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YOU could be the next National American Miss and be part of our NAM Family!!!

YOU Could Be the Next National American Miss &Be a Part of Our NAM Family!!!

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Want to be a part of National American Miss, but you thought you were too old for all the fun? National American Miss is now accepting applications for girls ages 19-20!!! Do you live in a state that we do not currently hold a state event, but you are between the ages of 4 and 20? This is your chance to represent and serve your state all year long as State Royalty!

National American Miss is the largest pageant in the nation for young women. We are so excited to extend an invitation to you to be a part of our program! At this time, we are not offering a program in your state for your age group. However, we hope you will be a part of our Appointed Representative Program. The girl that is selected as the State Representative will be given the opportunity to compete at the National Pageant, in Hollywood California for the National Title of NATIONAL AMERICAN MISS.
It’s your chance to make memories that last a lifetime!

Newly Crowned…2011-2012 NAM National Queens

Deadline: Friday, April 20th
For more information you can also call our National Office at 281-496-9000

Here’s How It Works…Once we receive your filled out resume, completed essays, and you have included your registration fee with your photograph, then we will call you to set up a phone interview. When the phone interview has been completed, then your entire entry will be placed in the hands of the selections committee. The selections committee will review the elements of your completed application and score each portion of the competition. Then, the new state queen will be awarded along with the four runner-ups.

The winner will be appointed the title of National American Miss for your state and will attend the National Pageant during Thanksgiving week in Anaheim, California at Disneyland to compete for the National American Miss Queen’s Title. The 4 Runners-Up will be given the opportunity to represent their state as a city queen and to attend the National Pageant to compete for the National All-American Miss Queen’s Title.

Don’t miss out on your chance to be a part of the largest pageant system for young girls and women. You could be driving home from California in your brand new Ford Mustang Convertible. Check out all the details at www.namiss.com/car.

***APPLY NOW ***
Click on your age division to download an Official Application:

MISS
ages 19 & 20
(as of January 1st this year) PRE-TEEN
ages 10, 11 & 12
(as of January 1st this year)
TEEN
ages 16, 17 & 18
(as of January 1st this year) JR. PRE-TEEN
ages 7, 8 & 9
(as of January 1st this year)
JR. TEEN
ages 13, 14 & 15
(as of January 1st this year) PRINCESS
ages 4, 5 & 6
(as of January 1st this year)

Deadline: Friday, April 20th

For more information you can also call our National Office at
281-496-9000

No makeup. No Glitz. No problem. See how 2 sisters are in their paper representing National American Miss! Way to Go!

No makeup. No glitz. No problem.

Sisters Emily and Abby Hamilton, of North Bend, earned several awards at the National American Miss of Washington pageant.

Sisters Triumph the natural way

No makeup. No glitz. No problem.

Sisters Emily and Abby Hamilton, of North Bend, earned several awards at the National American Miss of Washington pageant.

Abby, participating for the third time, won second place in the photogenic competition and third runner-up in the talent competition.

Emily, 5, participating for the first time but in a different age bracket, won first place in the photogenic competition, third runner-up in talent and first place in the best thank-you note contest.

Emily also finished in the top 10 out of 47 contestants in the contest’s Princess division.

The pageant does not allow girls to look older than they are, does not allow glitzy dresses and does not allow makeup, said Donna J. Hamilton, the girls’ mother and a participant in the Miss New Jersey contest in her youth.

The contest happened Labor Day weekend at the Sea-Tac Hilton.

The sisters qualified for the national pageant in November at Disneyland.

“It was really fun,” said Abby, 8. “You get to meet new friends.”

Abby and Emily performed two dances as part of the talent portion of the contest. Asked if she wanted to someday participate in the Miss America pageant, Emily said she did not know, while Abby sounded a little less hesitant.

“Yes! Yes! Yes!” she said.

Donna said being in pageants led her to a career in public relations and communications.

“It gave me the ability to be articulate and well-spoken,” she said. “It helped me in a plethora of things in life.”

She paid for her first year of college in 1989 with two pageants, she said.

Still, she did not want her girls in just any contest.

“I would never allow my girls to be in a glitz pageant,” she said.

Instead, Abby and Emily showcased their natural talents and natural looks on stage in something that turned into even more of a family affair when Emily was escorted on stage by her twin brother Michael.

Emily, the first-timer, also won $250 in cash, which Mom put into her college fund.

“She has a very quirky personality,” she said. “We weren’t sure how she was gonna do, so we just let her be her, and she did fantastically well.”

Her girls won plenty but did not win first place, and that was just fine by Donna.

“This tends to be honest and fair,” she said. “Each time, I tend to say the girl who wins should have won.”

The girls will continue participating in the pageant, but two years from now they will be in the same age division.

