Miss Virginia Organization, Inc

MISS VIRGINIA ORGANIZATION, INC.

OFFICIAL LICENSEAGREEMENT

BETWEEN OFFICIAL LICENSE HOLDER AND MISS VIRGINIA ORGANIZATION, INC., FOR CONDUCTING A LOCAL PAGEANT TO NAME A CANDIDATE TO BE ENTERED IN THE 2015STATE FINALS FOR THE SELECTION OF:

MISS VIRGINIA 2015

Roanoke, VirginiaJune 21, 22, 23,24,25,26,27,2015

NAME OF LICENSE HOLDER

of ______

FULL ADDRESS

hereby accepts the right to sponsor a preliminary contest to the Miss Virginia Pageant, and our winner will go by the title of MISS______.

We hereby agree to sponsor, promote, finance, and conduct a fair and unbiased local pageant within the territory assigned to us according to the rules and regulations set forth in this contract. We understand that this contract is for a one-year term only and that it terminatesat midnight the following day after the selection of Miss Virginia 2015. We further understand that the Miss Virginia Organization, Inc. is a non-profit corporation of Virginia and is the owner of the names MISS VIRGINIA, MISS VIRGINIA PAGEANT and MISS VIRGINIA ORGANIZATION.

We agree that we shall not have the right to televise our pageant locally, regionally, or nationally without the prior written approval of the Miss Virginia Organization and the Miss America Organization. Permission to televise any Local Pageant shall at all times be at the sole discretion of MAO and, if such permission is granted, any such television production shall conform to the norms and standards promulgated from time to time by MAO.

We agree that we will not permit any printed, written, photographic, televised, radio or other endorsement of any products or services competitive with those processed, sold, or rendered by the scholarship sponsors or advertisers approved by the Miss Virginia Organization, Incorporated, in connection with the promotion or staging of our local pageant or during appearances by our title holder.

We agree not to conduct, or participate in the conduct of, directly or indirectly, nor to be represented through a third person in the conduct of any other competition.

ALL LOCAL FINALS MUST BE HELD BY March8, 2015.

We agree to submit photos required by the Miss Virginia Organization. A list of specific photo requirements will be sent at a later date, most of which will need to be submitted on disk in multiple copies. Two different head shots of the contestant will be needed, as will some specific candid shots to be used in the program and production. Plenty of notice will be given, and all photo disks should be submitted at Workshop with other paperwork. Information regarding clothes, contract, schedule, and official Questionnaire will be provided by the Miss Virginia Organization, Inc. The name and address of your contestant must be submitted to the Miss Virginia Organization, Inc. within 48 hours after your pageant.

We agree that we will not assume any obligations locally for, or on behalf of, the Miss Virginia Organization Inc." and we thoroughly understand that the Miss Virginia Organization, Inc., is in no way obligated to pay for any debts or fulfill any promises made by us in conducting our local pageant.

WE AGREE THAT ALL OUTSTANDING BILLS OWED TO THE MISS AMERICA ORGANIZATION FOR PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL WILL BE PAID BEFORE THE MISS VIRGINIA ORGANIZA- TION, INC., WILL ACCEPT OUR CONTESTANT IN THE STATE FINALS - also any bills due the Miss Virginia Organization, Inc. will be paid before the Miss Virginia Organization, Inc. will accept our contestant in the state finals.

We agree that no contestant, unless specifically waived in writing by the Miss Virginia Organization, Inc., shall be eligible if she has endorsed or contracted to endorse any product competitive to products sold by the national sponsors of the Miss America Pageant Scholarship program within three (3) months prior to the competition and is not under contract at the time of the competition or thereafter.

We agree to pay transportation to and from Roanoke, Virginia, for our winning candidate and to see that she arrives in Roanokeat the time and date established by the Miss Virginia Organization. Registration will be at The Hotel Roanoke.

We agree that in judging preliminary and final contests to select our candidate for the State Finals, we will follow the national contest method of judging outlined in the pamphlet "To the Judges of a Miss America Preliminary Pageant" issued by the Miss America Organization.

Local Organization shall not permit any person to serve as a judge of any Local Competition (a “Judge”) or as a member of the Board of Directors of any Local Organization, or Associated Entity if such person or such person’s spouse or business provides, has provided, or intends to provide, for profit or otherwise, any product or service directly or indirectly to or for any contestant in any Local or State Competition.

We agree that we will not charge any contestant any entry to compete in our pageant.

We agree that, if, for any reason, the winner of our contest is disqualified or released from appearing in the State Finals, the first runner-up or other runner-ups in the order of selection by the judges shall succeed to the local title and may be sent to the state finals.

