Teen Division

Welcome to the Miss Rapid City’s Outstanding Teen Pageant.  This local pageant is a preliminary event that will qualify the titleholders to participate in the Miss South Dakota’s Outstanding Teen Pageant held June 2-4, 2022, in Brookings.  The young lady chosen in Brookings moves on to compete in the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Pageant in Orlando, Florida. 

This guide will give you information on preparing for the pageant.  Sara Frankenstein will be your contact person.  Her email address is smfranken@hotmail.com.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact her.  All of the important documents you will need are in a zip file and listed at the bottom of this page for download.

The Miss Rapid City and Miss Rapid City’s Outstanding Teen Pageant will be held together on January 9, 2022, at 6:00pm at the Performing Arts Center (former Dakota Middle School) in Rapid City, SD.  Check with your Executive Director (Sara Frankenstein) or www.missrapidcity.org for schedules and other information.

Eligibility

The Miss Rapid City’s Outstanding Teen Pageant is open to female South Dakota residents that live, work or attend school within South Dakota and meet the following age requirements:

● Must be at least 13 years of age on June 2, 2022; and

● Must not be older than 18 years of age as of December 31, 2022.

 A. Miss America program maximum age for candidates increases to twenty-six (26) years old by December 31st in the state competition year - from twenty-five.

 B. MAOTeen program maximum age for candidates increases to eighteen (18) years by December 31st - from seventeen (17) years by July 31st. 

C. Miss and MAOTeen programs will both have the same calendar cutoff date of December 31st in the state competition year. 

D. The education level requirement which also determined whether candidates were eligible for either the Miss or MAOTeen programs has been removed with the increases in age. 

Benefits after Transition Year 

A. Age eligibility cutoff dates are now consistent for Miss and MAOTeen Programs

B. Miss Candidate ages will be 18 - 26 (if 18 years on Dec 31st, then MAOTeen)

C. All Miss Candidates will be legal adults by their State Competition 

D. More Miss Candidates will have completed high school or equivalent and have an opportunity to attend post-secondary education by their State Competition 

E. MAOTeen Candidate age increases to 13 - 18 (no older than 18 on Dec 31st) 

F. Age alone determines which program, regardless of education level 

Execution for 2022 State and Local Season Transition

A. MAO Candidates 18 years of age on Dec 31, 2022 are grandfathered to continue in the “Miss” program and not mandated to compete in the MAOTeen program 

                     a. Candidates currently competing for 2022 State Titles are able to                                    

                          remain in the Miss program in 2022 

B. MAOTeen Candidates 18 years of age on Dec 31, 2022 may continue in the “MAOTeen” program and grandfathered to continue competing in the MAOTeen program and not mandated to the Miss program 

                      a. Candidates currently competing for 2022 State Titles are able to                   

                            choose either the Miss or MAOTeen program  

Scoring and Judging

Talent (35% of total score)

Contestants will perform a 90-second maximum routine of their own choosing.  Some possible talents include, but are not limited to, vocal (pop, country, jazz, etc.), dancing, gymnastics, instrumental music, monologue (dramatic or comedic), baton twirling, martial arts, cheer dance, poetry recital, and any other talent that can be performed live and on stage.  We no longer allow aerial silks for talent.

Criteria for Scoring:

▪ Talent selection and performance, as it distinguishes both the contestant’s skills and personality

▪ Interpretive ability

▪ Technical skill level (execution, technique, synchronization, control)

▪ Stage presence and on-stage personality

▪ Totality of all elements (including costume, props, voice, use of body, choreography)

Private Interview (35% of total score)

Each contestant will participate in an individual 8-minute interview with a panel of 5 judges. Contestants will be questioned on information she provided on her resume, as well as regarding her education, career goals, family life, platform, and other interests.

Questions will be directed to determine the contestant’s ability to fulfill the job of Miss South Dakota’s Outstanding Teen.

