What are the benefits?

The "Miss Center Point" pageant is an official scholarship preliminary to the "Miss Alabama" pageant.  As "Miss Alabama," she then participates in the 
MISS AMERICA program.

This affiliation with the Miss America program includes the Miss Center Point pageant in the largest scholarship resource for young women in the world.

 The Miss America Organization is a non-profit corporation.  In 1945, the scholarship foundation was established.

Today, more than $30,000,000 in scholarship assistance is available annually to young women who participate in the Miss America program.

The following is the Mission Statement for the Miss America Organization.

To provide unique opportunities for young American women to win financial assistance in the nature of scholarship awards as a means of achieving their educational goals, and to create an maintain a system and produce role models representing positive wholesome American values.

To extend the benefits of the Miss America Scholarship Program beyond those young women who choose to compete for the crown of Miss America by providing scholarships to colleges and universities.

To utilize the Miss America name to promote generally those issues of concern to the American women, and to encourage and promote the role of all aspects of our society.

To recognize women who have made outstanding contributions in all fields of endeavor and specifically to women's issues.

To encourage the spirit of volunteerism throughout the Miss America Pageant's network of local and state pageants and to promote good will and civic and economic benefits in the towns and cities which host the competitions leading to the Miss America crown.