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Dear Contestant, The pageant is quickly approaching, and we hope you’re looking forward to a great pageant! Included in this packet you will find:

• A pageant itinerary • A letter regarding the parent ZOOM meeting • Information regarding the Top 5 interview and a form for your Top 5 contestant

question. Please bring the form with your contestant question to registration! • A COVID Release Waiver that you must sign and return before the pageant. If you are

under 18 years of age this form must be signed by a Parent or Guardian. • Order forms to purchase a pageant DVD and/or photos. • A link to purchase Contestant Buttons (a great way for your fans to show support or a

souvenir of your pageant experience) and a MISS USA T-Shirt! The deadline for ordering Contestant Buttons is June 23rd. T-shirts will also be available for purchase at registration. Order here: http://www.missillinoisusa.com/finalpacket

There will be a Contestant ZOOM Orientation on June 22, 2021 at 7:00 pm. John Vannatta, the Executive State Director, will go over details about the pageant, the scoring procedure, and introduce you to other staff and pageant volunteers. A link to the Zoom meeting is below. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83538369340?pwd=anRkMHdZZm5RQ0pCZjdrcVVadDdiUT09 The pageant is being held at The Braden Auditorium on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal, IL. Park in the back parking lot and enter through the glass doors. Please carefully review the weekend itinerary. If you have any questions, call or email the pageant office. Teen’s will need to be at registration on Saturday, June 26th and Miss will need to be at registration on Sunday, June 27th. Please arrive with hair/make-up complete and dressed ready for your Judges Interview. Before your Interview your will take a headshot photo and a full length interview photo. You will also record a video introduction to be played at the beginning of both shows. As always, if you have a conflict with the arrival/registration time, please contact us as soon as possible. We are looking forward to discovering who will become the next Miss Illinois USA and Miss Illinois Teen USA for 2021! Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions prior to your departure for the pageant. You should be very proud of yourself for stepping out of your comfort zone, and taking on this challenge. We will see you at the Braden Auditorium in Normal. LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN! Regards, John, Jason, Jennifer, Karen, and Sherri

MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA® 2021 PAGEANT ITINERARY

SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2021 6:30 am Staff Arrives 7:30 am Interview Groups 1 & 2 8:00 am Remaining Groups

Registration at: Braden Auditorium (Bone Student Center) Illinois State University 200 N University St Normal, IL 61761

Please arrive with Hair/Makeup complete and dressed ready for your judges interview.

8:00-10:30 am Judges Interviews Before you go into Interview you will take an individual headshot photo, full length Interview photo, and record a Video Intro that will play at the beginning of each show.

8:30-10:30 am Rehearsal 10:30 am Dress Rehearsal 12:00 noon Lunch and Prepare for Show Dressing Room Area 2:00 pm 2021 MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA

PRESENTATION SHOW Ticketed Event – Braden Auditorium

4:00 pm Dress Rehearsal 6:00 pm Dinner and Prepare for Show Dressing Room Area 8:00 pm 2021 MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA

CORONATION SHOW Ticketed Event – Braden Auditorium

Crowning of 2021 MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA

Top 5 to remain on stage for photos. All other contestants released.

SUBJECT TO CHANGE – Always check with contestant supervisors for updated locations & times NOTES: Be sure to label all of your belongings. All contestants are released following their Coronation Show. No one is allowed on-stage, backstage, or in the dressing area, but you may meet your family at the back door to help carry your belongings. The pageant staff no longer accepts responsibility after the coronation show. The newly crowned titleholder will be required to stay Saturday and Sunday night and meet with the pageant director Monday morning for contract signing. A hotel room will be provided if needed along with 3 tickets to the Miss Presentation and Coronation shows. The new titleholder will also have her first official photo shoot on Monday. We will provide hair, make-up and some wardrobe for the shoot. This will take at least half of the day Monday, and is NOT optional.

MISS ILLINOIS USA® 2021 PAGEANT ITINERARY

SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2021 6:00 am Staff Arrives 6:30 am Interview Groups 1 & 2 7:00 am Interview Group 3 7:45 am Interview Group 4 8:00 am Remaining Groups

Registration at: Braden Auditorium (Bone Student Center) Illinois State University 200 N University St Normal, IL 61761

Please arrive with Hair/Makeup complete and dressed ready for your judges interview.

