Miss Montana offers scholarships, skills

Press release

Montana young women and teens have the opportunity to earn college scholarships and learn leadership skills by entering the Miss Montana Scholarship program or Miss Montana’s Outstanding Teen Competition for teens 13-17.

Contestants are judged on interview, talent, evening gown and fitness in swimwear, or as teens, fitness in sportswear. Applications are available to download at http://www.missmontana.com and are due by March 15. Those considering it should start early as a transcript, photo and their personal platform of community service must be included with your application. Miss Montana shares her community service mission with students during her Crown to Classroom Tour during her year as Montana’s ambassador.

Miss Montana contestants, age 17-25, receive $850 for competing but have the opportunity to win in many other categories from community service, academics to being in the top five or a variety of other areas.

There is more than $400,000 in cash and applied scholarships available. Teens 13-17 earn at least $150 for competing. A contestant can be a resident of Montana or if from another state must be enrolled full time at a Montana college.

Cara Mund, Miss North Dakota, said she had earned $45,000 in scholarships from her years of competing before winning the title of Miss America 2018.

Sweet Home Miss Montana week begins June 10 at noon when the contestants check in at DCHS in Glendive and their drivers for the week escort them to their host homes before rehearsals begin.

“You are treated like royalty during the week by the community of Glendive with service clubs sponsoring meals and events including a ‘Show Us Your Shoes’ Parade Friday where contestant wear shoes representing their hometown or their platform,” said Jan Holden, Miss Montana executive director. “The leadership skills and friends you make during the week are an added bonus to the scholarships.”

The three nights of completion are Thursday, June 14, preliminaries; Friday is the crowning of Miss Montana’s Outstanding Teen. Saturday the top contestants are announced and competition begins anew culminating in the crowning of Miss Montana 2018.

Miss Montana will advance to compete in Miss America in Atlantic City in September. Miss Montana’s Outstanding Teen goes on to compete in Orlando in early August.

For more information, contact Jan Holden at [email protected], 406-939-5708, http://www.missmontana.com or Miss Montana Scholarship Program on Facebook.