Registrations are now being accepted for the 77th annual Miss Maine Scholarship
Pageant, scheduled for June 2013 at the Crooker Theater at Brunswick High School.
The Miss Maine Scholarship Pageant is the official state preliminary to the Miss America Pageant, one of the nation’s leading achievement programs and the largest source of scholarships for women in the world, according to a news release.
All participating contestants will receive scholarship assistance, while Miss Maine receives more than $75,000 in cash and in-kind scholarships and prizes.
Participants must be U.S. citizens age 17 to 24 and must be a high school graduate no later than six months after the date of the competition. She must be a resident of Maine, attend a Maine university or college, or work full-time in Maine. The maximum age is 24 on Dec. 31, 2013. Deadline for participation is March 1, 2013.
For more information or to obtain a registration form, visit www.missmaine.org or email afindlen@ maine.rr.com.
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