We agree to pay the sum of eight hundred fifty($850) dollars license fee for the first contestant represented. Any pageant organization holding more than one license will pay the sum of four hundred twenty-five ($425) dollars license fee for a second title, provided it is not a new license qualifying for other grants, and will pay no license fees for a third title (but will also then not receive any new pageant grant funds for such title). Additionally, for those doing a second title, the entry fees for the Outstanding Teen, Teen in Training (“TnT”), and Princess will be at half off for the first title, and there will be no entry fees for these contestants for a third title. (Individual EDs with multiple titles may average the entry fees for these contestants, out of equity to contestants, if they so desire. There could be add-on optional expenses for the OT, TnT, and/or princesses that would need to be paid, such a t-shirts, extra optional areas of competition, and so on.)

For existing licensees, a $200 deposit will be required, along with one copy of the signed license agreement, for each of the first and second titles being held. Existing licensees will then submit a balance of $650 for the first license held, and $225 for the second title held that qualify for multiple pageant discount, to the Miss Virginia Organization at the address provided within seven days of the date of the local pageant.

For NEW licensees or any pageant returning from previous years other than the Miss America 2015 pageant cycle that just ended, a $425 deposit for each the first and second titles held will be required and should be returned with one copy of the signed license agreements; no deposit is required for a third title held, though a signed license agreement is required. New licensees will then submit a balance of $425 for the first title, to the Miss Virginia Organization at the address provided within fourteen days of the date of the local pageant. No balance will be due for either a second or third title.

NO REFUNDS WILL BE MADE TO ANY LOCAL AND DEPOSITS MAY NOT BE USED TO HOLD OVER A LOCAL TO THE NEXT YEAR.

Any license issued may be revoked and declared null and void if a contestant is not selected by the deadline of March 8, 2015. If a license is revoked and declared null and void the Board of Directors of the Miss Virginia Organization may choose not to renew said license.

We agree that we will not conduct or participate in, nor permit any member of our license, acting directly, indirectly, or by representation by third persons, nor any of our respective executives, key volunteers or titleholders, to conduct or participate in, any other local, state, regional, national or international competition similar to the Miss America program, unless MAO has approved such conduct or participation in writing.

We recognize the fact that the Miss America/Miss Virginia organizations are scholarship programs and we agree to award no less than Five Hundred Dollars in scholarship each pageant season. We further understand that failure to meet scholarship obligations will result in non-renewal of license.

We agree to hold a Teen competition and Teen in Training Camp or select a Teen and Teen in Training to represent our license area(s) in the state Teen competition and Teen in Training Camp. We also understand that there will be no at large participants with all locals participating, as discussed and agreed upon at the local executive director meeting held during state week in June 2010. In the event multiple title pageants are held, selection of the Teen and Teen in Training will be conducted in the same manner for each title.

We also agree to send at least one young lady as a princess (or princesses) to represent our licensed area and participate in the Princess Program portion of the Miss Virginia Pageant, as agreed upon at the local executive director meeting held during state week in June 2010.

We agree to execute and return the agreement along with the appropriate deposit NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER15, 2014. Any license agreement and depositnot received by September 15, 2014 may be considered by the Miss Virginia Board as open to any approved person or personsapplying for a former title and/or territory.

In the event we are unable to provide a Teen, a Teen in Training, and a Princess, we understand that we are required to pay the current entry fee for the respective representative position(s) left unfilled.

We agree that if our Contestant leaves extra expenses on the hotel bill, we will be responsible for same.

We agree that we will publicize - especially to our contestants - the value of scholarship awards by category, and we further agree that these scholarship funds will be available at the time of our local pageant. We agree to pay scholarships to our winners upon their request as stated in their contestant contract.

We agree to send one (1) representative, or more, and our current titleholder to the entire Miss Virginia Organization Workshop which will be held Saturday, April 18, 2015,in Roanoke, VA at the Hotel Roanoke.

It is further understood and agreed that this Contract may not be assigned to any person or persons, nor can the undersigned delegate to any person or persons the rights and privileges herein granted.

It is understood and agreed that if the license holder is convicted or have been convicted of a felony, the license may be terminated.

We agree to abide by the following rules and regulations for selecting contestants:

1.A Contestant must participate in actual competition in a local pageant within the year immediately preceding her competition in the Miss Virginia Pageant and be certified the winner in that local pageant.