7:00-11:00 am Judges Interviews Before you go into Interview you will take an individual headshot photo, full length Interview photo, and record a Video Intro that will play at the beginning of each show.

8:30-10:30 am Rehearsals 10:30 am Dress Rehearsal 12:00 noon Lunch and Prepare for Show Dressing Room Area 2:00 pm 2021 MISS ILLINOIS USA

PRESENTATION SHOW Ticketed Event – Braden Auditorium

4:00 pm Dress Rehearsal 6:00 pm Dinner and Prepare for Show Dressing Room Area 8:00 pm 2021 MISS ILLINOIS USA

CORONATION SHOW Ticketed Event – Braden Auditorium

Crowning of 2021 MISS ILLINOIS USA

Top 5 to remain on stage for photos. All other contestants released.

SUBJECT TO CHANGE – Always check with contestant supervisors for updated locations & times

NOTES: Be sure to label all of your belongings. All contestants are released following their Coronation Show. No one is allowed on-stage, backstage, or in the dressing area, but you may meet your family at the back door to help carry your belongings. The pageant staff no longer accepts responsibility after the coronation show. The newly crowned titleholder will be required to stay Sunday night and meet with the pageant director Monday morning for contract signing. A hotel room will be provided if. The new titleholder will also have her first official photo shoot on Monday. We will provide hair, make-up and some wardrobe for the shoot. This will take at least half of the day Monday, and is NOT optional.

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Dear Parent, You are invited to attend a parent ZOOM meeting on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 7:00 pm. John Vannatta, the Executive Director of the Miss Illinois USA and Miss Illinois Teen USA Pageant, will conduct the meeting and discuss the competition, the program, and answer any of your questions. This is a great opportunity to get to know the directors, and meet other parents. It’s also a good way to learn about the judging procedures and what to expect if your daughter is selected as Miss Illinois USA or Miss Illinois Teen USA for 2021. Attending the meeting is optional, but we encourage you to attend, if possible. A link to the Zoom meeting is below. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87659700967?pwd=TVYvNkRxT3UvMEdHeWVvbjBuWDB6dz09 Thank you for the continued support of your daughter and this program. Our contestants are stepping out of their comfort zones in an effort to make a difference in other people’s lives and their own. Please applaud them for their efforts, and always give them positive encouragement. Regards, Vanbros and Associates Staff

Dear Contestant, This is a recap of how finals night will unfold. As the pageant progresses past preliminary competition, the field of contestants will be narrowed to our group of semifinalists, and then 5 finalists. The semifinalists will compete in Swimsuit (MISS) or Athletic Wear (TEEN) and Evening Gown Competitions in order to narrow the field to 5 finalists. The 5 final contestants will then participate in an on-stage interview competition. Each of the 5 contestants will receive 2 questions. First they will receive a "contestant question." Each of you will need to submit a question that you would like to ask of a top-5 finalist. You should bring your question to registration and turn it in then. Be sure to include your name and title on your question. The staff will review all of the questions and select the best 10 questions.� On final night, should the author of any of those 10 questions make the final 5, her question will be removed from the pile. Then, 5 of the remaining questions will be chosen to give to the emcee. Each of the final five will draw one question to answer. She will be told which of her fellow contestants submitted the question. Please give due consideration to the question you ask. This is your chance to participate in determining what questions the top-5 will have to answer. The second question to be asked will be the traditional "judges question." Each of the five judges will submit a random question, and each of the top-5 will randomly draw one of the judges' questions that they will then answer. This process will be explained again during orientation, so if you have questions feel free to ask for clarification at that time. In the meantime, please think about various questions and formulate opinions; but speak from your own heart with your own words! Also, please don't forget to write a question that you want asked to a member of the top-5. Be sure to label it with your name and your title. Have fun, and Good Luck!

John M. Vannatta, Jr.- Co-Executive Director

CONTESTANT QUESTION

Please fill out with your name, title and question for the top 5. You will need to bring this form with you to the pageant and turn in at

registration. Thank you!

NAME: TITLE: QUESTION:

COVID-19 Waiver, Release of Liability, and Indemnity Agreement (Contestant)The World Health Organization has declared the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) a worldwide pandemic. Due to its capacity to transmit from person-to-person through respiratory droplets, federal, state, and local governments have set recommendations, guidelines, and some prohibitions, to which VANBROS and Associates, Inc. adheres.

