AGJ's ORIGINAL CRUISE PAGEANT NATIONALS 2014 June 13-15 th 2014 Sheraton Bradley, Windsor Locks CT Right inside the airport- code BDL $103 group rate per night- Mention AGJ for group code Get onboard the AGJ Funship in 2014- port of call- Crown Town! Win a Carnival Cruise Gift Card to book your own cruise vacation. Book when you want- with who you wantand where you want. Our cruise winners ACTUALLY do receive their prizes and cruise. Just take a look at some of our past winners. AGJ is about making memories that last a lifetime. This is not your every weekend pageant- this is all about energy and fun. Red vs Blue team who will it be? GRAND NATIONALS Sunday June 15 th Age groups- 0-11months, 12-23 months, 2yrs, 3-4 yrs, 5-6 yrs, 7-8 yrs, 9-10 yrs, 11-12 yrs, 13-15 yrs, 16+ yrs Supreme Groups- ages 0-4 yrs, 5-10yrs, 11+ yrs (1) ELITE CRUISE WINNER - the contestant with the highest supreme score of (Natural Beauty OR Glitz Beauty, + 2 highest optionals) will be crowned the ELITE CRUISE WINNER and be awarded a $500 Carnival Cruise Vacation for 2! (see rules/info page for more details). Winner will also receive a gorgeous Cruise Ship crown, Sash, National Jacket and $500 in CASH * Minimum 35 contestants required to award (this is our average contestant number and we feel we should be able to reach this) * in the event we have less than 35 contestants registered for Nationals- the following (2) Ultimates will do a live draw for the cruise vacation! (1) Glitz Ultimate Grand Supreme- the contestant with the highest supreme score of Glitz Beauty + 2 highest optionals (at least 1 must be a stage event) will be crowned our Natural Ultimate Grand Supreme and receive a large crown, prize, Sash, National Jacket and $250 in cash. (1) Natural Ultimate Grand Supreme- the contestant with the highest supreme score of Natural Beauty + 2 highest optionals (at least 1 must be a stage event) will be crowned our Natural Ultimate Grand Supreme and receive a large crown, prize, Sash, National Jacket and $250 in cash. ** contestants are allowed to do both beauty competitions- in the event (1) contestant wins both Natural Ultimate and Glitz Ultimate- we will pull Glitz Ultimate 1 st and take next highest contestant to award Natural Ultimate. In the event we have less than 35 contestant day of pageant- both ultimates will do a live drawing for the Cruise Vacation. Regardless of numbers- we award a Carnival Cruise! Because we award supreme titleswe believe in bumping so that more contestants share in the grandeur of crowning. (3) Natural Grand Supremes- 0-4, 5-10, 11+- the contestant with the highest supreme score of Natural Beauty + 2 highest optionals will be Crowned the Grand Nationals Grand Supreme winning a gorgeous cruise ship crown, $200 in cash and a fantastic prize package and National Jacket. (3) Glitz Grand Supremes- 0-4, 5-10, 11+- the contestant with the highest supreme score of Glitz Beauty + 2 highest optionals will be Crowned the Grand Nationals Grand Supreme winning a gorgeous cruise ship crown, $200 in cash and a fantastic prize package and National Jacket.