Having her girls compete against each other gives Donna pause.

“First and foremost, we care about what’s best for the girls, so if it means skipping the pageant for a year,” she said, “that’s what we would do.”

This article is in the SnoValley Star, check it out! http://snovalleystar.com/2011/09/28/sisters-triumph-the-natural-way-in-beauty-pageant

North Carolina National American Miss Pre-Teen Queen Kristen Johnson volunteering at Second Harvest Food Bank.

Kristen spent time volunteering at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina in Charlotte, NC. Second Harvest strives through education, advocacy, and partnerships to eliminate hunger by the solicitation and distribution of food. They provide a regional distribution warehouse and branches that supply food and grocery items to charitable agencies that assist people in need. Second Harvest service area population lives in poverty, including almost 170,000 children and seniors. In order to get this food into the community, Second Harvest relies on community volunteers to help sort and prepare food for distribution.

During her day of service, Kristen helped to organize the different food items and place them in the appropriate distribution bin. She was trained how to identify damaged food items and remove them from distribution. She also helped clean up the warehouse when the work was done. It was a lot of hard work, but very rewarding. The best part of volunteering is about helping people in need with this effort. Kristen loved serving her community and knowing that the day’s activities is essential to feeding families and children. She looks forward to serving again throughout the year.

Charlotte Norsworthy – the 2009 Miss Georgia Pre-Teen

Charlotte Norsworthy – the 2009 Miss Pre-Teen Georgia. She is launching her acting and music recording career. This weekend, she is shooting her music video for her single “One More” in Atlanta with over 25 actors and dancers. Charlotte is now 13 years old and is an actor, singer, and songwriter. Just this year, Charlotte has appeared in 9 films, one television show, one off-broadway show, three webisodes, was a headline singer in New York City’s The Next Big Celebrity Concert, and has performed as the National Anthem Singer for a NY Metts Affiliate.

Charlotte continues her work with the March of Dimes and her National Charity Bundles for Babies. She continues to reach out to those in need and works diligently as a volunteer.

Charlotte has grown confidence by participating in National American Miss. She has such fond memories of this experience and has made friends that will last a lifetime.

National American Miss and American Girl to benefit The Special Olympics of Middle Tennessee

NAM is proud to be a sponsor of this year’s American Girl Fashion Show with all proceeds to benefit the Special Olympics of Middle Tennessee. Click the link below to go to the Special Olympics website for show times and tickets.

http://www.specialolympicstn.org/americangirlfashionshow.php

2010 Miss Oregon Jr. Teen Cover Girl Tabetha Schulz featured guest at 2010 Fall Festival

Fall Kite Festival

October 9 & 10, 2010

This is the 32nd Annual Fall Kite festival and will include demonstrations, kids’ kite making, Rakaku battle and fun for the whole family. This year’s theme is “Quadzilla”.

For more information call 800-452-2151 or Click here for event details!

Looking for Parking? Click HERE for shuttle schedule (shuttle is offered on SATURDAY only)

Special guest appearance by: 2010 Miss Oregon Jr. Teen Cover Girl, TABETHA SCHULZ
Click Here for Tabetha’s Bio

UPDATE:

We all had a lot of fun and Tabetha met Connor Doran from America’s Got Talent. He was on this year’s show and brought back as a wild card, made it into the top 12 with his indoor kite flying.His videos are on YouTube. We watched as he flew his kite, the crowd was enamored. Tabetha worked the Kids Passport Table where she helped kids make their own kits. The weather was a little uncooperative and a sneaker wave took out the two big Crown kites pictured with Tabetha, and send the crowd running for higher ground. We all laughed once it was over it was really like a mini tsunami, and everyone was okay. Since the tide was so high some of the experienced kite fliers took to the ocean, Up to 7 people would fly in a tandem formation following the calls of one person, while the wave watcher monitored the ocean. Tabetha had fun visiting with attendees from Taiwan, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Japan, Victoria BC, Canada, Washington. California and Oregon to name a few.

Tabetha was invited to return to the spring kite festival.

Kyle Hornback Receives Volunteer Award

Kyle received the BIAK Star Award for her volunteer work promoting brain injury prevention nationally at the spokesmodel competition at NAM in CA. She was in great company since the other two winners were Major General Tonini and Senator Dan Seum.

Kyle is the youngest recipiant of this award.

2009 National American Miss Kentucky Pre-Teen Cover Girl Brooke Halsey Farewell

Dear Contestants,

I have been honored to represent Kentucky as the 2009 Junior Pre-Teen Cover Girl. I have greatly enjoyed my reign as Cover Girl and have participated in many exciting activities. Shortly after being crowned, I was honored by being invited to Frankfort to meet the Governor of Kentucky. After my meeting with Governor Beshear, I was given a personal tour of the Capitol by State Representative Teddy Edmonds.

