Miss LCC Pageant

Lenoir Community College will be participating for the first time in the Miss North Carolina pageant when it holds the Miss Lenoir Community College Pageant, a Miss North Carolina Pageant preliminary, on Jan. 21 at LCC. In order to compete in the Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant, a person must first win a local competition, such as Miss Lenoir Community College.

The rules for eligibility are: be enrolled at LCC at least half time or more; be between 17 and 24 years old; be single and never married; develop and actively advocate a Community Service Platform; and participate in four competitions -interview, talent, gown, and physical fitness in swimwear.

The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance.

This assistance is not just for the handful of young women who become Miss America, but is available to the more than 12,000 young women who compete in the state and local competitions as well. Today, the Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs as well as the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women.

Rich in history and social significance, the Miss America Organization is a not-for-profit organization that has maintained a tradition for many decades of empowering young women to achieve their personal and
professional goals, while providing a forum in which to express their opinions, talent and intelligence.

Participating in the Miss America system not only helps you pay for college and prepare for a career, it
also provides an opportunity to gain additional life experience, working on issues of importance to society, enhancing your personal and professional skills and developing your performance-related and other
talents.

For more information, contact Mitch Butts at (252) 527-6223, ext. 353.