Raising Money for Sponsorships/ Entry Fees/ Wardrobe!

Hello My beautiful Queen Bees!

I have received a lot of questions about how to raise money for competition fees! One important thing to keep in mind is that Rachel, Our Pageant Director for this years Texas International pageant is willing to take payments for your entry fee, YOU DO NOT have to pay all at once if you cant afford it. This is very important to keep in mind because as soon as you know you want to compete, you should immediately pay your deposit and lock down your city or county title that you want to represent! Last year I locked in the title of Miss Dallas in October, I didn't want anyone else to snatch it up from me!

There are a lot of ways you can raise money for competition!

Sponsors!!! Sponsors!!!! Sponsors!!!

Sponsors are a great way to raise money, you are required to sell a Half page ad in the program book for $275.00, you can charge the actual fee for the ad to a business to advertise, or you can charge any amount over to help defray the cost of your entry fee. A lot of girls charge $400-500 for their half page ad, and use the extra money towards their entry fee!
To get these sponsors, you should design a flyer, or use the one sent to you in your contestant handbooks and personally deliver them to local business's. Explain to them that with their support you could win the state title and how their ad could be seen by people all over Texas! They can put coupons in their ad, or even a photo of you at their business! ALWAYS ask people you know first! Business's that you frequent the most are the ones most likely to place an ad with you! Friends and Family can buy ads as well!

You can also host a Beauty Queen Car Wash with fellow local titleholders and split the profit, or you can even do it on your own, but be prepared to have helpers for all of those cars!

Another great way is a Princess Tea! You can sell tickets in advance to little girls or even big ones, in your area to have a Princess Tea with Miss ---- (your title) Its a lot of fun for the little girls, you can even do an arts and crafts project with them!

Then theres always Bake Sales! This probably wont yield the type of profits you need to defray your total costs, but it couldnt hurt! You can also have shirts made with your title and photo on them to sell to your supporters!

Lastly, you can host a Dinner! A lot of restaurants will donate a portion of the nights proceeds to you! ALL you have to do is ASK! But its important to promote your dinner with flyers, and make sure to invite all of your friends!

If you have any more questions, you may email me at MissTXINTL2013@gmail.com
Make sure to visit the website at Misstexasinternational.com
To sign up for the Pageant, Email Rachel at Texasinternationalpageant@gmail.com

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