Participants must be at least five years of age, but no older than twelve on the date of the Miss Florida Pageant.   Each Miss Florida contestant can have from one to five princesses.   All princesses will participate on stage in some aspect of the Miss Florida Pageant during pageant week.

Applications can be obtained BY CLICKING HERE, or by contacting the Sunshine Princess Chairman, Martha DeWitt, at (850) 402-7679 home, (850) 212-0742 cell, or at medewitt@earthlink.net.

The steps to become a participant in the Sunshine Princess Program are:

• Fill out the application form
• Fill out and sign the Statement of Understanding
• Mail completed forms with the $300.00 registration fee to the local pageant:  NFSO, c/o Cammie Sanders, 817 Willow Branch Ave., Jacksonville, FL  32205 (who will forward everything to the program chairman)

The $300.00 registration includes:

• Registration fee
• Official Sunshine Princess Crown
• Sunshine Princess T-Shirt
• Ticket for the princess only to attend the Miss Florida Pageant's Preliminaries & Finals (Value $105.00).  This ticket is non-transferable.
• One program book.
• FYI - the $300.00 registration fee can be paid by the family or the applicant can get sponsorships from businesses or family and friends.

For acceptance into the program the Princess must be:

• Accepted by the Miss Florida contestant
• Approved by the Miss Florida Pageant Board
• Pay the registration fee in full

Transportation, Housing, & Meals:

• You, the parent of the Sunshine Princess, must furnish transportation for her while participating in the Miss Florida Sunshine Princess Program.  All Sunshine Princesses and their families are responsible for their own housing and meals during the Miss Florida Pageant week, as long as any additional tickets needing to be purchased for the family.

Production Number / Costume

• If the Producer of the Miss Florida Pageant chooses to use the Sunshine Princesses in a production number, there will be an additional costume fee.   Such will be indicated closer to the pageant.   In the 2005 pageant, all princesses wore a white dress, but that is subject to change.

Guidelines Continued:

• Program Book Advertising:  Each princess is encouraged to sell at least one ad for the Miss Florida Program book.  The Princess can have a discounted erate of $200.00 for the first page of advertising sold; all pages sold after the first page for the discounted rate would be at the contestant's rate of $350.00.  Ads must include a reference to the Miss Florida contestant the princess is supporting.   The princess with the most ads sold will be named "Florida Sunshine Princess of the Year."   The winner will have her photo placed on the state website and will receive a U.S. Savings Bond.
• Crowns & T-Shirts:  The contestant should explain to the princess and her family that the crown is not a toy and should be handled with care.  It should not be worn except on official appearances as a Florida Sunshine Princess.  If the crown is broken, it is the responsibility of the Princess and her family to replace it at a cost of $70.00.  If more than one T-Shirt is required for any reason the cost will be $10.00 for each additional shirt.
• Dress and Activities:  Dress requirements and activities for the week will be given at a later date.

Miscellaneous

• Princesses can be friends, family, or anyone interested in participating, as long as they meet the age requirements.
• If we get multiple requests for our Jacksonville/First Coast titleholders, we will divide up the entries so that our titleholders have approximately the same amount of princesses.