(3) Natural Mini Supremes- 0-4, 5-10, 11+- the contestant with the highest supreme score of Natural Beauty + 2 highest optionals will be crowned the Grand Nationals Mini Supreme winning a gorgeous large cruise ship crown, $100 in cash and an awesome prize package. (3) Glitz Mini Supremes- 0-4, 5-10, 11+- the contestant with the highest supreme score of Glitz Beauty + 2 highest optionals will be crowned the Grand Nationals Mini Supreme winning a gorgeous large cruise ship crown, $100 in cash and an awesome prize package. (1) Ultimate Cruise Wear Grand Supreme- this will be the contestant with the highest Cruise wear event score. The winner will receive a large cruise ship crown, sash, prize and $100 cash prize.(mini's, Grands and Ultimate is bumped from this title) This is our signature event and a coveted title. Director reserves the right to add additional prize package. (2) Overall Most Beautiful (Natural Beauty/ Glitz Beauty) will be crowned OMB winning a cruise ship crown, sash and prize package. (Overall Cruise Wear, Mini's, Grands and Ultimate is bumped from this title) (10) Age Division Supremes- these are the contestants that have the highest supreme score in each age group. The will be crowned division supreme and win a gorgeous crown, sash and prize package. They are also bumped from winning Beauty in their age division. (10) Natural Beauty Queens- contestant in the age group with highest Beauty score. (You may win a Natural Beauty title and a Glitz Beauty Queen title if entered in both. Beauty Princess titles (10) Glitz Beauty Queens- contestant in the age group with the highest Beauty score ( you may win a Glitz beauty title and a Natural beauty title if entered in both.) Beauty Princess titles *** special note- Beauty Titles are not considered a Supreme Title and therefore you can place in BOTH beauty titles if you compete in both beauty events. Ie, you can be crowned Natural Beauty winner + Glitz Beauty winner. (10) Age group Talent winners- + runner ups will each receive an award (10) Age group OOC winners- + runner ups will each receive an award. (10) Cruise Wear winners + runner ups will each receive an award. (10) Comp Card winners + runner ups will each receive an award. (10) NATURAL Photo winners + runner ups will each receive an award. (10) GLITZ Photo winners + runner ups will each receive an award. (20) Best Hair awards (10 Natural- 10 Glitz) (20) Best Dressed awards (10 Natural- 10 Glitz) (20) Best Smile awards (10 Natural- 10 Glitz) DOUBLE CROWNED TITLES The following awards can be double crowned Ultimate Glitz Grand Photo- highest glitz photo score in pageant will receive a crown, sash and award. (2) Grand Glitz Photos (0-6 yrs, 7+ yrs) will each receive a crown, sash and award. Ultimate Natural Grand Photo- highest Natural photo score in pageant will receive a crown, sash and award. (2) Grand Natural Photos (0-6yrs, 7+ yrs) will each receive a crown, sash and award. Ultimate Comp Card/Series Board highest score in pageant will receive a crown, sash and award 2 Grand Comp Card/Series (0-6yrs, 7+yrs) will each receive a crown, sash and award. Ultimate OOC highest score in pageant will receive a crown, sash and award 2 Grand OOC- (0-6yrs, 7+ yrs) will each receive a crown, sash and award **a contestant can win 1 of each category above** TALENT- this is a separate optional event. Talent CAN NOT count towards your supreme score. These will be double crowned titles.
Ultimate Grand Talent- highest talent score will win Crown, sash, prize and $200 in cash (10 talent contestants required to award cash prize) (2) Grand Talent winners- (0-6yrs, 7+yrs) will each receive a crown, sash and $100 cash (10 talent contestants required to award cash prize) *SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN* The event of the year! New this year- open to all contestants to participate in. in 2013- this was our show stopping event. AGJ crew provides the atmosphere for cheering on your Red and Blue teams! If you do not like loud screaming- and cheering for each and every contestant- this is not the event for you. This is the event where our contestants take the stage with thunderous applause from our audience. This event is a 2 nd Cruise Wear event/ooc event. Judged by a SEPARATE Panel of judges who did not see your Cruise Wear event- Contestants can re-do their cruise wear or do something totally different. We are looking for over the top, memorable and SHOW STOPPING routines. Our showcase showdown is even better than before. Last Year, Lilly Ann Barrett took home a Carnival Cruise as the winner of our showcase showdown. This year: TOP 10 SHOWCASE WINNERS will each be recognized- TOP 3 SHOWCASE WINNERS- Will choose their prizes LIVE on stage- and 1 of the 3 prizes will be a Carnival Cruise Gift card, the other 2 prizes are just as amazing (but they are a surprise for now) This event can be DOUBLE CROWNED- it is separate from the pageant The showcase showdown competition is on SUNDAY MORNING- at 9am before crowning Contestants may choose to stay in the showdown outfits for crowning- Your Supreme Package is (1) Beauty competition of choice, our signature Cruise Wear event, (1) photo event of choice, Side awards, Sail Away Freebie giveaway party, (1) parents admission pass, and program book. Everything you need to win a high Supreme title is included in this package.