Divisions: Age determined as of pageant date, no fallback period

Baby Miss (0 ­- 11 months)   Toddler Miss (12 - 23 months)   Tiny Miss (2 - 3 years)
Little Miss (4 - 5 years)   Petite Miss (6 - 7 years)   Young Miss (8 - ­9 years)

• Dresses should be formal age, age-appropriate pageant dresses.  

• Natural appearance (light makeup and soft hair) 

• NOT ALLOWED: Flippers and hair pieces

• Makeup should be age-appropriate. We are looking for a naturally beautiful girl.

• Extensions are allowed for the divisions but SHOULD LOOK NATURAL  

• Tanning is allowed but should be kept VERY NATURAL.  

• Girls will model a TRADITIONAL T-pattern  

Junior Miss (10 - ­12 years) and Teen Miss (13 - ­16 years) also have the option to participate in OPTIONAL INTERVIEW

• There is an Optional Interview segment scheduled with the judges panel prior to the beauty portion of the pageant, which will last 3 minutes for Junior Miss and 5 minutes for Teen Miss.

• Contestants will receive pertinent information about The Real Squeal's history, which may be used to answer some interview questions.

Miss (17­ - 21 years) ONLY will participate in MANDATORY INTERVIEW AND ON-STAGE QUESTION:  

• Contestants will receive pertinent information about the history of The Real Squeal. ALL on-stage questions and some interview questions may be drawn from this information.  

• It is mandatory that ALL Miss contestants attend the rehearsal. Miss contestants will receive pertinent information about the history of The Real Squeal. Please be sure that you can attend. Again, this is mandatory for ALL Miss contestants. Please DO NOT ASK us to give you this information at a later time. It will be available during rehearsal and will not be provided at any other time.

• The interview segment ­is a meeting with the judge's panel before the evening gown portion of the pageant, which will last 5 minutes.

• If there are more than ten contestants in the group, ONLY THE TOP 5 will participate in the onstage question.

Scholarship money will be awarded as follows:

Miss Queen

$1000 Frank Smith Scholarship money

Miss Interview Winner

$400 Scholarship money 

1st runner up

$300 Scholarship money 

2nd runner up

$125  Scholarship money

Teen Queen

$300 Scholarship money 

Teen Interview Winner

$150 Scholarship money

Junior Queen Winner

$100 Cash

Junior Miss Interview Winner

$75 Cash

RULES: KEEP THIS FOR REFERENCE 2024 

Interviews for Junior, Teen, and Miss will begin at 2:00.Interview times will be emailed to contestants on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.

1. Age determined as of pageant date, no fallback period.   Only the first 20 applications received for each division will be accepted. The director(s) reserves the right to combine divisions if fewer than three contestants are entered in any division.
2. Winners will receive a crown, trophy, and sash; runners-up will receive a trophy. The photogenic winner will receive an award, and the People’s Choice winner will receive an award.
3. Runners-up will be determined according to participation in each group.
4. Applications are received online.  You can find a link for the application on Facebook or the Lyons Main Street website.   
5. An optional Photogenic Contest will be held in conjunction with this pageant. One winner will be awarded in each division. Submit an 8x10 color or black & white picture to the director on the evening of pageant practice. The participant’s name should be on the back of the submitted photo and may be picked up Saturday after the pageant.  Pictures not turned in at rehearsal will not be judged.
6. One winner per division will be chosen for People’s Choice. Votes for this award will be $1, and the contestant with the most money collected will receive the People's Choice award. You may start collecting votes early.  They can be turned in on pageant day.
7. IT IS MANDATORY that winners of each division agree to attend both days of The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival, October 4 & 5, 2024. The winner of the Miss division further agrees to serve as a spokesperson for The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival and, along with all division winners, agrees to appear in radio, television, print, and/or internet ads for The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival at the director’s discretion.  The winner of the Miss Division must be at ALL mandatory appearances and 50% of all other appearances to receive the full scholarship amount unless she has agreed with directors or other arrangements. All queens are asked to ride in the Vidalia and Lyons Christmas parades, which always fall on the first weekend of December. (this is a mandatory event for the Miss Division winner) Float or vehicle will be provided for queens to ride on.  
8. Out Of Town, highly qualified judges will be selected. There will be two sets of judges this year.  One set of judges for Baby-Young and a separate set of judges for Junior-Miss.  The Real Squeal Pageant Director will provide judges’ score sheets ONLY by email for up to one week after the pageant and by request. Contestants on-stage competition will be judged on beauty, poise/personality, and overall appearance. 
9. For the on-stage competition, contestants will model a traditional T-pattern and compete in formal evening wear only.  
10. Contact pageant director Leslie Harrell at (912) 403-9538 (text is best) for additional information.  
11. All contestants must be single, never married and/or pregnant, and have never been convicted of a crime.
12. All Academic Scholarship monies for the Teen and Miss divisions will be awarded to the education institution of the winner’s choice, not an individual, pending the director’s approval. The designated queen must fulfill all assigned duties and responsibilities throughout her reign. Conduct for all Queens representing The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival is expected to be of the highest standards.  
13. The contact email is [email protected]
14. Admission is $8 per person.  All contestants THAT ATTEND PRACTICE Friday, September 13, 2024, will have one parent admitted free on the day of the pageant.  That parent will need to check in with the contestant on the day of the pageant and will have their hand stamped at check-in.
15. It is mandatory that all winners from the morning pageant will need to return for the evening pageant to be introduced and to be part of our 2024 Queen's Photo Shoot.
16. All queens, queen's court, photogenic winners, and people's choice winners will need to report to our photographer immediately following each group's crowning to take division winner pictures.