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Miss Lakeland 2025
Competition
March 16th, 2025

Eligibility

Miss Lakeland, Miss Polk County, Miss Plant City and their Teens are STATE WIDE titles.  Contestants who live, work, or attend school within the State of Florida are eligible to compete.  

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Concerning Cycle 2026: To become a local or state participant for the Competition Cycle 2026, (some states starting locals in March of 2024) competing as a State Titleholder at nationals in January 2026, you must meet the age criteria as shown below. Please be advised that the age criteria for Cycle 2026 is different from all previous cycles.

 

  • Miss America 18-28 – must be 18 by state competition, and no older than 27 at state competition which is in June 2025.

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  • Miss America’s Teen 14-18 – must be 14 by state competition and no older than 18 at state competition which is in June 2025.*


Teen Age Criteria- Additional Notes:

 

*Miss America allows for 18-year-old contestants to have a ‘pivot’ year to decide whether they would like to compete in the Teen or Miss divisions. Once you select your age division, you may not change divisions.

 

*A TEEN must not be more than 18 years old at the FIRST DAY of the State competition and must be at least 14 years of age. To clarify, the date of determining this age criterion remains the first day of the published State competition schedule.

 

*Additionally, once an 18-year-old decides on the division she may compete in, she may not change divisions until the next cycle.

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All Contestants Must

  • Be a female

  • Be Single

  • No legal dependents

  • Live, work, or attend school in the State of Florida

  • Be a United States citizen

Register

Step One: 
Register with Miss America. 
If a contestant has already registered for another local within the state of Florida, please contact Jennifer at jennifer@MissLakeland.org to add Lakeland to your registered competitions.

Step Two: 
Complete the Miss Lakeland Registration Form.

It asks for the following:

- Your headshot

- Your fact sheet

- Your Community Service Initiative

- Talent information (90 Seconds)

Please follow the guidelines for each item of paperwork requested. 

 

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