- 2008 NATIONAL PAGEANT
- PAGEANT WEEKEND
- BEAUTIES OF AMERICA ROYALTY
- NEWS AND LINKS
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Judging Procedures and Information
Judges:
- National judges panel will be comprised of at least six qualified judges.
This judges panel will evaluate all delegates in all divisions in all competitive
areas.
- Beauties of America Pageant, LLC has the sole authority and discretion
to select the judges’ panel.
- Beauties of America Pageant, LLC will strive to select a judges’
panel that is well-qualified and professionally and culturally diverse.
- Judges’ names will not be released to delegates prior to the start
of the 2008 pageant.
- Judges are educated and informed of the Beauties of America Pageant judging
procedures, expectations and processes prior to and upon arrival at the 2008
pageant.
- Delegates are not permitted to converse with, approach or otherwise interact
with any judges during the entire course of the 2008 pageant. Delegates violating
this will risk disqualification. Judges are also instructed not to converse
with, approach or otherwise interact with delegates during the entire course
of the 2008 pageant, other than during scheduled competitive events.
- All decisions of the judges are final.
Scoring Procedures:
- All tabulating at the 2008 pageant will be conducted by a state licensed,
Certified Public Accountant selected by Beauties of America, LLC.
- Scoring point values vary based on the total weight of each competitive
area.
- Scoring point values for each competitive area are as follows:
- Personal Interview = 1 - 40 points
- Fitness = 1 - 25 points
- Evening Gown = 1 - 25 points
- Photogenic = 1 - 10 points
- All scoring point values are per competitive area, with a maximum potential
total score for any delegate being 100 points total per judge.
- For each delegate in each competitive event, the high and low score is discarded.
- The scores will be tabulated, with the high and low scores for each delegate
in each competitive event being discarded.
- The delegate in each division with the highest combined score will be named
the national queen in that division.
- In the event of a tie, the higher score in the following individual competitive
events will determine the placement results. The higher score will prevail
in the following order; Interview, Evening Gown, Fitness, Photogenic.
- In the event that this method does not resolve the issue of a tie for a
national title, judges will be asked to rank the top three delegates in the
division(s) in which the tie is occurring. The ranking and score will be;
1st place = 5 points, 2nd place = 3 points, 3rd place = 1 point.
- In the absence of ties, the prior two procedures will not be used in the
scoring process.
Post-Pageant Feedback:
- Delegates will receive comprehensive explanation and sample scoresheets
in their delegate handbooks prior to the national pageant.
- Following the crowning of the 2008 national queens, each delegate will receive
her individual scores, along with any comments from judges within 30 days
of the end of the 2008 pageant.
- Delegates will also receive a Placement List, which will list the top three
placements in each division in each competitive area within 30 days of the
end of the 2008 pageant.
- Delegates will have the right to view and receive only their individual
scores, and not those of any other individual in the pageant.
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