MISS COMMONWEALTH INTERNATIONAL 2012
CONTEST ENTRY INFORMATION
To enter for
Mr.
Commonwealth or
Queen Of Friends Of The Commonwealth,
click on these links. Ignore
the rest of this page.
To enter for Miss Teen, Miss,
or Mrs Commonwealth, read on...
Before proceeding, read
THE CONTEST (See below)
Eligibility: The contest is open to female Commonwealth
citizens, resident anywhere
in the world.
At least one of their parents must originate from the Commonwealth
country which
they wish to represent. Click
here for details of Commonwealth countries
Contestants must satisfy the age and other entry criteria.
(See
Entry Rules for Contestants below)
Closing Date: All entries must be received by
June 30, 2012. Sponsored entries must be received by 28 August 2012
National Pageant Organisers can register to run heats in their
countries, to select
candidates to
represent their countries
in the
international final contest.
(See
Registration Information/Form for Heats Organisers)
Registration forms to
download or complete online.
¹To
Complete Forms online:
Please
Click on the relevant link given below to complete
registration online.
You
are required
to include high resolution
pictures in
jpeg with your application. If you
do not have
these files on your pc you may send them on hard disk
by post to
the
address given
below.
Contestant Online Entry Form
Heats
Organiser Online Registration Form
Sponsors
Online Contribution Form
¹To
Download Forms to your PC:
Please
Click on the relevant link given below.
Choose 'save to' (and
save the form to a desired location) and, EITHER send the
form with your photos, as attachments, by e-mail to
misscommonwealth@aol.com
OR print
the form, complete it and send it, with your
photos, to:-
Miss
Commonwealth Pageant Limited,
152 - 160 City Road,
London,
EC1V 2NX,
England.
Contestant Downloadable Entry Form
Heats Organiser Downloadable Registration Form
Sponsors
Downloadable Contribution Form
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The Contest – In brief
Entry Options:
See below
There
are 2 Stages in the Contest to produce the
Commonwealth Cultural Queens 2011
:-
Stage 1: Preliminary and final local national competitions in
Commonwealth
countries to select their
respective ‘family set’ of 3 delegates
to represent
them in Stage 2. In each
country, Stage 1 will produce and crown
the
country’s 3
national culture
and charity beauty queens:-
·
Miss Teen Commonwealth
·
Miss Commonwealth
·
Mrs
Commonwealth.
This
stage and the registration of the three candidates for
the
Grand Final Contest must be completed by 28th
August 2012.
Stage 2:
This is the Grand Final Contest to be staged in London
England in
November 2012. It is to
select the 3
international culture
and charity beauty
Queens of the Commonwealth
in 2012. They will be crowned:-
·
Miss Teen Commonwealth
International 2012
·
Miss Commonwealth
International 2012
·
Mrs Commonwealth
International 2012
Grand Final Venue:
A London venue. Further
details will appear on the
Homepage
of this website and also conveyed
to
contestants and contest
organisers in due course.
Click here for current details.
Grand Final
Programme:
Click
here for details
Grand Final Date:
17th November 2012.
Further details will
appear on this
website
and also be conveyed to contestants
and
contest organisers in due
course.
Click
here for current details.
Eligible participating countries:
Commonwealth countries, currently 54.
For details,
click here
Cultural regionalisation:
The countries are grouped into 4 cultural
sectors,
reflecting the
cultural essence of the contest:
Africa, Asia-Pacific,
Caribbean, and
Euro-Atlantic.
For the detailed groupings,
click here
Cultural Regional Title Crowns:
These
will be won by the 4 adult
contestants for 'Miss
Commonwealth International' with the
highest points
awarded in their respective
regions:-
-
Miss
Commonwealth Asia-Pacific
-
Miss
Commonwealth Caribbean
-
Miss
Commonwealth Euro-Atlantic
-
Miss
Commonwealth Africa
Country Crown:
This will be won by
the country judged to have the highest
aggregate of points
awarded in the competitions for the 3
main crowns. This
crown is specially
designed to reflect the rich cultural
diversity of the
Commonwealth, and
will not be worn, but displayed in the nation’s most
prominent museum.