Criteria for Scoring:

▪ Qualities and attributes of a Miss South Dakota’s Outstanding Teen

▪ Overall first impression

▪ Validated aspirations, opinions and responses in context

▪ Poise, personal appearance and attractiveness

▪ Personality, intelligence, style and emotional control

▪ Speech, vocabulary and grammar

▪ Confident and commanding presence

▪ Knowledge, understanding and ability to articulate her platform issue

▪ Sense of accomplishment

▪ Ability to fulfill job responsibilities of Miss South Dakota’s Outstanding Teen

Evening Wear and On-Stage Question (20% of total score)

Evening Wear and On Stage Question will be combined for a total of 20%. Contestants appear on stage in a dress/gown of their choosing, representative of what she would wear to a formal event.

Criteria for Scoring:

▪ Quality and attributes

▪ Overall first impression

▪ Sense of confidence, personality and stage presence

▪ Walk, posture, carriage and grace

▪ Appropriateness of attire and sense of style

▪ Sense of attractiveness, beauty and charm

▪ Extemporaneous responses to On-Stage Questions

▪ Did the contestant answer the question in the context in which it was asked?

▪ Can she handle the pressure of speaking on stage in front of an audience?

▪ Will younger people see her as a role model who is reflective of today’s     

        generation?

Lifestyle & Fitness in Sportswear (10% of total score)

This is an opportunity for the judges to get a glimpse of the contestants’ daily routine and lifestyle.  For this phase of competition, the contestants will perform a physical fitness routine in matching sportswear.  The physical fitness routine has a segment of all contestants dancing together, then individual segments for each contestant to demonstrate her physical fitness.  Each contestant will wear the same style of active wear, assigned shortly before the pageant (such as everyone in black shorts and red T-shirts, most likely).

Criteria for Scoring:

▪ Quality and attributes

▪ Overall first impression

▪ Statement of strong physical fitness and health

▪ Sense of attractiveness and presence

▪ Display of energy, charisma and expression

▪ Sense of confidence and composure

Important dates and information

Friday, January 7, 2022    

Rehearsal

Performing Arts Center, Rapid City, at 5:30pm

Saturday, January 8, 2022   

Miss Rapid City/Miss Rapid City’s Outstanding Teen Pageant

Performing Arts Center, Rapid City, at 6:00pm

* Rehearsal and interview times are listed on the Master Schedule which will be emailed to you and is online

Additional information will be emailed to you by the Executive Director Sara Frankenstein.  However, don’t hesitate to contact her if you have questions.  Learn more at www.missrapidcity.org, www.misssd.org, and www.maoteen.org.

CAUTION TO ALL CONTESTANTS THAT USE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.

Many people use social media sites as a means to communicate with their friends.  Please remember that items posted on these sites can easily be viewed by others.  Other viewers may include pageant judges and potential employers.  Some postings may not portray the image you would like to have of yourself as you strive to become Miss South Dakota’s Outstanding Teen and Miss America’s Outstanding Teen.  If you do choose to be on social media, you may wish to password-protect it to only close friends, or if you choose for it to be open, please remember that everything contained on the page (photographs, quotations, and friend comments) is a reflection of you as a Miss South Dakota’s Outstanding Teen contestant.  Please make sure all public content adheres to the image Miss South Dakota’s Outstanding Teen should uphold, as detailed in the contestant contract.

To become a contestant:

1. Download the following items from the Miss Rapid City website (www.missrapidcity.org).

▪ Teen Contestant Guide (this document)

▪ Teen Contestant Contract

▪ Teen Resume Instruction Sheet

▪ Teen Platform Instruction Sheet

▪ Talent & Program Book Information Sheet

▪ $100 entrance fee and Eligibility

2. Email or mail the following items to the Executive Director by December 27, 2022:

▪ Teen Contestant Contract

▪ Teen Fact Sheet

▪ Talent & Program Book Information Sheet

▪ A clear head-and-shoulder photo (please email the photo)

Executive Director

Sara Frankenstein

Home 605-787-4835

Cell 605-381-1693

4470 Rimrock Drive

Rapid City, SD 57702

Email: smfranken@hotmail.com

When your official contestant paperwork is fully completed and received by December 27, 2022, you will be placed as a contestant in this local pageant.  Phone calls, e-mails requests, etc., WILL NOT be considered as official entries.  Official paperwork includes the fact sheet and the contestant’s contract.  Return this paperwork to your contact person.

We hope this information helps prepare you for competition in our upcoming pageant.  We thank you for your interest and look forward to hearing from you soon.  

Sincerely,

The Miss South Dakota Scholarship Foundation