To enter an Official Miss Black and Gold Pageant, the contestant must meet certain basic
requirements and agree to abide by all rules of the Local, District, Regional and National Miss
Black and Gold Pageants now in effect or as announced hereafter:

·Entrant agrees that the time, manner and method of judging shall be solely at the discretion
of the Mss Black and Gold Pageant Committee and that the decision of the judges will be
final.

·Entrant agrees that if selected as the winner of this pageant, she will not sign a management
contract with any individual or corporation, and that she will not give any written or verbal
endorsement of any mercantile commodity or commercial organization, nor will she permit
any photographs to be used in connection with any advertised commodity or service not
associated with this contest, without the permission of the Mss Black and Gold Pageant,
coordinator and his committee.

·Contestant must be single and never married, or had her marriage annulled and must not be
and never have been pregnant.

·Contestant must be a high school graduate.

·Contestant must be a female whose age shall not be less than seventeen, nor more than
twenty-five years.

·Contestant must be of good moral character and shall not be convicted of any crimes and
shall possess talent, poise, personality, intelligence, charm and beauty of face and figure.

·Contestant must possess and display talent in not more than a three-minute talent routine, in
which the routine must be presented live and not by way of motion picture film. This
requirement does not apply to vocal or instrumental recording used in conjunction with live
presentation. This talent may be singing, dancing, dress designing, etc. or she may give a
maximum three-minute talk.

·Contestant may be either amateur or professional.

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