Photo by Sylvia Krivickova

Miss Naples USA & Teen USA®, Miss Collier County USA® & Teen USA®, and Miss Marco Island USA® & Teen USA pageants are all official preliminaries to the televised Miss Florida USA & Teen USA Pageants.

The winners of these 3 local pageants have the honor and the responsibility to represent this region in the state pageants, where in turn, Florida's delegates to the Miss USA® and Teen USA® pageants are chosen.

This is the first step to more than $50,000 in prizes for the winner of Miss Florida USA and $40,000 in college scholarship for the winner of Miss Florida Teen USA.

We are part of the premier pageant system in the world: Miss USA & Miss Universe!

The goal of our pageants is to provide local young women from Southwest Florida with a fun time to practice and develop their life interests. Most importantly, these pageants offer them the opportunity to develop skills for life and open windows of personal growth opportunities.

Our pageants promote inner strength, discipline and determination. We are beyond envious competition and comparisons.
 

Photo by Fadil Berisha

Moreover, participating in our pageants help the girls develop their public-speaking skills, challenge them to work on their self-confidence, open doors to community service and have them identify their future life projects.

Our titleholders truly become local leaders and represent our community at the State level.

For us, pageants are more than an obvious glamorous life. We absolutely believe beauty is not skin-deep and therefore we support the inner process of personal growth.

Pageant contestants acquire confidence and determination to make their personal dreams come true; learn positive ways to behave under stress; practice poise and grace.

In addition to preparing for the state competitions, titleholders will become recognized figures with many opportunities to serve and represent this community.

In addition, our pageants may be a career opportunity for those girls 14 to 25, from any town in Southwest Florida, who are interested in:
 

-Modeling

-Broadcasting

-Public speaking

-Volunteerism

-Acting/Performing

-Leadership

-Marketing

-Photography

-Fashion design

-Hair and make up style

-Image consulting

-College scholarship money

Our current titleholders have already participated in fashion shows, television interviews, volunteerism for United Way and American Red Cross, fundraisers, ribbon cutting ceremonies, fashion photo shoots, personal growth workshops, pageant preparation seminars, and numerous other activities.