Miss Camelia City 2009 Program Book

One of the most important tools of the Beauty Pageant Director is the Pageant’s Program Book.
You will sell this book the day of the pageant to the audience.

This paying audience will mainly consist of family and friends of the contestants.
You will also give away some to judges and entertainers to add value to their experience in participating in the pageant.

I use a program called Publisher that comes with Microsoft Office. There are other programs out there that you may already be familiar with that do the same thing. Basically the software program allows you to compose pages with pictures and text.

I’ll be using the program book from my newest pageant, Miss Camelia City, as an example of the format.

1  Cover       Use a colorful background that reflects the tone or theme of the pageant, and put a   picture of a contestants that reflects average contestant.

2  The Director’s Message      Make a personal thank you to all the contestants, staff members, sponsors, judges, entertainers, and the audience for participating. Give the history of the pageant as well as your own bio.

3  Schedule of Events        List the times for each entry of the days events.

4  Advertising               Could be your photographer and or video service.

5   Staff                Show pictures of all the behind the scenes people.

6  Contestants Gallery        This is where I put kids division photos.

7  Advertising                  Put three to five pages of various advertising.

8  Judges                        Pictures and bio.

9  Advertising

10  Contestant Gallery      Teen, Miss, and Mrs Divisions.

11  Advertising                 Remember this is an important part of funding your pageant.  Many of the contestants will be featured in ads bought by their family and friends. Some ads will be for businesses sold by the contestants.

12  Special Awards           Honor some one in the community or in your pageant family.

13  Advertisements          Don’t forget to promote your own business and any other pageants you are directing in the future.

14  Back Cover                  Usually a premium advertising space.

I put the finished product on a memory stick and take the files to a local printer like Office Depot that can produce the number I need for the pageant.  My pageants are usually on Sundays and I like to receive the books by the Saturday before.  If I bring my printer the files by Thursday they will be ready for Saturday. Check in advance with your printer to see what his schedule will allow.

Here is the link for my Miss Camelia City 2009 program book to use as an example.