alithyiaiden

If any of you know about it, I was wondering if someone could give me more information because the website and the brochure were very vague. I mostly want to know state selection level and what we're being tested on.

Cardinals

It is an honor to be chosen as homecoming queen of your school, but DO NOT be tempted or enticed to join America's Homecoming Queen Competition for the Tuition Scholarship Awards. For a naive high school senior planning to venture into college to get every scholarship award for a college education, America's Homecoming Queen Inc. masks their true intentions by using the phrase Tuition Scholarship Awards as a scheme. These organization is very vague. They do not disclose anything, that's why you get confused. When you join AHQ, you'll be shocked to find out after the National Competition that you'll only receive a meager reward money of Two Hundred Dollars [$200.00] as a State Queen if you are not selected to win. For the runner-ups, the 3rd gets $500.00, the 2nd gets $800.00, the 1st gets $1,000.00 and the winner gets $1,500.00. Imagine, traveling and competing that far just to receive $ 200.00. It's embarrassing! While it's true that they provide for your ticket to fly to Disneyland, hotel accommodation to Disneyland Hotel, your crown, a one day ticket for fun and Disney money for food at the Disneyland Theme Park, and 2 dinners during a 5 day stay in Disneyland, you are practically on your own spending your own money to feed yourself with a hearty and healthy meal. Otherwise, you'll eat pizza for lunch and dinner, and hard bread for breakfast that they provide. In simple terms, you'll starve if you went alone without your parents or a companion. It's nice to meet new friends and have fun , but when the fun is done and reality sets in, you'll realize that you have been taken for a dizzy ride. You'll realize that you had more expenses going to the competition more than your reward money of [$200.00]. You'll feel so disappointed and ashamed that you were taken advantage of. You will realize that you wasted a lot of money to join a worthless competition. It would have been better and worth your time if you could have just written an essay for the Ronald McDonald Scholarship Contest that gives $1,000.00 award. As for the State Competition, you pay for your own hotel and meals. To sum it all up, you are paying them to give you a scholarship award of $200.00 only if you do not win. If you win, you get $1,500.00 which is still a small amount considering the expenses for your gown, costume, souvenirs, food and transportation. It's shameful to admit but IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!

airegin

Haha they have a homecoming queen scholarship?

I think that's a pretty sad concept.

Mariecia

I don't know who you are but you are totally correct. The AHQ is a total scam and i know that someone should do something to stop them. I recently attended one of their pageants and no crown was rewarded, fake flowers were given, no money was ever mentioned, and all the things given to the young ladies were straight from dollar general. In the state of Alabama alone only 23 girls entered the pageant and the state has over 4000 schools. The smart people are on to the people over AHQ. I project only 10 next year and 5 in the year 2012. Please pass this valuable information along to everyone. The entire program is set up and ran by 3 ladies whom are also the judges can you believe that. No certified judges only the organizers, how convenient to save on that, save on a dinner fixed for a 3 year old and a lunch fixed by a teenager coming home after school and putting a few slices of cold chicken over some lettuce, don't forget the one roll, one butter roll, and the one glass of tea. The banquet and luncheon for 1 totaled 66 dollars. The total for 2 which is usually a mother and father would be 132 dollars for nothing. I wonder what the cost of National would be for two people to eat only 2 meals.

helpless

I can tell you that these people are deceptive. They withhold information and are totally disorganized. They "last minute" everything. Their 2008 National Queen worked her butt off for them and they have not given her her scholarship money yet. They speak ill of their contestants and parents, even their state and national queens. They do not live up to what they represent. They still have information on the internet about the travel, rewards, and scholarship money that they do not even offer anymore. Most state queens get the $200.00. They only pay in October, November, "December, January, and February. If your college needs depend on financial aid, this is not conducive to when FAFSA is processed or when tuition is paid. If you have other scholarships, they do not pay. The state and national contract is one sided. They state what the queen must do for them and says nothing about what they award the Queen. The national interviews, etc never happen, and you have to use your own money to represent them. If they pay for something ( queens expenses) or give your parents a glass of tea, they dedeuct it from your scholarship money, but don't reveal this until you have finished working for them. Their qualified judges are more often, parents of past queens, recent past queens, or whoever will sit in the chair and do what they instruct them to do. The girls you meet are great! But the AHQ ladies, use the girls for their contacts and sponsors and then they care nothing about the girl herself. They ask the Queen's mother to chaperone the Queen and then never reimburse the expenses. They will put these young girls on a plane, unchaperoned, to represent them( and the queen will fork over her own luggage expenses with the airlines). These people will avoid your phone calls, avoid giving you information, until after it is all over, you discover that most of what they tell you verbally is not true at all. Let your state and community keep their money for something legit. Homecoming Queens everywhere, do not get caught up in raising money for this AHQ organization, The girls pay more money than they will ever get in scholarships. Their national headquarters is their home, and it is an absolute disorganization mess! If you live in a state far away from Tennessee, you should not plan on being their national queen, cause they don't want to have to spend the money to fly you in to The Liberty Bowl. In addition, you arrive at the Liberty Bowl, only to discover that you have to stay at their nasty house. If you are a minority, don't plan on being the national queen either. It has never happened, cause they will not have minorities in their home. The Liberty Bowl Organization is wonderful! The Homecoming Queen girls are wonderful, the 3 ladies that run this organization are shadey. Tell the girls in your hometown to think twice before they give money to this organization.

