Rules and Scoring for Required Events
Judges will be looking for competitors who are confident on stage and seem excited about helping out the Oregon Food Bank.
The following areas of competition are required for contestants ages 4 and up:
Personal Introduction [30% of Total Score]
Contestants will introduce themselves at a marked location center stage making sure to include their name, hometown, and something unique about themselves. They may also choose to share why the benefit organization is important to them, but that is not required.
Attire expected for older competitors (Jr. Teen+) is what would be typically worn to a job interview such as a suit or nice dress. Younger contestants may wear something similar or they may choose to wear something less formal like nice slacks and a button-down shirt or a simple dress.
Introductions must be no more than 60 seconds.
On-Stage Question [15% of Total Score]
After contestants have completed their personal introductions, they will stay on stage and be asked an age appropriate question to answer for 15 points possible. Judges will be looking to see if the contestant spoke clearly and confidently, stayed on topic and answered the question well, and if they left a memorable impression. Contestants should try to keep answers under 30 seconds.
For a list of sample questions, please visit our On Stage Questions page.
Theme Wear [15% of Total Score]
Contestants will have 30 seconds to model fun casual wear outfits or costumes pertaining to winter time or a winter holiday. This event is a fun way to express enthusiasm for giving service during the winter.
Contestants may submit custom music for their Theme Wear as long as it is already cut to 30 seconds and delivered via our website a minimum of two weeks prior to competition date. Upbeat modeling music will be played for any contestants who do not wish to or are not able to submit custom music.
Props are allowed as long as they can easily be carried on and off stage during the routine.
Feel free to be creative and make up a custom routine or use the X’s on stage. There is no set choreography for Theme Wear.
Formal Wear [30% of Total Score]
Contestants will have approximately 60 seconds to model their formal wear using an inverse triangle pattern. There will be X’s marked on the stage. Ladies and older division girls (Jr. Teen+) should wear full length gowns or formal pantsuits (like for a prom or other natural pageants) and younger girls can wear either a full-length gown or a shorter party dress if preferred. Men and boys should wear suits or nice slacks and button-down shirts with ties. Tuxedos are welcome too.
Donations to the Benefit Oregon Food Bank [10% of Total Score]
Contestants who donate the minimum required amount of $50 and/or 25 pounds of food will receive the full 10 percent towards their age division pageant scores. 30 cans of food = approximately 25 pounds. Helpfur Hint: Food labels have weights on them.
DID YOU KNOW? 25 lbs of food = approximately 19 meals?!
Amounts over the required $50 and/or 25 pounds of food count towards the Supreme Titles and Donation Awards.
$1 dollar cash or check = 1 point
1 pound of food = 2 points
Oregon Food Bank staff and volunteers will be at check-in on pageant day with a scale to get accurate totals and keep a tally of how much our group was able to collect. (And they are very excited to see how much we bring in!) They will then load it on their truck and take it directly to their warehouse for sorting and distribution!
We will be accepting cash, checks made out to the Oregon Food Bank, and food donations during check-in on the day of the pageant as well as online monetary donations which we will accept until March 1st through our Snowflake Team page at: https://give.oregonfoodbank.org/snowflake
To make it easy for contestants to collect donations, we have created a donations tips page to help out.
Natural Makeup Requirements
- Contestants younger than 13 years old are not allowed to wear any noticeable makeup. This means they can wear a little concealer under their eyes for dark circles or a little powder on their noses for shine, and maybe a little lip gloss for chapped lips, but you really should not be able to tell. This goes for all areas of competition including photos submitted for photogenic.
- Contestants 13 and older may wear makeup, but it must not be too over the top. False eyelashes are okay as long as they are not so long that it is overly noticeable. Think about what might be appropriate to wear to a job interview in an office and that should give you a pretty good idea of what we mean.
- Wigs like the kind you see in a “glitz” style pageant are not allowed. If someone needs to wear a natural wig, that is fine as are hair extensions that you pin under your own hair.
- Permanently colored/dyed hair and tattoos are acceptable. Most natural pageants ask that contestants keep hair and skin neutral so as not to be distracting, but we don’t mind. We do, however, require that hair-styles are tidy during competition and any royalty appearances should you win.
Stage Layout for Formal Wear
Contestants will model their formal wear using an inverse triangle or diamond pattern. There will be X’s marked on the stage where contestants will stop briefly to look at the judges and audience. We will play slow tempo modeling music and contestants will have approximately 60 seconds to complete their routines. This will be more than enough time as the Hollywood Stage is relatively small compared to many other stages contestants might be familiar with. But wait till you see how we decorate it!
Stage measures approximately 16ft x 16ft.
For Theme Wear, Casual Wear and Talent, contestants may use the X's as marked on stage or model to their own routines as long as they stay within the appropriate time limits for each event. Be creative and have fun! More information for these events can be found on our Optionals Page.
Baby Division Required Events
Our baby division is for contestants ages 0-3 and is a combined Photogenic (80% of score) and Donations collection (20% of score) competition. Baby Division contestants compete in Photogenic and Donation Collections only and their registration fee includes 1 Photogenic entry.
Compete Details are available on our Baby's Division Page.