PARTICIPATION RULES & REGULATIONS

• Be female and identify as female.

• All participants must be of good moral standing as determined by Black United States® Pageant and/or YM Productions.

• All participants may have never appeared nude in any form of media within the last 10 years.

• Currently reside in the United States or in a U.S. territory (ex., Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands) and have resided in the U.S. or a US territory for at least 5 years prior to the date of application submission. Active duty military families and/or students studying abroad are exempt from the 5-year prior residency requirement.

• Clearly, openly and have ALWAYS identified as a Black woman and be of at least 25% African / African-American / Afro-Latina / Afro-Caribbean / Afro-Asian descent.

• Applying to represent your state or regional title or winning your state title at a state or regional pageant, is a commitment to attending the national pageant and assuming all responsibility for payment of fees, including the timely submission of all payment and paperwork to meet deadlines.

• If a state title titleholder, may not currently hold an international or national title within another pageant organization. If a state title within another organization is held, application may not be submitted until titleholder is within 90 days of said title completion.

• May not currently hold an international / national / ambassador title with another pageant organization, if crowned with a national Black United States® pageant title.

• All fees paid to Black United States® Pageant and/or YM Productions are non-refundable and non-transferrable. No refunds are provided for any reason including, but not limited to, payments made on behalf of the delegate by advertisers and sponsors and any fee, and all fees paid to Black United States® Pageant and/or YM Productions by delegates, supporters, sponsors, or advertisers.

• Winners of the Mrs. Black United States® title that file for legal separation and/or divorce during their reign will immediately, as of the date of filing, forfeit the title and all prizes to the runner-up.

• National titleholders will receive any prizes incrementally during their reign based upon satisfactorily meeting all contract obligations. If contract obligations are not fulfilled titleholder will forfeit any prizes not yet distributed by Black United States® Pageant and/or YM Productions.

• Black United States® Pageant and/or YM Productions reserves the right to change the date, location, and competition details of the national pageant at its discretion.

• Black United States® Pageant and/or YM Productions is not responsible for prizes forfeited by sponsors.

• Delegates with outstanding balances must pay full balance in order to compete at the national competition.

• The wearing of face masks/shields, the taking of temperature and social distancing determination will be at the sole discretion of the Black United States® Pageant and/or YM Productions and can supersede the minimum requirements in place of the host city. Contestant and their guests must abide by the strictest determination in place to access all pageant spaces and participate in activities

  By registering to participate in this pageant you are acknowledging, accepting and agreeing that you have read the rules herein and agree to the following rules and regulations.

  Your participation in the Black United States® Pageant indicates that you agree to all the rules and regulations set forth by our program are aware of have read and signed the PARTICIPANT CODE OF CONDUCT AGREEMENT AND TITLE PROMOTION GUIDELINES. FAILURE TO SUBMIT A SIGNED COPY OF THE PARTICIPANT CODE OF CONDUCT AGREEMENT AND TITLE PROMOTION GUIDELINES WILL TERMINATE ANY PRELIMINARY/LOCAL/STATE TITLE AND PARTICIPANT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE AT THE NATIONAL PAGEANT.