Eligibility Requirements                  <<Application

You may apply to become a contestant in the 2006 Miss Black USA Pageant, by winning a state pageant in the state where you reside or attend school.  If there is not a state pageant where you reside or attend school, you may apply directly to the Miss Black USA Pageant.  If you meet the minimum eligibility requirements below, you may begin the application process by submitting a preliminary application.  To begin the application process, click here.

1) You must be at least 17 years of age and not older than 27 years of age by the date of the national competition in 2006.

2) You must be a high school graduate or in your senior year of high school.

3) You must be single; not married.

4) You must be a natural born female

5) You must be a United States citizen and live in the United States

6) You must be in excellent physical and mental health.

7) You must be a high school graduate by the date of the national pageant in 2006.

8) You may not have competed more than twice in the national Miss Black USA pageant and may not represent the same state more than once.

Employees, officers, directors and agents of Miss Black USA Pageant and/or of any of their respective licensees, assigns, parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and the immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, regardless of where they live) or members of their same households (whether related or not) of such employees, officers, directors and agents are not eligible to be contestants in the MISS BLACK USA PAGEANT or participate in this application process.