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Official Rules and Regulations A contestant must be a citizen of the United States of America. The franchise area for the Miss Cobb County Scholarship Pageant is defined as Cobb County, Cherokee County, Fulton County and Paulding County. A contestant must be at least seventeen years of age on July 31, 2006, and not more than twenty-three years old on September 30, 2006. A contestant must be a high school graduate or must have successfully completed the GED testing program by June 30, 2006. A contestant must be female and shall always have been female. She must be single and never have been pregnant. A contestant must be of good character and must not have been involved at any time in any act of moral turpitude. She must not have been convicted of any crime nor have any criminal charge pending against her. She may not have been involved in any activity that is or could be characterized as dishonest, immoral, and indecent or in bad taste. A contestant must possess poise, personality, intelligence, charm and beauty of face and figure and must possess and display talent. This talent must not exceed two minutes and may be amateur or professional. No contestant shall be eligible to compete if she has endorsed or contracted to endorse any product competitive to those products sold by the national sponsors of the Miss America Organization within three months prior to the competition and/or is under such contract for endorsement at the time of the competition or thereafter. One of the following requirements must be in existence at the time of the Miss Cobb County Scholarship Pageant and on the first day of the Miss Georgia Pageant. A. A contestant must be a bona fide resident of the franchise area and have been a bona fide resident for a period of six months immediately preceding the date of the pageant and must maintain such residence until the Miss Georgia Pageant is held. B. A contestant must be a bona fide employee (employed by employer for at least forty hours per week as verified by employer) of the franchise area for a period of six months preceding the pageant and must maintain such employment until the Miss Georgia Pageant is held. C. A contestant must be a bona fide registered full time student at a college or university in the franchise area and attending class at the college or university. This must be true for the current quarter and the previous quarter prior to competing in the pageant. For the purpose of this provision, a contestant will be considered to be a full time student if she meets the criteria for a full time student of the college or university at which she is enrolled. A contestant must be in reasonably good health and can to the best of her knowledge, participate fully and without limitation in any pageant activities. All contestants must be able to sign the official Miss America contract prior to competing in the Miss Cobb County Scholarship Pageant. No contestant may have previously been a state finalist who competed in the national competition for the title of Miss America. A contestant may not enter the Miss Georgia Pageant more than one time under the same title. Every contestant must be able to provide two or more of following items to determine eligibility: (1) Valid and current driver’s license
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