helpless

The America's Homecoming Queen, Inc. solicits homecoming queens in each state by sending letters to each school district, addressed to "Homecoming Queen". Please inform your school about this program and ask them to pass on the information to their school's homecoming queen to beware of involvement until they know the facts about this organization. Most girls are so embarrassed that they raised money in their communities and states for this organization, that they do not pass on the information to the next girl. Ask your school to contact their State Board of Education, State Attorney General, and Better Business Bureau to help keep these women from soliciting these young girls through their high schools. We need your help to stop this! Please pass the information to your homecoming sponsor, homecoming queen, principal, etc. Contestants and parents involved in this program in 2008, and 2009 are trying to get the word out. The only power we have is word of mouth, and the courage of some young ladies to help future girls to know the real facts. Thank you for your help. The girls who have come forward to set the record straight are very brave, leaders, and true role models. These are girls who won their state titles, and national title. This information is not coming from girls who did not win the crown. They won the crown, and now they want to be on the side of truth and integrity.

Cardinals

America's Homecoming Queen is comprised of 2 kinds of people. First are the innocent and unsuspecting High School Homecoming Queens who gets FOOLED into joining AHQ. Second, the three (3) ladies who manage the organization of AHQ who continue to FOOL innocent and naive teenage students into thinking that they will receive a big sum of scholarship awards. America's Homecoming Queen needs to be stopped!!!
Please pass on the message. I believe on the power of the internet.

AHQrachel2001

I find your post to be very distorting and deceiving of this organization. As a proud national winner from Alabama, it was my privilege to serve and uphold the conservative and christian principles of which this organization builds from. I find your comments very childish about the food served. The AHQ organization has no control over the Hotel's banquet food preparers. Also, to show discredit to the judges shows on your behalf, a poor loser. Who are you to make judgement on the judges? You also show bitterness referring to the dollar store sovenniere's when they are actually monogrammed signature logo favors that are specially ordered for each state pageant. Every queen who participates understands that they will receive their crowns upon arrival to National competition. So to set the record straight, she does not get her crown at the local state pageant. It is and will always be my privilege to support and represent proudly this wonderful organization who does "make a difference in the lives of young ladies". Your comments do not represent a winning attitude!

helpless

That was then, this is now.

helpless

If AHQ wants to be upfront and reveal all the information to these girls, before they get involved, then there is no problem. Just take one issue, never mind any other complaint, just focus on one issue: scholarship money. Why can't they be straightforward about how much the scholarships were last year, and when they are paid out, and what the criteria is for collecting the scholarship money from AHQ. They don't reveal this, because many of the girls would not want to spend $400.00 plus only to get back $200.00 in a scholarship. At least then, an informed decision could be made. Other issues should be revealed, too.

angryparent

I am appalled at myself for falling this scam. And thats all it was. From the start it was pitiful. We get there and from the start it was unreal . They had not one clue of what they were doing. They were these two outcast women from the 1960's. Christians ? Really come on ladies your con artists, and your bad at that also. We spent alot of money and time on this stupid mess. Interviews 4 mins, Queens banquet with no queen, practice at 9 till 11 for a pageant that lasted 17 min, of course part of that was practicing were to stand for a picture. It was hard to place them because there was 8 of them. Claims from the older woman that Donald Trump and American Idol wanted to buy them. Claims that the Tn Queen wasnt there because she was being a spokesperson for Gatorade because of the w pageant of course. Funny thing the girl said when she did get there, that she had to work at Dicks Sporting Goods its her job. Plastic flowers, no crown ,$375 to be in this $45 banquet, $35 luncheon, VIP seating for the pageant , was very imporant because there were maybe 20 people there. Judge swapping in the middle of interviews and pageant. I hate I know this and they are digging for more money with this America's Vote Please please help warn people this is a scam!!!!!

footballmom104

Aren't most pageants scams? Look at Miss America. They claim to give out $10,000+ scholarships, but the money one spends on gowns, coaches, etc., far outweighs anything a contestant could win.

helpless

Dear Angry parent,
I am so sorry that you were unaware of these people. The Donald Trump and American Idol thing is a new one this year. Yep, they are big name droppers, those women. Unfortunately, young women in high school continue to get letters from this organization through their schools. If you are interested in reporting this organization, please contact the Better Business Bureau in Memphis, Tennessee, your state attorney general's office, and your state's Board of Education. This is just sad. Bad things happen when good people do nothing. The young women who get caught up with this organization are wonderful young women. The women who run this program are not wonderful. Warn your school to stop passing their letters to their homecoming queens. Christian women would not be scamming our youth and their families!

watchdog

If you think these people are scamming you, they might be scamming the IRS... why don't you report them???

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watchdog

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