$495 Supreme Package. See Packages below to save $$$ Earlybird #1 discount- get the BEST value by planning ahead to attend AGJ Nationals- send your $104 deposit via paypal by January 1 st to receive your Supreme Package of only $250 Supreme Package Earlybird #2 discount- get a GREAT value by planning ahead to attend AGJ Nationals- send your $104 deposit via paypal by March 1st to receive your Supreme Package of only $350 Supreme Package Earlybird #3 discount- last chance discount- planning ahead to attend AGJ Nationals- send your $104 deposit via paypal by May 1st to receive your Supreme Package of only $400 Supreme Package Photo Contest- we will run 3 photo contests for AGJ Nationals. Win your SUPREME FEES PAID to Nationals or win a great savings discount (combinable with earlybird discounts!) Photo contest # 1 runs from December 1 st - January 1 st (expect to be our lowest entries contest- great time to enter to grab those FREE supreme packages).$40 entry fee 1 Glitz Winner + 1 Natural Winner- each receive their Supreme Package for FREE (registration fee + optionals not included).deadline to enter January 1 st 2014. Winners will be notified via email. Photo contest # 2 runs from February1st- March 1st (expect to be our low entries contest- great time to enter to grab those FREE supreme packages).$40 entry fee 1 Glitz Winner + 1 Natural Winner- each receive their Supreme Package for FREE (registration fee + optionals not included).deadline to enter Feb 1 st 2014. Winners will be notified via email. Photo contest # 3 runs from April 1 st - May 1 st.$40 entry fee 1 Glitz Winner + 1 Natural Winner- each receive their Supreme Package for FREE (registration fee + optionals not included).deadline to enter Dec 1 st 2013. Winners will be notified via email.
Each contest will have additional discounts awarded besides free supreme winners- based on # of entries. We want to give each and every contestant their best foot forward. We are allowing contestants to compete in Natural Beauty and Glitz Beauty. YOUR HIGHEST BEAUTY SCORE will be applied to your supreme score. Because contestants pay an additional fee to do both beauty competitions- you can win a title in both beauty competitions. (You can NOT win a Grand Supreme title and a Beauty title though) Additional Optionals (not required to win titles) 2nd Beauty Competition----------------------$50- double your chances at a great supreme score. 2nd Photo catagory...$25- (either Glitz or Natural)* titles are double crowned in 2014 Comp Card competition...$25- (1) Highest photo event can be counted in supreme score. )* titles are double crowned in 2014 OOC competition...$40 ( OOC can be used in your supreme score if 1 of the highest 2) Talent Competition...$40- does not count towards supreme. )* titles are double crowned in 2014 * titles are double crowned in 2014 Showcase Showdown...$50- This is the BIG one- win a Cruise or huge prize Registration Fee $50 required by all contestants- this covers our special surprises and program book. AGE GROUPS: 0-11months, 12-23 months, 2YR, 3-4YR, 5-6YR, 7-8YR, 9-10YR, 11-12YR, 13-15YR, 16+ Fallback date- JAN 1st 2014. AGJ Pageant System Rules 1) Good Sportsmanship is required. Please treat others as you would like to be treated. Pageants are a great confidence builder for children. So is great sportsmanship skills. 2) ALL deposits are now NON REFUNDABLE. If for any reason you can not attend the pageant- you must provide 7 days written notice for your deposit to be credited to a future event. Failure to notify within 7 days if full forfeiture of deposit and will not be credited. We hate to implement this rule- but after years of experince with several drops out day of event, we must state this new rule. 3) Judges decisions are FINAL. Judges are always available to speak with after crowning to get their full feedback. We always encourage parents to do so. 4) Contestants must compete in their age group as of January 1st 2014 ( Grand Nationals) all other regional events we will allow 30 day fallback. 5) Starting with Grand Finals- Ultimate Grand Supreme and Grand Supremes must sit out 1 yr and hostess the 2014 Grand Finals. Sarit Baron, Laeloni V, Lilly Ann B and Georgianna J are not allowed to compete in 2014 at Grand Nationals. 