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Locals requesting a new
local franchise
should send a letter of
request stating that
they would like to hold
a new local pageant to:
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Miss Louisiana
Scholarship
Organization
attn:
Mr. Shannon Futch
PO Box 6003
Monroe,
Louisiana 71211
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Two letters of
reference/recommendation
should accompany the
letter of request.
The recommendation
letters can come from
businesses or
individuals that are
going to be sponsors of
your new local or
recommendation from
someone already involved
with the Miss Louisiana
Scholarship
Organization. All this
information above can
also be emailed to State
Liaison at
futch@misslouisiana.org
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The letter of request
should state the pageant
name
that you are requesting.
i.e. Miss Louisiana
Shrimp Festival or Miss
Iberia Parish If your
local is going to be
sponsored by a
city/parish or school
please have a
spokesperson from that
entity send a letter of
reference/recommendation.
Also included a pageant
date if you have one
picked out. Please
include whether or not
you intend on having
Miss and Teen divisions
in your new prelim.
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Please tell us a little
about yourself
in the letter of request
and why you would like
to sponsor a new local.
How did you learn about
Miss Louisiana? Why
would you like to be
involved?
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Licensing fee will be $300.00 for both a Miss & Teen preliminary, same price for one or both and this includes the insurance assessment. Prelim can crown additional titles at no charge but still have to provide additional minimum scholarship and official crown to each titleholder. A new preliminary will have to pay $150.00 upon approval of their pageant and the balance of $150.00 will be due 7 days after crowning. New prelims will not be posted to the Miss Louisiana web site until the $150 franchise fee has been paid. You must have 8 contestants to crown 2 queens.
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There is a minimum cash
or in-kind scholarship
amount that must be
given to the Miss winner
of $250, as well as the
official Miss America
crowns’ for Miss and
Teen.
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After receiving your
letter of request and
references/recommendations
your request will be
presented to the Miss
Louisiana Board of
Directors by the State
Liaison at the next
monthly Board Meeting.
The Board will discuss
your request and then
make a decision whether
or not to grant your new
local franchise for Miss
Louisiana.
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Deadline for hosting a
preliminary for the 2011
state pageant is
February 13, 2011.
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