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Your Crown Is Waiting
Every queen we've ever crowned started exactly where you are right now; reading a page, wondering if she was ready. She was.
So are you!
There's no audition to pass before you apply, no coach required, and no experience necessary. Whether this is your first stage or your fifteenth, the process below is the same.
Step One — Choose Your System
Each of our systems celebrates something different. Take a moment on our Pageants page to find the one that fits who you are.
Live National Systems — Imperial Nations, Miss Black Eminence, Miss Eminence Plus, The Collegiate Pageants, Ms. Imperial Eminence Legacy, and Miss Sovereign Eminence compete at our live national weekend, The Crowns Come Home, October 28–31, 2027 in Simpsonville, South Carolina.
Collegiate Systems — Miss Black Eminence Collegiate and Miss Sovereign Eminence Collegiate are scholarship titles for currently enrolled college and university women ages 18–28.
The Princess Program — Our introduction to pageantry for our youngest royalty.
Virtual Pageants — These titles are entirely online, from anywhere in the country.
Not sure which is right for you? Email us. We'd genuinely rather help you choose well than watch you guess.
Step Two — Submit Your Application
Complete the application for your chosen system using the links below. You'll be asked for basic contact information, your age division, the state or territory you wish to represent, your advocacy platform, and a short introduction to yourself.
Step Three — Reserve Your Title
A deposit secures your place and locks in the state, regional, or country title you've chosen. Deposits are $150 for live and collegiate systems. There is no deposit for the Princess Program. Once your deposit is received, your official contestant packet is released and for live national delegates, your State Queen's box is ordered and shipped.
Your remaining balance may be paid in installments, with full payment due by the deadline published in your packet.
Step Four — Receive Your Packet & Begin
Once you're registered, everything you need arrives at once: your contestant handbook, all official forms, your deadline calendar, competition wardrobe guidance, sponsorship request templates, and your invitation to our private contestant group on Facebook; the one-stop location for every schedule update and announcement.
From there, the fun part begins. Start on your wardrobe. Choose your platform. Practice your interview. We'll be with you the whole way.
What You'll Need Before You Start
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Basic contact information for you and, for contestants under 18, a parent or legal guardian
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Your age division, based on your age as of the first day of competition
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The state, territory, or country you wish to represent — you or a parent must reside, work, or own property there, or you must attend school there
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A recent headshot for your program book page and photogenic competition
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Your advocacy platform — the cause you want to champion during your reign. Don't have one yet? That's completely fine. We'll help you find it.
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Proof of current enrollment, for collegiate applicants only
Eligibility
Our systems are open to contestants across a full range of ages and life stages, with divisions from our youngest princesses through Elegant Ms. You do not need to be single, you do not need previous pageant experience, and you do not need a coach if that is not desired.
System-specific requirements:
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Collegiate systems — currently enrolled college or university women, ages 18–28, with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5
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Ms. Imperial Eminence Legacy — open exclusively to past PaRus national titleholders
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Miss Eminence Plus — open to plus-size women across all adult divisions size 14 and up.
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Virtual pageants — open nationwide, including U.S. territories. The Crown Royale accepts one contestant per state or territory, per division, per edition
Email the National Office. A real person answers, and no question is too small — including the ones you think you should already know the answer to.
