Miss El Cajon 2016 (18 years of age, but not 23 by 1/01/2016) Miss El Cajon Teen 2016 (15 years of age by 01/01/2016, but not over 17 by 01/01/2016) Junior Teen Miss El Cajon 2016 (12 years of age by 01/01/2016 but not over 14 by 01/01/2016) Pre-Teen Miss El Cajon 2016 (9 years of age by 01/01/2016 but not over 11 by 01/01/2016) Junior Miss El Cajon 2016 (6 years of age by 01/01/2016 but not over 8 by 01/01/2016) Check off the following to ensure you have included these items in your turn-in packet: Qualifications/Information / Rules/Regulations and Agreement, pages 5-7 Judges Information Sheet, page 8 Copy Driver s License (or) California Id card for proof of residency/mailing address and proof of school attendance or graduate from Grossmont or Cuyamace Community colleges, or proof of attendance at a school located in the Cajon Valley School District or Grossmont HS District. Script and Program Book information, page 9. All sponsor checks payable to: CYE a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. EIN # 01-0925093 4
Information and agreement: Please check Division entered: MISS DIVISION (18 22) TEEN DIVISION (15-17) JUNIOR TEEN DIVISION (12-14) PRE-TEEN DIVISION (9-11) JUNIOR MISS (6-8) ************************************************************************ FULL LEGAL NAME PRONUNCIATION of NAME: NICK NAME (if any) BIRTHDATE: ADDRESS (no PO Box) CITY / ZIP CODE AGE HOME PHONE (with area code) EMAIL ADDRESS PARENTS NAME(S) or legal guardian(s): CELL (with area code) ADDRESS (If different from contestant) PARENTS/LEGAL GUARDIAN(S) PHONE NO. FOR EMERGENCIES: QUALIFICATIONS, RULES, REGULATIONS & AGREEMENT between contestants The Miss El Cajon Program and the Council for Youth Empowerment (CYE). I, born on Apply for eligibility to participate in the Miss El Cajon/Teen El Cajon/Junior Teen/Pre-Teen/Junior Miss El Cajon pageant and agree if accepted as a contestant to the hereafter enumerated conditions. I agree that I am qualified for the Miss El Cajon Pageant based on the following rules. Failure to comply will result in the forfeiture of the title and crown, and both will be transferred to the next qualified delegate, along with any and all prizes including scholarship. 1) I am between the ages of 6 (as of 01/01/2016) and have not reached my 23rd birthday, by the same date. I am female, single, never have been married, never have given birth to a child or have been a mother, and am of good moral character. 2) I have been a resident of El Cajon at least four (4) months prior to the area pageant. Determination of the area is based on home address/mailing address. If I am not a current resident of El Cajon, I may be eligible to compete if I am currently attending, or graduated from, Cuyamaca College or Grossmont College (proof of schooling required). If I am not a current resident of El Cajon, I may be eligible to compete if I currently attend a school located within the Cajon Valley School District, or the Grossmont High School District (proof of attendance must be submitted.) 5
3) I acknowledge that I am at least a 2.5 grade point average student; I have excellent school attendance; and have never been suspended from school. 4) I understand that I am accepting the responsibility for representing the City of El Cajon, and the Rancho San Diego area and that my public and personal conduct will be of the utmost concern during my reign. If my moral or personal conduct should for any reason become embarrassing to the Council for Youth Empowerment organization, the City of El Cajon, or the Miss El Cajon/Rancho San Diego Pageant, I will willingly give up my title. This would include but is not limited to; the suspension from school, posting inappropriate pictures or text on social media sites, the use of profanity in public and inappropriate conduct at events or community service venues. All remaining prizes shall be returned to the pageant committee. 5) I agree not to alter my personal appearance should I become Miss/Teen/Jr. Teen/Pre-Teen El Cajon or Rancho San Diego, including changing my hair color, or with tattoos or piercings that were NOT present when I won the title. 6) I have not been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude. 7) I have not appeared nude or semi-nude in any photo, movie, video, publication or event and will not appear in such during competition and during the year of reigning as a Miss El Cajon/Miss Rancho San Diego titleholder. 8) I will dress in an appropriate manner to all rehearsals, outings and events. This means no see through, low cut, revealing or tummy tops. Short Mini Skirts and ultra low rise pants are also not permitted. No Bare Midriffs. No tight fitting dress/shirts/pants or skirts. 9) Falsification of any fact on the entry form will disqualify me from further participation in all CYE pageants. 10) Once chosen A Miss El Cajon / Miss Rancho San Diego titleholder, I will not participate in any other pageant system of competition without the written consent from CYE s Executive Director, Billie Sangster. 11) If crowned a titleholder during the April 9, 2016 pageant I AGREE TO PARTICIPATE IN CYE S Miss California Scholarship Pageant during the year of my reign. I understand I will receive an Entry Fee Scholarship to the Miss California Scholarship Pageant, a $400 value, (scholarships are non-transferable and can not be redeemed for cash; I understand I will be responsible for the registration fee (not to exceed $150.00) for the State Pageant. The registration fee for State, may be deducted from my Scholarship Award, I understand that the remainder of my Scholarship from the Miss/Teen El Cajon/Miss/Teen Rancho San Diego Pageant will be paid once I participate and fulfill my commitments in the Miss California State Finals (scheduled for August 13 & 14, 2016). I agree to return to crown my successor during the following years Miss El Cajon/Miss Rancho San Diego Pageant. 12) I am aware that I will be required to provide my own wardrobe for the pageant. 13) I understand that it is highly recommended that I take part in all rehearsals and appearances as scheduled by the Miss El Cajon sponsors and directors for the betterment of myself and the program. If you can not take part in the rehearsals please wait until next year to enter the pageant. 14) All appearances as titleholders must be approved in advance by CYE s Miss El Cajon Scholarship Association Directors. If chosen a titleholder, I (or any third party) will not develop a separate website, social media site, and/or use any pictures that relate to the Miss El Cajon Scholarship Program for promotional purposes or for any other reason outside of the official Miss El Cajon website, CYE websites or Facebook pages Continued on next page. 6
