Miss Camellia City USA, ( Erin Edminston) captures the Miss Louisiana USA ttile! She will be competing in the Miss USA Pageant this summer in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Congratulations Miss Camellia City

  Children Pageant Information


Children compete in Party Wear/Pageant attire.  This should be a short or T length dress or formal dress.

  The Miss Camellia City Pageant promotes healthy competition and A Natural Beauty pageant.

The dress may have pearls,  sequence. and RHINESTONES.

This is for all ages.You may accessorize with necklaces or earrings.
Remember, less is best!!!

Keep in mind the AGE of the contestant when selecting appropriate jewely.


Children Contestants only
compete in One Outfit.

 We believe that pageant competition should be a fun experience for both the contestant and parent.

No make-Up allowed or fake hair pieces. Children 6 to 11 are allowed to wear lip gloss and mascara only.

NO Flippers allowed.

Age Divisions For Children

Girls...........

Baby Miss.....0 to 11 months
Tiny Miss.......12 to 23 months
Toddler Miss...2 to 3 yrs.
Petite Miss.......4 to 5 yrs.
Little Miss.........6 to 8 yrs.   

Deb Miss.....9 to 11 yrs.

Bring your photo for photogenic and portfolio when you come to register the day of the pageant.

Your photo for the Program book should be emailed to Shelly by June 1st.

Photogenic should be a photo of your child close up. It can be any size, however, photos ranging from 4x6, 5x7 or 8x10 do best. Color or black n white. Does not have to be a professionally done.


You will get all photos back after the judging is complete!

Parents are welcome to escort the children on stage!

The Theatre has a nice large Lobby for dressing the little ones, for the bigger girls, there is a nice size ladies room to change in.

The judges will be in the dressing rooms located behind the stage. So NO children contestants will be allowed to change there.

General Information

The 4th Annual Miss Camellia City will be held June 2012

Children s Pageant

Registration is from 9:00AM to 10:45AM in Lobby of the Theatre.

Doors Open to the Public @10:30AM

Pageant Starts at 11:00AM

Door Admission

Adults....$15.00
Children 12 and under....$10.00

Small children(1 year & under.(Free)


Visiting Queens Get in FREE with Crown & Banner.

Mrs. 21 and older

The Miss Camellia City Organization is extremely grateful our Corporate Sponsor for funding the State Fees!!!

  

Doors Open to the Public @ 6:00PM

Pageant Starts @ 6:30PM

Our Official Charity is S.T.A.R.C.

Please bring donations of clothing for both men and women to the pageant.

Adults.....$15.00

Children 12 and under ...$10.00

Small children...$5.00

Contestants compete in On Stage Interviews, Swim Suit & Evening Gown Competitions.

There is an opening # for contestants. Wear a cocktail dress that is pink, orange, red or white. The colors of camellia flowers.

Teen & Miss compete in the Miss & Teen Louisiana USA  2012 Pageant  or Miss La. State and Mrs. competes in the Mrs. Louisiana America 2013 Pageant.

Press Release

The 3^rd Annual Miss Camellia City Pageant will be held June 12^th, at the Slidell Little Theatre. It is the first preliminary to the Miss USA Pageant and the Miss Universe pageant produced by Donald Trump, on the Louisiana North shore. This pageant is directed by Shelly Winters Black, Director and CEO of Shelly's Pageant Express Inc. Mrs. Black has been directing pageants in Louisiana for over 15 years and is extremely excited to bring her productions to the Louisiana North shore. The community of Slidell has shown an out pouring of support and many local businesses jumped on board with prizes for the new winners.

Sponsors are Sylvia's Estate Jewelry, Attractions Hair Salon, Slidell Little Theatre, The Dr. Dooley & J.J. Dooley Foundation, Total Image by Brian Applewhite, Rhine Stone Runway of Kenner.. This year's Charity is the STARC (St. Tammany Parish Association for Retarded Citizens) Foundation where contestants are asked to bring clothing for both men and women in conjunction with the Slidell Little Theatre.

The 2010 children winners are: Baby Master ( Alexander Thomas), Baby Miss (Annabelle Crain) ,Tiny Miss (Lauryn Smith), Toddler Miss (Caidyn Amison) Petite Miss (Isabella Williamson) , Little Miss (Tori Lalonde of Lafayette) and Pre Teen (Lexie Hebert of Bogalusa) The pageant is open state wide to contestants. This is a Natural Beauty Pageant for the children. No Make-up or fake hair pieces allowed.Dress attire is Party Wear, fancy dress and we also have boy divisions.

Our Children winners win a full paid entry to the 11^th Annual Miss Louisiana State Pageant & Talent Expo scheduled July 16^th & 17^th in Metairie, Louisiana.

The Miss, Teen and Mrs. Camellia City Pageant will be choreographed by Brian Apple white of Slidell .The Opening Production number will feature, The delegates all wearing shiny cocktail dresses, in all shades of the Camellia Flowers.

The 2010-2011 Miss Teen Camellia City is Jasmine Eugene of New Orleans, Miss Camellia City is Hillary Herlinger of Baton Rouge and Mrs. Camellia City is Allison Johnston Whitstine of Monroe, Louisiana. Allison competed in the Mrs. Louisiana America Pageant and Won the Ultimate Mrs. Crown and represented Louisiana at the Mrs. America Pageant. If you are married and 21 years or age or older, you qulaify to compete in the Mrs. Division. No experience nescessary.

Teen Miss Camellia City placed in the top 15 at Louisiana USA state pageant in Novemner of 2010. You must be 14 years of age to 18 to enter teen.

Miss Camelia City 2009, Page Pennock captured the Miss Louisiana USA Title and will be competing in the Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas in June, 2011. You must be 19 to 26 to qulaify for the Miss division.

The Camellia Award was presented to last year's recipient, Mrs. Frances Keele Black of Slidell for her past efforts and membership in the Camellia society; Mrs. Black also has a Camellia named in her honor called, The Frances Black Camellia! This Award will be given out annually to someone that has been involved or volunteered their time and efforts to the Camellia Club or Society.

The Dr. Dooley Award will be given to one of the Contestants, for outstanding Community Service.

The Pageantry Spirit Award is for Outstanding Contribution to the Pageant & Entertainment Industry and last year it was awarded to Slidell's own Mr. Brian Fontenot. You can view the highlights of the pageant by visiting www.shellyspageantexpress.com.

Donations for S.T.A.R.C. May be brought to the Slidell Little Theatre and the public are invited to attend.

Children's Pageant is at 11AM. Doors open to the public @ 10:30AM

Teen*Miss*Mrs. Pageant is at 6:30PM. Doors open to the public @ 6:00PM

Adults $15, Children 12 and under $10. Visiting Queens are invited to attend at no charge.

To Become A Contestant, Call Shelly Black @504-400-8958 or visit us on line at shellyspageantexpress.com and click the Miss Camellia City Link for More info!!!

You can pick up a contestant application at Sylvia's Fine Jewelry on Gause Blvd. In the Slidell Square shopping center, Wee Wisdom Learning Center on Eastridge Drive, & Hair Attractions Salon on Robert Road.