Awards and Prizes:
Winners will receive a range of attractive awards and
prizes:
For details,
click here
Entry criteria:
Open to female
Commonwealth nationals resident in their
country of origin or
living abroad. At least one
of their parents must originate
from the country
which they wish to represent. They must
satisfy the age and
other
entry criteria for
the title they wish to contest for. The submission of an
entry application is
compulsory.
For
the detailed criteria, see RULES below
Entry Route Options: Applicants have 2 options:-
1.
Apply direct to our office via this website (use online application) or by
post or email (use
downloadable application) to the contact addresses given on
this site. When we
receive your application, you will be interviewed or invited
to an audition,
as appropriate, by our Representatives. Initial Selection is based
on the content of the
entry application, therefore, you are advised to ensure its
proper completion. If
we think you qualify, you will be invited to the contest.
2. Apply through
your country's national Competition Organiser who has
registered with us to
organise a national audition/competition to select the 3
candidates (at Stage 1
- see above) to represent the country in the grand final
of the international
contest. The Organiser will ensure that you complete an
entry application
form.
Miss Teen,
Miss, Mrs Commonwealth UK Contest:
If you are
applying to
represent England, N.Ireland, Scotland, or Wales in the
international
contest, you will also be entered in this special
UK contest.
In this triple crown
contest, there are 3 title crowns for each country, and 3
summary title crowns
for the UK. All title winners from this contest go into the
international contest.
Sponsorship of Stage 2
Finalists: If you are
selected at the Stage 1 competition
to represent your
country in the Stage 2 (the international grand final) contest,
your registration fee
of £600 would be sponsored by your government if it has
appointed a
governmental department or an agent to operate a pageant for
the nation. Otherwise,
you should seek sponsorship from a private organisation.
This is because, we
prefer that contestants do not rely on their own personal
resources for this
fee. Each finalist would be sent a Sponsorship Pack, upon
request, to give to
her sponsor. However, applicants who are unable to find a
sponsor, after genuine
effort, may pay only £300 - £350 in all.
Information Pack:
Finalists will receive a special
information pack which will
include the
Sponsorship Pack (upon request) and other information, including the
dress code and number of costume
changes, the venue, hotel accommodation, and
rehearsal
arrangements, etc, regarding the grand final contest.
Video-recorded portfolio of Stage 2 Finalists:
We may invite all finalists to a
portfolio filming
session for TV broadcast before the final contest. If we decide
to do this, we may
raise the registration fee by a small amount to cover the
additional costs.
National
Competition Organisers: There
are 3 categories of competition
organisers:-
1.
Government-appointed organisers:
Some governments appoint reputable
organisations in their
countries as agents to organise competitions, on their behalf,
to select their
countries' 3 candidates for the international grand final contest.
Whilst the agents may
liaise with us, it is the governments who directly perform the
registration of their
candidates with us. Thus, the agent does not enter into any
formal agreements with
us.
2. Private
organisers (National):
Reputable and experienced organisers apply to us
and are vetted for a
one-off or a renewable annual licence to organise a specific
national contest for
the selection of that nation's 3 candidates for the international
grand final contest.
The organiser takes full responsibility for every aspect of the
organisation of the
national contest and adheres strictly to the rules and guidelines
laid down by us for
the contest. The renewal of a licence is subject to
Quality of
Performance.
3. Private
organisers (International):
Reputable and experienced organisers
apply
to us and are vetted
for a one-off or a renewable annual licence to organise the
international grand
final contest, on our behalf, under our supervision, and in strict
accordance with the
guidelines, rules and regulations and the show format specified
for the contest.
Interested Private
Organisers are requested to apply with a full CV (Curriculum Vitae)
to the email or postal
addresses given on the CONTACT US page of this web
site. Applicants
are requested to
complete and submit a
Licence Application with their CV.
