Contestant Info

General Information and Registration

Applications for the pageant year for both Miss Banks of the Wabash and Miss Crossroads to America are now OPEN. Please note that there will be a $100.00 registration fee for all Banks of the Wabash and Crossroads to America contestants if received before November 1, 2024. Paperwork received after November 1st will pay $125 entry fee. Fees can be paid the day of the pageant itself.

There is a one time membership fee to Miss America that must be paid before competing in your FIRST local of the season. If you have already competed this season, you do not need to do this again. If it is your first local of the season, please pay the fee here.

Please use these forms for both Miss Crossroads to America and Miss Banks of the Wabash Miss and Teen competitions

*Immediate Age Eligibility Changes for MAO & MAOTeen*

Miss America program maximum age for candidates increases to twenty-six (26) years old by December 31st in the state competition year – from twenty-five (25).

MAOTeen program maximum age for candidates increases to eighteen (18) years by December 31st – from seventeen (17) years by July 31st.

Miss and MOATeen programs will both have the same calendar cutoff date of December 31st in the state competition year.

The education level requirement which also determined whether candidates were eligible for either the Miss or MAOTeen programs has been removed with the increases in age.

Miss Crossroads to America candidates must reside in Vigo, Parke, Vermillion, Clay, Owen, or Sullivan counties or be currently enrolled students at Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, St. Mary of the Woods College, or Ivy Tech Community College – Terre Haute Campus. Miss Crossroads to America Teen contestants may reside in any part of the State of Indiana.
A qualifying resident of any county within the State of Indiana can compete at the Miss Banks of the Wabash or Teen competition.
Contestants selected as Miss Banks of the Wabash and Miss Crossroads to America will receive a scholarship, crown, pin, sash, and crown pin.
Contestants selected as Teen for Banks of the Wabash and Crossroads to America will receive a paid entry fee for the state competition, along with a crown, sash, and crown pin.
Miss candidates will compete in the following areas: Private Interview, On-stage Question, Talent, and Evening Wear.
Teen candidates will compete in the following areas: Interview, On-stage question,Talent, Evening Wear, and Active Wear.
The Miss Banks of the Wabash and Miss Crossroads to America competitions are held over the same weekend but on varying weekends during the competition season (September through March).