6) AGJ pageants will not release contestant information on who is or is not competing. 7) Promotional photos of AGJ winners will be for the sole use of AGJ Pageants. 8) All cash awards amounts will be determined by number of entries for that pageant. Please see individual pageant for more information. ie.. 35 contestants required to pay full amount 9) all ties are broken by facial beauty score. In the event that facial beauty tie- beauty score will break tie- in the event of further tie- Cruise wear event will break tie. 10) AGJ pageants reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone found in poor sportsmanship to AGJ staff and AGJ contestants and their families. 11) We will not extend credit to anyone. Please do not ask. AGJ Pageants will not refund or reimburse any pageant expenses for any reason. 12) Discounts can not be combined. Your (1) Highest discount will apply. 13) Cruise winners will be sent their Gift Card via email within 24 hrs of winning. We no longer are holding prize packages for up to 12 months. Your Cruise card will be sent to you immediately following the pageant and the winner and winner s family assumes responsibility to use the prize before any expiration dates set forth by Carnival Cruise Lines. AGJ NATIONAL EVENTS Natural Beauty Competition-for all contestants competiting in this competition. (Either as Primary competition or as add on) Because Glitz follows- Contestants can tan and wear a light minimal foundation. No Hair pieces, NO STIFF PAGEANT HAIR PLEASE, No Eyelashes, No Flippers, No make-up for ages 10 and under. (foundation to blend tan will be allowed as well as a CLEAR lipgloss and a Mascara so the judges can see their
eyes against lighting) WE DO NOT HAVE A CLOTHING RESTRICTION- Contestants can and should wear what makes them feel best. Beauty will be scored on Facial Beauty, Overall appearance, stage presence. Glitz Beauty Competition- anything and everything- Bring it here! OOC competition- anything goes in this event. You may bring your own music. You may use Props. Event will be scored on Modeling ability for age, entertainment factor, and Overall appearance. Time limit 2 mins. Cruise Wear competition- We want to see why we should send you on a cruise. Be creative- anything goes. You may supply your own music. Props are allowed. Time limit 2 mins. SHOWDOWN- this is opened for all contestants. They can perform their cruise wear a 2nd time ( some new judges will be added for this event) or perform an entirely different Cruise wear to impress. Please read full details above. Talent Competition- Not included in packages- Time limit up to 3 minutes. An Ultimate and 2 Grands as well as division winners will be awarded. Photo Events- Natural/ Print Model Photo- 8.5*11- clarity, facial beauty and overall appeal. Glitz Photo 8.5*11- clarity/quality, facial beauty and overall appeal ------when entering more than 1 photo per category, know that we use your 1 highest scoring photo. Our Judges each select 1 photo from your entries and score that individually- YES- your photos do get scored for all judges!! Not just 1 judge who is in charge. Composite Card- 8.5*11- a collage of your best photos that tells a theme or storyline. Creativity, Overall Appeal and Quality is scored. Additional Information We get asked- what is the Red/Blue competition? This is a FUN- FREE event AGJ started back in 2007 at our National pageants. At registration check in- everyone randomly selects a team color. This is your representation throughout the weekend. At AGJ Nationals, we welcome all contestants- groups- non groups. It doesn t matter to us. For this 1 weekend- we are all a team together. The goal- to give your contestant the best pageant weekend they have ever had- while creating special memories and making new friends. At the end of every national, it is hard to determine who had more fun- the kids or the parents. Check out of photos from 2013- impromptu dance party broke out in the middle of our beauty competition- and it was the parents who started it. Your children love to see you participate- it makes our event special to them. In 2013 the BLUE team was victorious. I think the RED team will have something to prove this year! Program Book Information GLITZ COVER QUEEN- front cover- $25 extra glitz photos- $10 NATURAL COVER QUEEN- back cover- $25 extra natural photos- $10 Each cover queen winner will be represented on our 2014 program book and each receive a gorgeous crown, sash, and 6 foot trophy AD Page Ultimate Queen- the contestant who sells the most ad pages will win a gorgeous crown, sash, prize, 6 foot trophy and an AGJ pageant entry free package to 2014/2015 events, as well as the centerfold spotlight section of the program book. TOP 5 AD PAGE SALES will also be recognized and receive an awesome prize package.