In consideration of my participation in the foregoing, the undersigned acknowledge and agree to the following by my initials on each line:

q I am aware of the existence of the risk of my physical appearance at the venue and my participation to the activity of MISS ILLINOIS USA and MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA that may cause injury or illness such as, but not limited to, Influenza, MRSA, or COVID-19 that may lead to paralysis or death. On behalf of myself and/or my child and our heirs, successors, and assigns, I knowingly and freely assume all such risks, both known and unknown, relating to my and/or my child’s entering the MISS ILLINOIS USA and MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA event premises or using its services.

q I have not experienced symptoms of fever, fatigue, difficulty in breathing, or dry cough, or exhibited any other symptoms relating to COVID-19 or any communicable disease within the last 14 days.

q I have not, nor any member(s) of my household, traveled internationally by sea or by air within the past 30 days.

q I have not been, nor any family member(s) of my household, diagnosed to be infected with the COVID-19 virus within the last 30 days.

q I give the waiver, release of liability, indemnity agreement, and other representations and covenants contained in this document to VANBROS and Associates, Inc. as additional consideration for VANBROS and Associates, Inc. allowing me and/or my child to enter the MISS ILLINOIS USA and MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA event premises or use its services.

Following the pronouncements above, I hereby declare the following:

q I am fully and personally responsible for my own or my child’s safety and actions while and during my participation and I recognize that I may be at risk of contracting COVID-19.

q Having knowingly and freely assumed those risks, I hereby forever release, waive, relinquish, and discharge VANBROS and Associates, Inc., along with its officers, directors, managers, officials, trustees, agents, employees, or other representatives, and their successors and assigns from any and all claims, demands, liabilities, rights, damages, expenses, and causes of action of whatever kind or nature, and other losses of any kind, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen (collectively, “Damages”), as a result of me and/or my child entering the MISS ILLINOIS USA and MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA event premises or using its services as described above, including but not limited to those related to the above described personal injuries, death, disease, or property losses, or any other loss.

q I promise not to sue VANBROS and Associates, Inc. and agree to indemnify and hold VANBROS and Associates, Inc. harmless from any and all Damages resulting from my and/or my child’s entering the MISS ILLINOIS USA and MISS ILLINOIS TEEN USA event premises or using its services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

q I agree to follow all CDC protocols that will be strongly enforced during the pageant timeframe. As a general rule, masks are worn at ALL times.

However, the production team will clearly communicate how/when masks will be used during actual show events. There will be no exceptions. Any contestant not following specific guidelines/directions may be immediately disqualified from competing.

By signing below, I acknowledge that I have read the foregoing Waiver, Release of Liability and Indemnity Agreement and understand its contents; that I am at least eighteen (18) years of age and fully competent to give my consent; that I have been sufficiently informed of the risks involved and give my voluntary consent in signing this Liability Release Waiver as my own free act and deed with full intention to be bound by the same, and free from any inducement or representation.

This waiver will remain effective until laws and mandates relevant to COVID-19 are lifted.

Printed Name: ____________________________________________________________________

Printed Name of Child if under 18: ______________________________________________________

Signature: _______________________________________________________________________

Date: __________________________________________________________________________

2021Miss Illinois USA®

Miss Illinois Teen USA®

2021Miss Illinois USA®

Miss Illinois Teen USA®

WILL PATTERSON PHOTOGRAPHYMiss Illinois USA & Miss Illinois Teen USA PageantPHOTO DISC ORDER FORMThe disc of ALL photos from the pageant weekend. This includes registration headshot, interview, and competition photos from Prelims and Finals. To receive $175 CD price, you must pay in full at pageant. After competition weekend, the CD price is $200.

______ I would like to purchase the CD of all pageant weekend photos for $175 ($200 after pageant).

______ I would like my photos on a USB Flash Drive for $185 ($210 after pageant).

Name of Contestant: _______________________________________________________

Title: ___________________________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________________

City: __________________________State: _____________Zip Code: _______________

Phone: ____________________Email: _______________________________________

Method of Payment

_______ Cash

_______ Check (payable to Will Patterson)

Photos of Entire Pageant WeekendCD: $175 (during pageant weekend) $200 (after pageant weekend)USB Flash Drive: $185 (during pageant weekend) $210 (after pageant weekend)

*Please allow 8-10 weeks for delivery of your CD

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