Welcome to Pageant Pass! This page walks you through the quick setup that happens the first time you sign in as a Director, so you can get your first competition started in just a few minutes. When you finish here, head to Creating a Competition to fill in the rest of the details and publish.

Step 1: Fill In the Quick Setup Form

The first thing you'll see is a short setup form. It only asks for the essentials so you can get going fast.

  1. In the Competition Name box, type the name of your competition. It must be at least 3 characters long.
  2. In the Organization/Title Name box, type your organization or local title name.
  3. In the Competition Date box, choose the date your competition will be held. This must be a date in the future.
  4. If anyone who meets the basic age and residency rules may enter, turn on the Open Competition toggle. Leaving it off means you'll spell out who can enter.
  5. If you left Open Competition off, type your entry rules in the Eligibility Requirements box. This box is required unless Open Competition is on — turning that toggle on empties the box and switches it off so you can skip it.
  6. Click the button to continue to the next step.

Step 2: Pageant Pass Builds Your Competition

After you continue, Pageant Pass creates your competition for you automatically, using sensible starting values so you don't have to fill in everything at once. You can change any of these later in Creating a Competition.

The starting values are:

  1. An entry fee of $100.
  2. Cash and Check payments turned on.
  3. A registration deadline set to one week before your competition date.
  4. A Draft status — your competition is created but is not yet accepting applications, so Delegates can't apply until you publish it.

Step 3: Choose What to Do Next

Once your competition is created, Pageant Pass shows you a few next steps. Pick whichever you'd like to do first.

  1. Click Claim Your Free PLUS Upgrade to start your 6 months of the Plus plan free. This opens the upgrade offer — see Plans & Upgrading for what Plus includes.
  2. Click Publish Competition to open your competition's controls so you can finish the details and make it live. This takes you into Creating a Competition and the Competition Dashboard.
  3. Click View Profile to see and update your account details.
  4. Click Go to My Competitions to see the full list of competitions you manage.

What to Do Next

Your competition exists, but it isn't visible to Delegates yet because it starts as a draft. To finish setting it up — adding your location, eligibility categories, payment methods, and turning it on so contestants can find and apply — continue to Creating a Competition.

See Also

Page Description
Creating a Competition Finish setting up your competition and publish it
Competition Dashboard Your control center for managing a single competition
Plans & Upgrading What the free Plus upgrade includes and how plans compare
Accepting Payments with Square Collect entry fees online ⭐ Plus
Glossary Plain-language definitions of pageant and Pageant Pass terms

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