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LEFT : Miss Vermont 2019 , Jillian Fisher , with one of her beloved cows RIGHT : Jillian Fisher at the Miss America competition
Minister , you have to undergo a six-hour interview in front of a panel of ministers . You give a sermon and then they quiz you on a variety of facts . Many of my colleagues and classmates were incredibly nervous about the interview , and I thought that I was doing something wrong , because I wasn ’ t anxious . Eventually , I realized that I had been trained to face panels of judges for years as a candidate in the Miss Vermont and Miss Vermont ’ s Outstanding Teen competitions ! Regardless of who ends up wearing the crown , the training that we receive throughout the competition process continues to impact the rest of our lives . There is no other program that prepares young women like this . It ’ s truly phenomenal .”
The Spirit of Competition
The annual Miss Vermont and Miss Vermont ’ s Outstanding Teen competitions are open to women who are ages 18-26 and 13-18 , respectively . In order to qualify to enter in the competitions , candidates must either reside in Vermont full-time , work in Vermont full-time , or attend college , school or university in Vermont full-time . To register for the Miss
Vermont competition or the Miss Vermont ’ s Outstanding Teen competition , candidates first register as a candidate with The Miss America Organization . Winners of the Miss Vermont competition and the Miss Vermont ’ s Outstanding Teen competition progress onward to the Miss America competition or the Miss America ’ s Outstanding Teen competition on a national level , so this process serves as an ideal way to integrate both levels of registration .
Once the registration process is complete , candidates are automatically connected with a Candidate Coordinator from the Miss Vermont team . Miss Vermont Scholarship Organization ’ s Candidate Coordinators work closely with candidates to prepare them for the competition . “ We also hold workshops for our candidates ,” says Miss Vermont Scholarship Organization ’ s Executive Director , Darcie Fisher . “ In larger states , candidates compete at local competitions throughout the state , which have boards that prepare them for the next level of competition . Here in Vermont , we don ’ t have local competitions , so we take it upon ourselves to facilitate training workshops for our candidates . We do
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