Recruiting is underway for Miss Poulsbo, Miss Kitsap and Miss Silverdale 2014. All three of the new titleholders will receive a $3,000 scholarship in addition to other awards and gifts.

All participants in the pageant will receive a minimum of $300.00 just for competing. The pageant is set for Jan. 11, 2014, at the Bremerton High School Auditorium.

The Miss Poulsbo Scholarship Pageant is open to young women ages 16 to 22, who live in the North Kitsap School District. They must be at least a junior and be a high school graduate by June 2015.

The Miss Kitsap Scholarship Pageant is open to young women ages 16 to 22, who live, work or attends school within the boundaries of the Bremerton and South Kitsap School Districts. They must be at least a junior and be a high school graduate by June 2015.

The Miss Silverdale Scholarship Pageant is open to young women ages 16 to 22, who live, work or attends school within the boundaries of the Central Kitsap School District. They must be at least a junior and be a high school graduate by June 2015.

Contestants will be judged on talent (25 percent), private interview (30 percent), evening Gown (20 percent), active wear (15 percent), on-stage interview (5 percent) and academic review (5 percent). Deadline for applications is Oct. 4, 2013.

Applications are available in the counseling offices in area high schools and on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/Miss-Poulsbo-Miss-Kitsap-Miss-Silverdale-Scholarship-Organizations/ 173176379290.

For more information please call Michele Wasson at 360-689-3553 or email at misspoulsbo@yahoo.com

During the past seven years, Olympic College Foundation has given more than $28,000 in scholarships to 23 contestants in this pageant to continue their education at Olympic College. This also is the fifth year partnering with International Air and Hospitality Academy, Vancouver, Wash., which offers a $10,000 tuition scholarship. Everest College in Bremerton has worked with the pageant offering a scholarship for the past four years.