DISCLAIMER: In the interest of preserving the
good quality of the contest, including
compliance with equal access and proportionate
cultural representation of the
Commonwealth's cultural sectors of Africa,
Asia-Pacific, The Caribbean and
Euro-Atlantic in the contest, the Miss
Commonwealth Organisation (MCO) reserves the
right to postpone or cancel any contest,
in the event of developments deemed capable
of having an adverse effect on the contest. MCO
shall accept no responsibility for any
third party's liabilities or loss that may arise
from the postponement or cancellation of a
contest.
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Entry Rules
These rules apply to Miss Commonwealth. Except where indicated to the
contrary, the rules also apply to the Queen Of Friends Of the Commonwealth (QFC)
Pageant. Changing the gender renders the rules applicable to Mr
Commonwealth, as well.
A.
Contestants
1.
Contestants must submit a completed entry form ensuring
proper completion of the questionnaire section (including their
achievements, talents, goals and ambitions) and declaring that they have
read, understand, and agree to be bound by these conditions of entry:-
2.
Forms must be submitted with 2 high resolution photos :-
i) 1 Headshot Photo
ii)
1 Full body sports wear or swimsuit photo, before the given closing
date.
3.
Contestants must be female Commonwealth citizens resident in
their country of origin or living abroad.
4.
To qualify for entry into a pageant category, contestants
must, by the day of the final pageant (see below) be:-
i)
at least 16 years and, up to 19 years to enter for Miss Teen
Commonwealth
ii)
at least 20 years (no upper age limit) to enter for Miss
Commonwealth
iii)
at least 25 years to enter for Mrs Commonwealth
Contestants for the QFC pageant
must be at least 18 and there is no upper age limit.
5.
Contestants for
Miss Teen Commonwealth and Miss Commonwealth:-
i)
must not be or have ever been married;
ii)
must be single;
iii) must not be pregnant;
iv) must not have given birth to a child or be a
parent;
v) must not be any of the above whilst
reigning as a pageant title holder;
vi) must notify Miss Commonwealth Organisation, if any of the above
circumstances occurs whilst holding the above title, as this could affect
eligibility.
6.
Contestants for Mrs Commonwealth:
i).
must be married.
7. Contestants
must not at any time have been involved in illegal activities of any nature
and
must not have had a
Police Record.
8.
Contestants
must never have posed nude or semi-nude for any photographer or any kind of
production - film,
theatre or publication, etc.
9. Contestants
must never have been involved in prostitution.
10. Pageant’s Purpose:
Contestants
acknowledge awareness that the principal purpose of the
pageant is to promote Quality of Life improvement.
11.
Contestant’s Aim:
Contestants accept that they are admitted into the Pageant in the good
faith that
their principal aim is to undertake responsibility as vehicles for the
promotion of the
pageant’s principal purpose (community Quality of Life
improvement promotion) and the
delivery of the community benefits of the pageant.
12. Awards and Prizes:
These are always subject to the availability of resources/sponsorship
13. Judging:
Contestants must co-operate with the judging process. The
decision of the judges shall be
final. The
panel of judges will focus on a set of criteria (summarised as poise,
intelligence,
self-confidence, ability to communicate opinions clearly,
intelligently and confidently and give
substantive answers to interview questions, and overall beauty and
charm) to enable the
selection of a winner who most shows the possession of a set
of qualities of the distinct
personality of:-
1. an ambassador to represent the pageant, her nation and
the Commonwealth; and
2. a role
model for others.
Thus, the panel will consider the
following elements:-
In Fitness Attire:-
o
Physical Condition and Fitness, figure, grace, facial charm, and
confident comportment.
In Evening
Wear:-
o
Carriage, Composure, Self-confidence, Grace, Dignity, Presence,
Sense of Style, Elegance, Sophistication.
In
Interview:-
o
Knowledge, Intelligence, Eloquence, Poise, and Charisma, and
Sophistication
General attributes:-
o
Originality, Individuality; General Comportment
o
Presentation, Performance, Entertainment, Creativity, and Artistic
Talent;
o
Relevance to native culture, Cultural Awareness;
o
Enthusiasm, Mental discipline;
o
Connection to the audience, On stage awareness.
14. The Roles of Pageant Queens: (More about roles on the individual pageant queen’s page):-
Miss Teen, Miss, and Mrs Commonwealth will each become a
representative of, and an
ambassador for Miss Commonwealth Pageant Organisation, for one
year.
14.1.
In addition to their respective roles below, each queen is required to i)
carry out five or
more personal appearances at charitable events organised by other
entities; ii) set up at
least two personal charity fundraising pages at
www.JustGiving.com , one to raise
money for the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and
the other(s) to raise
money for any other charitable organisation; and either iii)
organise a charitable event to
raise money for any registered and reputable charitable
organisation or project, or iv) set
up an essential and perpetual charitable community project
anywhere in the local or
wider community.
14.2.
Individual Queen’s Roles:-
1. Miss Teen Commonwealth,
who will usually still be a student, will live at home, and
make public
appearances during weekends and school vacations. She will, for the
period of her reign:-
i)
be a role model for teenagers, and promote good citizenship;
ii) promote youth civility, truthfulness, safe-sex, and respect
for parents, elders, the
law, authority and nature;
iii)
campaign against teenage truancy, crime, drug use, pregnancy, suicide, and
underage alcohol-drinking.
2.
Miss Commonwealth will, for the period of her reign:-
i)
travel the world, meet heads of state and dignitaries, and participate in
official
charity and social events;
ii) appear
on TV (whenever it can be arranged), speaking on a variety of community
issues;
iii)
promote
national cultures and tourism, world peace, and global attention to
humanitarian and environmental causes and work;
iv) help women to advance their education, careers, personal goals and
improve
their lives.
3. Mrs
Commonwealth
will live at home, and make public appearances during
weekends and school vacations, at times that will suit her domestic
arrangements.
However, subject to her domestic and family circumstances, she may opt (or
be
required) to travel to, and make public appearances at other times and in,
locations
distant from home. In the period of her reign, she will:-
i)
be a role model for, and promote family life;
ii) present a good corporate image for the nation;
iii) act as an ambassador for married women, and family values;
iv) promote women's welfare;
v) offer good advice to young women;
vi) promote safe sex and motherhood responsibilities among
younger mothers;
vii) promote charity for breast and ovarian cancer, homelessness,
disability, and the
prevention of the spread of HIV/AIDS, etc;
viii) participate in MCPO's programme for cultural awareness promotion
at home
(and abroad, where possible).
15. General Terms:
0.
Use of Pageant Queens' photographs:
These are exclusive to MCPO. Pageant
queens may only use them for honourable purposes and subject to
obtaining MCPO's
permission prior to their use.
1.
MCPO's Property: All titles, sashes, certificates, awards,
photographs, journals,
publications, and other items bearing the
name of, or having any reference to this
pageant, and all reproductions/copies,
thereof, are the property of MCPO and are
immediately returnable to the organisation,
upon request. No property of MCPO must be
reproduced/copied/altered in any way
whatsoever, except with the expressed written
consent of the organisation.
2.
Attendance of Appointments:
Pageant queens must attend all pre-arranged
appointments
with MCPO and in respect of the performance of their stated roles.
Inevitable
non-attendance due to unavoidable circumstances must be established by
early
notice in advance; if due to illness, this must be supported by the
provision of a
doctor's
certificate.
3.
Commitments: Pageant queens will honour all pageant
commitments to the best of their
abilities. These include, but not limited to,
making requested appearances and crowning
their immediate successors, among other duties
which the pageant may add to the list of
commitments, at any time, as necessary.
4.
Runners-Up Responsibility:
Runners-Up will accept the responsibilities of the principal
title-holder
as and when required.
5.
Parental support: Teen pageant queens guarantee MCPO their
parents' full support for
and non-interference with their
performance of their stated roles.
6.
