Miss Adams County Fair Eligibility Requirements

1. Contestant must be a U.S. Citizen and have been a resident of Adams County, Illinois for six months prior to the pageant date.  
2. Former County Fair Queens who have competed for the title of Miss Illinois County Fair are not eligible to participate.
3. Contestant must never have been convicted of a felony offense.
4. Contestant must be single and never have been married or had a marriage annulled; contestant can never have been or become pregnant.
5. A contestant must be a minimum of 16 years of age by the pageant date and not have reached her 22nd birthday by January 1 of the following year.
6. Contestants are required to attend the final rehearsal and at least two others.  Workshops are not considered rehearsals.
7) Entrant agrees to attend the Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Pageant as the representative of Adams County if selected as the winner of the Miss Adams County Fair Pageant and further abide by all the required services, rules and regulations governing this pageant. The new Miss Adams County MUST attend the Adams County Fair and the Miss Illinois Pageant with a chaperone at all times.  That chaperone must be the pageant director or pageant committee member deemed by director and approved of by the Adams County Fair Board.

8) Entrant agrees to produce an original copy of her birth certificate to verify age and gender upon request. 


Eligibility / Acceptance Determination Agreement:
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All issues as to eligibility shall be determined solely and exclusively by Miss Adams County Fair Queen pageant director and/or fair board. Entrant agrees to abide by eligibility determination both as to her and others. Entrant agrees to produce an original copy of her birth certificate to verify age and gender upon request.