Miss Elkins Area/Miss Tygart Valley competition @ Gandy Dance Theatre

An official preliminary competition leading to the Miss West Virginia/Miss America competition. This competition also includes Miss Elkins Area’s/Miss Tygart Valley’s Outstanding Teen. The local competition will be held at the Gandy Dancer Theater in Elkins March 6 and 7.

Teens must be a resident of West Virginia, and be between the ages of 13-17, and not a high school senior. Teen candidates will compete in a six-minute private interview, fitness, a 90 second talent presentation, evening wear and onstage interview.

Miss contestants must be between the ages of 17-25 before December 31, 2020, and live, work or attend a West Virginia technical school, college or university. Miss candidates will compete in a 10-minute private interview, onstage interview, a 90-second talent presentation, evening wear and give a 10-15 second social impact statement that pertains to their personal social impact initiative.

Winners of the local competition will be awarded the official Miss America/Outstanding Teen local crown, sash, flowers, a scholarship and other prizes. They will also advance to the Miss West Virginia/Outstanding Teen competition to be held on June 25-27 at the Airborne Event Center in Martinsburg.