2.A Contestant may compete in a legally licensed area in which a local pageant is held if she is, and has been, a bona fide resident of that area for a period of six months immediately preceding the time she makes application to enter said local pageant. In order to establish eligibility to compete in the local, under this residency criteria, a contestant must supply proof of residency consisting of copies of 2 or more of the following: 1. Current drivers’ license or government issued identification card issued in the State of Competition or current automobile registration issued in the State of competition; or 2. Written statement from the applicable Local voting registrar of valid current registration in the State or locality of Competition; or 3. Current lease in the contestant's name for housing in the State or locality of Competition; 4. Current utility bills in the contestant's name in the Stateor locality of Competition; or 5. Information sufficient to the Local Pageant that the contestant is living in the Stateor locality with her parents or legal guardian but attends a college or university out of state; or 6. Most recentFederal income tax return showing the State of Competition as the State of residence and/or the most recent State income tax return filed by resident taxpayers of the State of competition; (financial information may be deleted). 7. Other documentation proving most recent six months residency. The Local has the right to reject information if it feels that the above documentation has not been gathered or provided in good faith.

3.A Contestant may compete in any licensed area, even though not a resident therein, where she is, and has been a bona fide full-time employee for a period of six months immediately preceding the time she makes application to enter said local pageant.

4.A contestant may compete in any local where she is registered at a college or university if she has successfully completed one semester as a full-time student (minimum 12 credit hours,or equivalent as documented by the official Registrar of the contestant’s college/university) and is presently a bona fide registered full-time student attending classes at a college or university located within the licensed area. Further, no more than six months may elapse between the completion of the first semester and the beginning of the second semester as described within this paragraph.

5.The requirements as set forth above must be in existence both at the time the Contestant makes application to enter the local pageant and on the first day the local pageant is held.

6.The Miss Virginia Organization, Inc. requires that local pageants accept a contestant who, for reasons set forth above, is unable to compete in her resident, employmentcollege or university locality. It is required that the licensed area having a local pageant nearest to the contestant's resident locality or college or university accept such a contestant, assuming that she has met all other requirements under this license.

7.We agree that our local winner will refrain, during the entire period of her year of service as such, from being or becoming a contestant or participant in any other national or international competition, including the preliminary competition of same, of a nature similar to the Finals of the Miss America Pageant, which is televised nationally. We also agree that the Miss Virginia Organization, Inc., will have the right to terminate the contestant's title and bar her from the State Pageant, and further, the right to require her to forfeit all scholarships, awards and gratuities the said contestant has received from whomsoever granted or received. We further agree that should our local winner be a State title winner or one of the runners- up, the same rule will apply to the contestant. We agree that a contestant cannot succeed herself in the same local pageant during the licensed year.

8.We agree that the manner and method of conducting the finals of the Miss Virginia Pageant shall be in the sole discretion of the Miss Virginia Organization, Inc., and we further agree that the time, method and manner of judging the finals of the Miss Virginia Pageant and the awards and supervision of the Miss Virginia Scholarships shall be within the sole discretion of the Directors of the Miss Virginia Organization, Inc., - and that the decision of the persons designated to judge the various events in any and all matters pertaining to the selection of the winners shall be final.

9.A Contestant must be a female who has always been a female; of good moral character, never having been pregnant; one that has not at any time been involved in any act of moral turpitude; other than minor or petty offenses, one that has never been convicted of any criminal offense and there are no criminal charges presently pending against her; one that has never done any act or engaged in any activity which is, or could be, characterized as dishonest, immoral, immodest, indecent, or in bad taste.

10. A Contestant must be single and never have been married nor had her marriage annulled.

11.A Contestant must be a high school graduate or must have successfully completed the GED testing program before the commencement of state pageant.

12.A Contestant shall not be less than seventeen years of age on the date of the Local Pageant in which she competes, nor more than twenty-four years of age on December 31, 2015.

13.A Contestant shall possess talent, poise, personality, intelligence, charm, and beauty of face and figure, and must be a citizen of the United States before the commencement of the local pageant and must remain such throughout her participation with the program.

14.A Contestant must possess and display TALENT in a NOT MORE THAN ninety (90) second talent routine, which routine must be presented live and not by way of video. This requirement does not apply to vocal or instrumental recordings used in conjunction with her live presentation. This talent may be singing, dancing, playing a musical instrument, dramatic reading, art display, dress designing, etc., or she may give a maximum ninety (90) second talk. A Contestant may be either amateur or professional.

15.The following information must be submitted to the Miss Virginia Organization, Inc. no later than date of annual workshop unless otherwise specified.Anylate fees incurred due to materials being submitted past deadline dates will be billed to the local pageant for reimbursement to the state pageant organization.