First pageant? Start here.
What natural and glitz mean, what to pack, what entry usually includes, and the questions worth asking a director before you pay anything. Written for parents, not insiders.
Read the parent guideEvery pageant in the Carolinas, on one calendar.
Dates, divisions and registration links for pageants in South Carolina and North Carolina, from toddler to Mrs. We check each one against the pageant's own page and show you the day we checked.
Find your system
Pageants run in systems, and each one judges a little differently. Pick the one that sounds like your family, then see its dates.
- Miss America (Miss South Carolina and Miss North Carolina) The scholarship program for young women and teens. Local titles lead to Miss South Carolina or Miss North Carolina, then to Miss America. 16 upcoming
- Sunburst Beauty Pageant A long-running beauty system for babies through adults, with no interview. Local pageants lead to a Carolinas state final and then Internationals. 3 upcoming
- America's High School Pageant (Elementary through Collegiate America) A family of pageants with divisions by school grade, from preschool to college. One combined SC and NC state pageant is held in Spartanburg. 2 upcoming
- Festival pageants Hometown queens crowned for a town festival, like the Strawberry Festival in Fort Mill or the Azalea Festival in Wilmington. Some are scholarship pageants. 2 upcoming
- Miss Ultimate USA A national system for ages 4 to 27, scored on interview, runway and evening gown. The Carolinas share one state pageant in Fountain Inn. 1 upcoming
- National American Miss A national system for girls and women ages 4 to 39, built around interview, introduction, formal wear and community service. The Carolina state titles are crowned at a regional event in Atlanta. 1 upcoming
- Royalty USA A national system for ages 4 through adult, judged on interview, evening gown and fun fashion. Its 2027 national finals are in Charleston. 1 upcoming
- Supreme International Pageants An international-level pageant held in Burlington, NC, with divisions from age 4 and under through Ms. Golden, plus a division for adults with special needs. 1 upcoming
- Miss USA and Miss Teen USA (South Carolina and North Carolina) The state pageants that lead to Miss USA and Miss Teen USA. 2027 Carolina dates were not posted when we checked. Guide
How locals feed state, and state feeds national.
Why there are five pageants called Miss Something in one county, which titles lead to a state stage, and how to tell a scholarship program from a beauty system.
Read how systems workRunning a pageant? Put it on the calendar.
Most Carolina pageant dates live in Facebook groups, where they scroll away in a week. Send us yours once and families can find it all season.
Submit your event, freeYou send the basics
Name, date, city, divisions and the link where families register.
We check your page
We match every detail to your own site or flyer. Nothing goes up that we could not see.
It goes live, dated
Your listing shows the day we checked it, and it drops off on its own once the pageant is over.
Coaches, gowns, photos, hair and makeup
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