The Miss Black and Gold Pageant

The Miss Black and Gold Pageant is an event whose primary purpose is to highlight and foster the inextricable connection between success and etiquette amongst young women. This pageant spotlights the young women's poise, self-confidence, communication skills, intelligence, and beauty. In all, the Miss Black and Gold Pageant encompasses true womanhood, success, and confidence. Academic excellence and scholarship are greatly stressed in the competition with the Fraternity providing the contestants with scholarships to assist with the financial obligations associated with post secondary studies.

Official Rules

To enter an Official Miss Black and Gold Pageant, you must meet certain basic requirements and agree to abide by all rules of the Local, District, Regional, and National Miss Black and Gold Pageants now in effect or as announced hereafter.

Entrant agrees that the time, manner and method of judging will be solely left up to the discretion of the Miss Black and Gold Pageant Committee and that the decision of the judges will be final.
Entrant agrees that if she is selected as the winner of this pageant, she will not sign a management contract with any individual or corporation, and that she will not give any written or verbal endorsement of any mercantile commodity or commercial organization, nor will she permit any photographs to be used in connection with any advertised commodity or service not associated with this contest, without the permission of the Miss Black and Gold Pageant coordinator and his committee.
A contestant must be single, never married and have no children.
A contestant must be a high school graduate.
A contestant must be a female whose age shall not be less than seventeen (17), nor more than twenty-five (25) years.
A contestant must be of good moral character and shall not be convicted of any crimes.
A contestant must possess talent, poise, personality, intelligence, charm and beauty.
A contestant must possess and display talent in not more than a three-minute talent routine; the routine must be presented live and not by way of motion picture or film. This requirement does not apply to vocal or instrumental recording used in conjunction with her live presentation. This talent may be singing, dancing, etc. or she may give a maximum three-minute monologue.
A contestant may be either amateur or professional.

Judging

The maximum score attainable by a contestant is 135 per judge. Competition and scoring for all pageants (for example, College, District, Regional and National) shall take place as indicated in the following categories.

Judges Interview (25 points maximum)
Achievements and Projection (10 points maximum)
Creative and Performing Arts (30 points maximum)
Swim Wear (10 points maximum)
Poise and Appearance (Evening Gown Competition) (15 points maximum)
Oral Expression (15 points maximum)
Scholarship (30 points maximum)

Awards and Prizes

Participants are competing for a $500 scholarship to aid their academic endeavors. In addition, the winner will be entered into the Regional competition for a chance to win even more scholarships.