AD pages are $50 each. Contestants can choose to break pages into ½ pages for $25 each- however we need the full page as sold. SATURDAY SAIL AWAY PARTY If you have any energy left..lol Back in 2014 is our FREEBIE giveaway party. (see video of previous yrs) Contestant will each receive a random item at registration. Match that item at our giveaway party to win awesome prizes- then dance the night away as we set sail for National crowning. Raffles- Raffles and more Raffles- will take place at our Saturday Night crowning. Always a crowd favorite. SHOWDOWN SUNDAY Whether or not you are competing in the Showcase Showdown- we encourage all of our contestants and families to come and cheer on your team color during the showdown. Fun promotional giveaways provided. RETURNING ROYALTY- Sarit- Laeloni- Lilly Ann and Georgianna- Ultimate + Grands We encourage and welcome you to bring a small gift for our exiting royalty and present them when each of our hostesses make their final walks. AGJ is bringing back the grandeur and royalty to hosting. It is special to be an AGJ Queen and we want to showcase that for our outgoing and incoming National queens This could be you in 2015. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE *Please note registration MUST be done on Friday- we will no longer open a Saturday registration. If you can not be there on Friday, you must pre-register with us. Friday- June 6 th - Registration 5pm- 9pm- All photos must be submitted at this time. *No stage practice is available Saturday- June 7 th - Competition AGES 0-6 yrs in morning Natural Beauty- 8:30am Glitz Beauty- 10:00am Cruise Wear- 11:30am OOC- 12:30 -Judges Lunch Break- AGES 7+ in afternoon Natural Beauty- 1:00pm Glitz Beauty 2:30pm Cruise Wear- 4:00pm OOC- 5pm Talent- 6pm Sail Away Party- 7:30pm Sunday- June 8 th - Showdown/Crowning SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN- 9am All ages competiting
Crowning- 11:30am Check out of rooms before crowning- pack up cars and be relaxed before the most energized crownings you have ever attended starts. ** for those booking flights- expect crowning to run until approximately 1:30pm** Also important to note- scoresheets and photos will not be handed out until our photographer gives us an ok signal for group photo.- When everyone cooperates- this takes less than 10 mins. AGJ Nationals Registration Form Send $104 deposit to: agjpageant@yahoo.com Contestant's Name * Age Group 0-23 months First Parent's Name Address First Street Address Last Last Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region Phone #### Email * Postal / Zip Code ###- ###- Country Supreme Fee- Includes Beauty + (1) photo optional of your choice, Cruise Wear, Side award, Freebie party + (1) admission parent pass for weekend. $ 495 Dollars. 00 Cents Mandatory Registration fee- includes program book, welcome packet and more $ 50 Dollars. 00 Cents Optional Events- not required to enter, but provided for more fun and more chances at titles and prizes. 2nd Beauty Competition $50 OOC $40 2nd Photo Event $25 Comp Card/Series $25 Talent $40 2nd Talent $25 SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN $50 Ad Page Sales $50 per page- be crowned our Ultimate Grand Ad Page ADMISSION PASSES (1 comes as part of contestant's registration fee) TOTAL $20 ADULT (ages 13+) $ 10 Child Pass (ages 0-12 yrs) Discount/Earlybird- # 1 NOW RUNNING until January 1 st 2014- Get the BEST savings off your package by registering now- apply a discount of $245 - that's 50% off the package! 245.00 Photo Contest Discount $ Dollars. Cents DEPOSIT- required and non refundable or transferrable. Full deposit in is the only confirmation of registration. Deposit is SUBTRACTED from your total. Balance can be paid at the door on registration day. Includes 4% paypal fee $ 104 Dollars. 00 Cents Balance due after deposit or earlybird $ Dollars. Cents
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