Outstanding Teen contestants must be between the ages of 13 years old and 17 years old. (17 years old must be high school junior)
To compete for Miss Illinois’ Outstanding Teen, you are eligible if you reach 13 years of age by the first day of the 2017 Miss Illinois’ Outstanding Teen competition, OR you are completing your junior year of high school and you are no older than 17 on July 31, 2017.\
Miss Metro East Outstanding Teen Pageant 2017- Open Pageant
Must be one or more of the following
Resident
Full-Time Employee
Full-Time Student at a High School, College or University in Illinois
Phases of Competition
Private Interview (25%) - Wear a stylish dress or skirt suit
Lifestyle and Fitness (15%) - Black Capri Pants, plain razor-back tank top, Tennis shoes
Talent (35%) - Wear an age appropriate costume for your talent
Personal Appearance/Poise in Evening Wear and On-Stage Question (25%) - Age appropriate, tasteful long gown
Do You Have What It Takes To Be Miss Metro East Outstanding Teen?
Miss Metro East Outstanding Teen contestants may not compete for or hold any other pageant titles while competing for Miss Metro East Outstanding Teen or during her year of service.
Miss Metro East Outstanding Teens will compete for Miss Illinois Outstanding Teen in June in Marion, IL. The Miss Metro East team will assist in the paperwork, wardrobe selection, interview and other areas of preparation for Miss Illinois Outstanding Teen. She will sign a contract with the Miss Metro East Scholarship Program as well as the Miss Illinois Association.
The contestants named as Miss Metro East will serve for an entire year. Since she will compete in the Miss Illinois pageant in June, much time the first months will be spent in preparation for Miss Illinois Outstanding Teen. She will represent the Miss Metro East Scholarship Program with her pageant sisters and they will make appearances, performances and parades as arranged by the Miss Metro East team during the year of service.
Miss Metro East Scholarship Program is an official Miss America Pageant preliminary competition. The winner of the Miss Metro East Outstanding Teen title will win a scholarship of a minimum $250 among other prizes when offered.