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CHAIR
JUDGE
JUDGE
PAGEANT COACH
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
MISS NATA AMBASSADOR
MISS NATA AMBASSADOR
MISS NATA AMBASSADOR
MRS NATA AMBASSADOR
MRS NATA AMBASSADOR
MRS NATA AMBASSADOR
North American Telugu Association is rooted in promoting the celebrated community of residents in North America who are of Telugu descent. All participants should be Telugu or of Telugu descendant. The organization has recently begun its pageantry program back in 2020 during the pandemic. Our mission is to promote confidence among the many young and adult women in our community. NATA National Committee will provide training and guidance by Modelling industry professionals to all selected participants. We have opened our pageant to 3 categories of Miss Teen, Miss, and Mrs participants. While participating in the pageantry we encourage respect and great sportsmanship amongst fellow contestants. We absolutely do not tolerate any sort of negativity in our pageantry. If any such actions are brought to our attention and supported with the evidence we will immediately disqualify the contestant.
NATA beauty Pageant 2023 has the following rounds.
Round 1: Audition video (To be included during registration)
Round 2 :Talent Round video(selected participants should send the video)
Round 3 :In person Semi Finals in each participating city.Participants are to be judged by Judges (includes walk and Q&A)
Round 4:Finals (Selected participants will have final round on July 2, 2023 @ Dallas convention)
Rules(apply for all):
1. All participants must abide by the following rules in order to participate in the pageant.
2. This Pageant is only for people who are residing in the USA.
3. Participants cannot be former Mrs./Miss./Teen NATA winners or runners-up.Participants cannot be former winner or runner up of any US based telugu associations in the last year 2022-2023; This involves either final winners or semi-final/state winners.
4. Participants must be ages:
a. Ms. Teen NATA Category: 13-18 years
b. Miss. NATA Category: 19-30 years, unmarried
c. Mrs. NATA Category: must be married
5. All participants must submit full name, age, address, audition video as youtube link, and contact information: Preferred phone number, and email address, in order to complete registration.
6. Audition Tape criteria:
a. 1-2 minutes duration
b. Include short introduction
c. Include a short ramp walk
d. All videos must be posted on youtube with “anyone with the link” permission and shared with us while registering.
7. The above audition information must be submitted before the registration deadline of May 12th 2023.
8. Initial Registration is free but once the participant gets selected for Top 10, they need to pay the Participation Fee of $30 must be paid.(Email will be sent with all details)
Selection Criteria:
Judges will select 10 participants per category (Teen/Miss/Mrs total of 30) for in person Pageant in their Participation City based on audition tape provided at the time of registration.
We will also put a couple of contestants per category in the waitlist, in case selected contestants cannot attend the pageant.
All the selected contestants will be notified by an email by May 17th.
All selected contestants are expected to be present on the day of Pageant in their participation city, where the Pageant will be conducted.
We are Introducing the “Popularity” Award at each state and Finals as well via online polling. Details will be shared at a later date once the auditions are done.
All selected contestants are expected to send us a video link showing their talent to be judged by May 28th.
Talent Round (virtual) : An email will be sent to the selected participants with all additional details for the Talent round
a. Submissions must be of a maximum of 5 minutes duration.
b. If any music is involved in your Talent round, make sure all content is Telugu and contains decent and appropriate language.
c. All videos must be posted on youtube with “anyone with the link” permission and shared with us by
9. Participants will be judged in 4 rounds in In-person semi finals at each respective state:
a. Talent round (virtual)
b. Evening Gown Walk
c. Traditional Wear Walk
d. Question & Answer Round for top five contestants after the first three rounds.
10. All attire should be kept appropriate.
11. Participants or anyone connected to the participant must not, in any capacity, interact with any of the Judges.
12. Participants are allowed to bring 1 person backstage for assistance (dress changes, setup, etc.)
13. Top three winners will be awarded sashes.
14. Top 3 winners for each category in each participating city are responsible and expected to attend the Finals in Dallas, Texas for the NATA 2023 convention.
a. Eligible individuals are responsible for confirming their participation in the finals immediately.
b. If one of the 1st or 2nd place winners is not able to attend the finals, the 3rd place winner will be invited.
15. Winners must inform the NATA pageant committee to appear at any events with the crown. 16. Disobeying any rules and regulation will result in disqualification and from future NATA.
17. All the selections are final based on the Pageant judges' decisions, NATA or any of its members are NOT responsible for the decisions made by judges during the selection process.
Audtion Video:
Please used the following link to register: