Miss Teen Achievement
Newfoundland and Labrador

The Miss Teen Achievement Newfoundland and Labrador Scholarship Program strives to ensure that all scholarship funds are allocated for educational purposes. Continuance of each individual award is determined on a year-to-year basis. Scholarships are awarded once a recipient has provided written documentation of her enrolment at a recognized post-secondary institution. Scholarships awarded through the Miss Teen Achievement Newfoundland and Labrador Scholarship Program include the following:

2010 Scholarship Offerings

Miss Teen Achievement Newfoundland and Labrador - $2000 McDonald's Youth Achiever Award

1st Runner-up - $1,000

2nd Runner-up - $500

VOCM Cares Charitable Activity Award - $500

Teen Spirit Award - $200

Public Speaking Award - $1700 full tuition to any Dale Carnegie Program within the province

Academic Excellence Award - TBA

Healthy Living Award - TBA

Reid Music Talented Teen Award - $500 Yamaha keyboard

Award Descriptions

In additon to the main judging panel, there is also a group of individuals who oversee the selection of the Pageant's individual awards.  These awards, with the exception of the Public Speaking, Academic Excellence and Healthy Living Awards, are not counted towards a contestant's overall score.

Public Speaking Award

The qualities and attributes of all titleholders is the ability to demonstrate a sense of composure, confidence and intelligence when speaking in public.  In the application package contestants are asked: "If you are selected for this title, what platform or issue will you speak on throughout the year?"  The public speaking portion of the competition is an opportunity for you to present your platform to the audience.  Speeches should be memorized and no longer than 60 seconds.  (Speeches are timed and points are deducted should you go over the allowed time.)

Contestants will be assessed on their originality, flair and ideas presented.  Their capacity to demonstrate empathy and a realistic understanding of their chosen topic will also form part of the judging criteria.

A penalty of 5% of the total marks received shall be imposed to a speech that is in excess of the time limit before the total scores are compiled (5 seconds grace allowed).  This penalty will be imposed by the timekeeper and applied by the auditor.

Academic Excellence Award

As part of the judging criteria for the pageant, contestants are required to complete an exam on Newfoundland and Labrador history, geography, current affairs and opinion essay questions.  The contestant achieveing the highest mark on the exam is presented with the award.

Healthy Living Award

As part of the judging criteria for the pageant, contestants are required to complete a physical fitness test as well as wrtie a short quiz on healthy living. The contestant achieveing the highest combined score is presented with the award.

Talented Teen Award

Participation in this competition is optional and not counted towards a contestant's final score.  It is, in fact, a fun time for the contestants to compete in the performing arts of dancing, singing, acting, playing a musical instrument, or a combination thereof.  First, second and third place awards are presented.

Teen Spirit Award

Competitive events have always offered an opportunity for personal growth and character development, not usually apparent in the everyday aspects of life. This is an award that is voted on by the contestants themselves, and presented to the person whom they believe has, in the spirit of friendship and competition best exemplified a desire to be a good example for others.

VOCM Cares Charitable Activity Award

This award recognizes the inspiring contributions made by contestants in the Miss Teen Achievement Newfoundland and Labrador Scholarship Program who devote themselves to charitable work. It is not necessary to have any set number of years service working with charitable organizations to receive this award. The winner will have many positive characteristics, including the following:

Innovation: Someone who has taken initiative to spearhead charitable work activities which significantly benefited the organization(s) they worked for.

Inspiration: Someone who stands as an example of commitment to excellence, perhaps having demonstrated leadership and achievement in a variety of contexts within the charity sector.

Influence: Someone who has played a significant role in promoting a charity or charities, and represented a positive image of the work undertaken.

This award shines a spotlight on exceptional performance in charitable work. It recognizes that these achievements help to spread best practice throughout the charity sector, drawing attention to the breadth of talent, commitment and expertise that exists within youth volunteers throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. All information pertaining to charity work included on contestant applications will be reviewed and a short-list of potential award winners will be determined by a team of experienced volunteer adjudicators. Due to the need for impartiality, the names of the adjudicators will not be disclosed until after the assessment process has been completed. As each contestant is required to provide references who can attest to their community involvement and charity work - references for the short-listed group will be contacted. Based on the information received, the adjudicators will determine the winner.