15) MODEL RELEASE: I do hereby give my permission for the Miss El Cajon Scholarship Association, and it s non-profit affiliations (including, but not limited to, Miss El Cajon Scholarship Pageants) to use my photographs in all publicity and promotion (including, but not limited to, newspapers, social media, television, magazines, etc). I also hereby waive any and all rights to inspect said photos. I understand and agree that I will not receive compensation for such photos. The participant agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless any and all Pageant Directors, Consultants, Committee persons or individuals involved with the pageant, the Miss El Cajon Scholarship Pageant and Association, the Miss El Cajon Scholarship Pageant and Association, the Council for Youth Empowerment (CYE) volunteers, its sponsors, and employees of the sponsors from and against any liability, claim, loss or expense (including reasonable attorney s fees) arising out of any injury, accidents, or damage which is caused by, arises from or is in any way connected with my participation in this program or event. The Pageant Directors, Committee persons or individuals involved with the pageants, its sponsors, and employees of the sponsors shall not be responsible for accidents or losses that may occur to any of the participants at the rehearsals, outing events, training programs, or any other official business of the Miss El Cajon/Rancho San Diego Scholarship Association and its non-profit affiliates. The parent or guardian of any minor is responsible for any injury or damage resulting from the participant s participation in the program or special events. This includes any injury to others or to the participants or to the participant s property. I certify that I have read the statement listed above. SIGNATURE (Participant) PRINTED NAME (Participant) DATE: In addition, we, the undersigned, the parents, or legal guardians, of the above named participant, do hereby consent and agree to our child, or ward, entering the Miss El Cajon, Miss El Cajon Teen, Miss El Cajon Jr. Teen or Miss El Cajon Pre-Teen Pageant. PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNATURE PARENT/GUARDIAN (NAME PRINTED) DATE: 7
PROFILE / FACTS SHEET CONTESTANT NUMBER: (leave blank will be issued) ************************************************************************ Please print or type your full name Check the age division in which you will compete. Miss El Cajon 2016 (18-22) Miss El Cajon Teen 2016 (15-17) Miss El Cajon Jr. Teen 2016 (12-14) Miss El Cajon Pre Teen 2016 (9-11) Junior Miss El Cajon (6-8) This fact sheet will be exactly what the judges will receive. Please make sure it is neat and legible. Check for typos and spelling. Do not change the format of this document. Please print or type Future Plans, Career Goals, Ambitions Accomplishments/ Awards What is your favorite thing about the City of El Cajon? Describe your community involvement (if any)? Outside Activities (Clubs/ Special Training) SIGNATURE (Participant) Date Do Not exceed one page! 8
MISS EL CAJON SCRIPT/PROGRAM BOOK INFORMATION The information below will be printed next to your photo in the Official pageant program book. Name: Age (day of pageant) age as of 1/1/2016 School (current or graduated from) Sponsored by: Please type or print a 20 second biography about yourself to be read by the pageant emcee during the on-stage show, please make sure to include your sponsor information. You are encouraged to include what ever information you feel is most important about yourself: Example: Sarah Jenkins is a 16 year-old student currently attending El Cajon High School. She aspires to dance on Broadway, and she is a volunteer dance instructor. Sarah has a 3.5 GPA and is the recipient of the Girls Scout s Silver Award. She is sponsored by her grandparents and Super Cuts of El Cajon. Please add text here: 9
Sample Sponsor request letter: Date: xxxxx Dear XXXXXX, My name is XXXX and I am a XX Student at XXX. I am hoping to participate in this year s Miss El Cajon Scholarship Pageant Program and I am hoping you would consider sponsoring my participation in the event. The pageant is set for Saturday, April 9, 2016 and hundreds of proud El Cajon citizens and dignitaries will be in attendance to see who will be named the 52 nd Miss El Cajon, the Official Youth Ambassador for 2016. Miss El Cajon is a scholarship pageant that recognizes the academic and personal achievements of young women that reside and/or attend school in the City of El Cajon. Although the contestants are beautiful, the focus of this pageant is community service - there is no swimsuit competition. Should I win this pageant I hope to use my title to support and raise awareness for XXXXX (list your charity here and possibly add a personal story on your connection to help this cause). In addition this title would open doors for me as I strive to earn the Presidential Volunteer Service Award through my volunteer efforts. In addition to supporting me this sponsorship will be a wonderful marketing tool to promote your business as well. For a $150.00 sponsorship your name will be listed in the program book and your name will be announced by the emcee during the show. Each year 1000 books are printed, and distributed free of change throughout the year, during City events! Checks can be made payable to CYE, the Council for Youth Empowerment, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. All sponsorships are a tax deduction, as an advertising expense. W-9 forms available upon request. Thank you in advance for helping me reach my goal to participate in this wonderful program. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions. Please respond by March 10, 2016. Sincerely, NAME PHONE EMAIL 10
Sample sponsor page for the Program Book! 11