The Miss West Sound Scholarship Program is accepting applications for its 2018 Miss West Sound and Miss West Sound’s Outstanding Teen competition.

Applicants for Outstanding Teen must be between 13-17 (grades 8-11). Applicants for the Miss West Sound competition must be at least 17 and a graduating high school senior and cannot be older than 24 on Dec. 31, 2018.

All contestants will be judged in talent, private interview, evening gown, and on-stage question. Miss West Sound contestants will be judged in lifestyle and fitness in swimsuit and teen contestants will be judged in lifestyle and fitness in active wear.

The new Miss West Sound and Miss West Sound’s Outstanding Teen will be crowned the weekend of Oct. 14. They will compete for their state titles in May (Teen) and June/July (Miss) 2018 and will make appearances throughout Kitsap County during their year of service. Each participant will be awarded a scholarship for participating, with the opportunity to receive additional awards.

The Miss West Sound Scholarship Program provided more than $12,000 last year (more than $150,000 since its inception in 2010) and is consistently among the top three Miss Washington local programs for the scholarship dollars they award every year.

Applications are available online at www.misswestsound.org. Contestants must be available to attend a pre-interview and talent review mid-June and a daylong orientation on July 15. Other event opportunities are available for those contestants who are interested. Contact executive director Amanda Cheatham at MWSDirector@comcast.net.