Terms of use
Last updated: November 9, 2026
What is this?
These are the ground rules for using the Miss Arizona USA website. By using the site, you agree to them. If you don’t, please don’t use it. Our Privacy Policy explains what we do with your information.
Who we are
Miss Arizona USA is the state preliminary to Miss USA® and Miss Teen USA®. Those names and logos belong to the national organization. Questions: info@missazusa.com.
Is applying free?
Yes. Applying is free. It doesn’t commit you or us to anything. Sending an application does not guarantee you a spot, and we don’t have to accept anyone.
Competing is a separate step. If you’re invited to compete, you’ll get a private payment link and a separate written agreement that spells out cost, deposit, due dates, refunds and what you get. That agreement is the one that counts for money. Nothing on this site is a contract to compete.
Applicants under 18
A parent or guardian must be involved. They agree to the application and they are our contact for any payment or contract. A minor can’t sign for herself.
Who can apply?
Pageant eligibility comes from the national organization’s rules, plus our own Arizona rules (like residency). The Eligibility page lists the basics. If the national rules and this site ever disagree, the national rules win. We may check what you tell us. If something in an application is untrue, we can end it.
We apply the national organization’s eligibility rules as written. We don’t write them.
What you give us
When you send us an application, photos or a message, you promise that it is true and that it’s yours to share. Don’t upload anything that belongs to someone else or breaks the law. You keep ownership of what you send us. You let us use it to run the pageant: review your application, contact you, and so on. Using your photos or name publicly takes a separate signed photo release.
Using the site fairly
Please don’t:
- try to break into the site, scrape it, or overload it,
- use the forms to send spam or fake applications,
- pretend to be someone else,
- use the site to harass anyone.
We can block access if someone does.
Who owns what on the site?
The text, design and site belong to Miss Arizona USA, except open-source software, which stays under its own licenses. Photos belong to the photographers credited. Miss USA®, Miss Teen USA® and Miss Universe® belong to their owners. You can share links and quote us briefly with credit. Anything else, ask first.
The shop
The shop isn’t open yet. Before it opens, we’ll add its terms here: what we sell, prices, shipping, pickup and refunds.
Links to other sites
We link to other sites, like Instagram and Stripe’s payment page. They have their own rules. We don’t control them.
What if something goes wrong?
We try to keep the site accurate and running, but we can’t promise it will always be up or error-free. The site is offered “as is.”
To the extent the law allows, Miss Arizona USA isn’t responsible for indirect or knock-on losses from using the site, such as lost opportunities. If we are responsible for something, the most we’ll owe is what you paid us through this site in the 12 months before the problem, or $100 if you paid nothing. This doesn’t limit anything the law doesn’t let us limit, like harm caused by our own gross carelessness.
Changes
We can update these terms. The date at the top will change. If you keep using the site, you’re agreeing to the new version.
Which law applies?
Arizona law. If we can’t sort out a disagreement by talking, it goes to the courts in Maricopa County, Arizona.