Involvement with the Media:
Contestants and queens will notify MCPO of any intended
involvement with the media and receive necessary advice and guidance in
advance, and
will
furnish MCPO with full reports of associated developments.
7.
Conduct: Pageant contestants and queens will be of good
character, act honourably
and respectably, exhibit good
sportsmanship and project the good image of the
Pageant, while participating in the pageant as
contestants and through-out their year of
reign as queens. Pageant contestants and
queens, as well as their parents, family
members, associates, consultants and
sponsors will be respectful of, and not be
malicious or slanderous towards, other
contestants, queens and members and agents
of the pageant. Pageant contestants and
queens are required to accept and carry out
pageant instructions and to do so with
decorum. Pageant instructions and notices
between the pageant, on the one side, and
the contestants/queens, on the other side,
shall be go directly from the one to the
other party and never via any kind of third party,
notwithstanding the third party's relationship to either of the parties.
Any infringement of
this requirement will be regarded and dealt
with as misconduct.
8.
Participation in other pageants/contests:
Pageant queens will not participate in any
other
beauty pageant or contest without MCPO's written permission.
9.
Invitations by Third
Parties:
Pageant queens must not accept any invitation from any
third
party at home or abroad unless it has been endorsed by the organisation.
Upon
receiving
an invitation from any third party, every invited queen must immediately
inform
the
organisation of the invitation so that the later may carry out necessary
safety checks to
ensure that the invitation is safe for the queen and not compromise her
safety and
security
in any way. This rule does not affect invitations of a personal nature 1)
which do
not
address and are not aimed at the invitee in her capacity as a queen or
member of the
organisation’s
pageant, and 2) which, therefore, the invitee may attend completely devoid
of
any reference to herself as queen and of any official attire, paraphernalia
and title of the
organisation.
10.
Disqualifications: Pageant queens may be disqualified for any
infringement of these
terms, and if found to have given
false material information in the contest entry
application process. Disqualification will result in the immediate stripping
of title(s) and
other honours awarded in the pageant, and will be made public for security
reasons.
11.
Forfeiture of Fees / Return of Prizes and Awards:
In the event of disqualification or of
failure
to attend a contest, fees paid by contestants or by their sponsors will be
non-
refundable.
Also, upon being disqualified, the affected contestant / queen will return
all
awards
and prizes presented to her.
12.
Cultural Participation:
In the interest of preserving the good quality of the contest,
including
compliance with equal access and proportionate cultural representation of
the
Commonwealth's cultural sectors of Africa, Asia-Pacific, The Caribbean and
Euro-Atlantic in the contest, the Miss Commonwealth Organisation (MCO)
reserves the
right
to postpone or cancel any contest, in the event of developments deemed
capable
of having any kind of adverse effect on the contest and, beyond the
organisation’s
control.
MCO shall accept no responsibility for any third party's liabilities or loss
that may
arise from the postponement or cancellation of a contest.
13.
By completing and signing the entry form for this pageant and making the
declaration regarding awareness of the content of the pageant's rules,
the contestant/queen vows, and
enters into an agreement with the pageant, to
abide by the rules and the
consequences of infringing any part thereof. This
constitutes the agreement and represents the terms and
conditions controlling
each contestant's and queen's membership of the
pageant, which is known as:-
Miss Commonwealth Pageant Limited,
and which includes the parts known as:-
Miss Teen Commonwealth (International), Miss Commonwealth (International),
Mrs. Commonwealth (International), Miss Commonwealth Africa,
Miss Commonwealth Asia-Pacific, Miss Commonwealth Caribbean,
Miss Commonwealth Euro-Atlantic,
and all those other parts referred
to by the titles of Miss Teen Commonwealth,
Miss Commonwealth, and Mrs Commonwealth suffixed with the
names of
Commonwealth member-nations, for
example, Miss Teen Commonwealth India,
Miss Commonwealth England, or Mrs. Commonwealth South
Africa; and of the
pageant known as "Queen Of Friends Of The
Commonwealth", among others.
MCO reserves the right
to amend the rules at any time
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