INSIDE THE PAGEANT

👑 Miss American Teenager Weekend Experience

Welcome to the Miss American Teenager Weekend Experience!
While our program places an emphasis on excellence, achievement, and personal growth, we also strive to make the pageant experience FUN!

Over the course of three exciting days, you’ll build lifelong friendships, showcase your confidence and authenticity, and celebrate everything that makes you extraordinary.

Morning 

• Arrival & Registration Check-In
   
  • Pick up your delegate welcome package
     
  • Meet the pageant staff and national queens
     
  • National Titleholder Contract Review & Signing (for all city and regional titleholders)
     

Afternoon

• Delegate Orientation Session
   
  • Meet the pageant leadership and production team
     
  • Review the weekend schedule, competition breakdown, and expectations
     
  • Open Q&A session
    

Evening 

• Welcome Mixer & Icebreaker Party
   
  • A fun evening of games, music, and sweet treats
     
  • Get to know your fellow contestants from across the country
     
  • Capture memories with themed photo stations and social media backdrops
     

Morning

• Fashion Photo Shoot
   
  • Modeling and group photos
     
  • Create behind-the-scenes footage for social media and marketing content
     
  • Fun individual and group moments with our national queens and staff
     

Midday

• Community Service Project – “Kindness in Action”
   
  • Join your sister queens for a community service project that spreads kindness and positivity within the local community
     

Afternoon

• Meet the Production Manager & Rehearsal
   
  • Learn stage movement, opening number choreography, and production cues
     
  • Prepare for the excitement of the Final Show
     
• Optionals Show
   
  • Contestants participating in Optional Competitions showcasing their unique talents and skills on stage
     
  • Categories may include: Talent, Top Model, Fitness, Actress, Runway, and Spokesmodel etc.
     

Evening

• American Teen Awards™ Gala
   
  • A red-carpet dinner celebration recognizing Optional Competition winners and special awards
     
  • Honors for leadership, service, and sisterhood
     
  • Entertainment, silent auction, and fabulous photo ops
     

Morning

• Final Rehearsal
   
  • Review introductions, stage blocking, and show transitions
     

Afternoon

• Private Interviews with the Judges
   
  • Three-minute panel style interview designed to let your personality shine and share why you’re ready for the crown
     

Evening

• Final Competition & Coronation
   
  • Opening production number featuring all contestants
     
  • Semi-Finalists compete in Fun Fashion, Evening Gown, and On-Stage Question
     
  • Final balloting and the crowning of our new Miss American Teenager Queens!
     

Post-Show

• Royal Celebration
   
  • Crowning of State titleholder

• Celebrate with your new sister queens

• Music, photos, and farewell moments from an unforgettable weekend
   

Monday, August 17

• Professional royalty portraits and media content for newly crowned queens
   

We can’t wait to welcome you to Washington, DC Metropolitan Area for a weekend of empowerment, elegance, and unforgettable fun!