I have also spent time this past year volunteering at my local senior citizen center and making several new friends there. I especially enjoyed putting together puzzles with the individuals and listening to their many stories! I also participated in activities to help raise funds for the foster children in my hometown. I was so excited to represent National American Miss while helping to raise money for such an important cause!

Finally, I traveled to California to participate in the National All-American Miss pageant where I was crowned National Cover Girl. I made many new friends from across the country, went to Disneyland, and toured Hollywood. I even got to drive down Rodeo Drive. I had so much fun!

I would like to thank all of my sponsors, as well as the National American Miss family, for this wonderful opportunity. I would also like to thank my mom, dad, sister, and entire family for all of their love and support. Without them, none of this would have been possible.

Congratulations to all contestants for making it this far, and good luck in the pageant and everything you do. Enjoy pageant weekend, relax, and most importantly have fun. Take the time to make new friends and ENJOY YOUR SPOTLIGHT!!!

Best Wishes and God Bless,
Brooke Halsey

2009 National American Miss Kentucky Teen Queen Hensley Rector Farewell

It’s hard to believe my journey as your reigning National American Miss Kentucky Teen has come to an end. It has been an amazing year, filled with memories that I will treasure for a lifetime. I am honored to have worked with and been a part of the March of Dimes Organization, Cell Phones for Soldiers Foundation, and Samaritans Purse-Operation Christmas Child.

My most treasured memory of my reign was attending nationals. The entire week was a blast. I had an amazing time at Disneyland, where I got to meet and bond friendships with other queens from across the United States. I toured the streets of Hollywood and Rodeo Drive and participated in many activities while representing the great state of Kentucky.

Thanks to the entire NAM staff for all your support this year. Special thanks go to Matt, for his dedication and hard work as a state director. To my sister queens-a year ago we received our crowns and became royalty of Kentucky. Memories will fade, but friendships last forever. To Megan, Kyle & Logan, you’re the greatest!

I would like to congratulate each state finalist on your achievements thus far and encourage each of you to dream big and work hard to reach your goals. Dreams that you follow will keep coming true.

Finally, I would like to thank my family and friends for your love and support. Your leadership and guidance has helped me become the person I am today. I am a girl with dreams. I am Hensley Rector.

2009 National American Miss Princess Kelsey Artman Farewell

Dear Contestants & Families,

Wow! It is hard to believe that it has been one year since I was crowned your National

American Miss Georgia Princess! I had such a great time at last year’s pageant and

made many new friends. I had the opportunity to travel to other NAM pageants as a

visiting queen and learned to smile and wave very quickly!

Before I knew it, it was time to go to California for Nationals! I met all of my sister

queens and had an amazing time. I toured Hollywood and the Walk of Fame, went

shopping in LA and visited the Santa Monica Pier, but I can’t forget the highlight of the

trip – Disneyland! My family and I had such a great time! I made friends with girls from

all over the country and it was the experience of a lifetime!

Being a NAM queen also gave me the opportunity to serve in my community at many events including Relay for Life, March for Babies, benefit pageants and even a fashion show! This year has been amazing and although I am sad that it is coming to an end, I am excited to crown your new Princess!

I have many people I would like to thank for making this year so special. To my sister queens, thank you for always looking out for me and supporting me as your little sister. To Mr. Matt, the best director a girl could have! To Miss Roxanne and Kaleigh for encouraging me to do my first pageant which helped to prepare me for NAM! To Miss Sharon, for all of the love and support you gave me this year. To Miss Tracy at Girli Girl for always keeping me dressed my best! To my mom and dad for all of your support and the unlimited use of your American Express card. To my big brother, Dylan, for always cheering me on and being my biggest fan.

I want to wish all of you the very best at the pageant so go out there, do your best and remember that while only one girl can be crowned, you have already won by participating and this weekend will be an amazing experience! Finally to the new National American Miss Georgia Princess, enjoy every moment and take lots of pictures. This will be one of the best times of your life.

For the last time, I am your 2009/2010, National American Miss Georgia Princess,

Kelsey Artman

NAM is proud to be a sponsor of this year’s American Girl Fashion Show with all proceeds to benefit the Special Olympics of Middle Tennessee. Click the link below to go to the Special Olympics website for show times and tickets. http://www.specialolympicstn.org/americangirlfashionshow.php

NAM is proud to be a sponsor of this year’s American Girl Fashion Show with all proceeds to benefit the Special Olympics of Middle Tennessee. Click the link below to go to the Special Olympics website for show times and tickets.

http://www.specialolympicstn.org/americangirlfashionshow.php