• - must turn 16 years of age before December 31st in the year of the competition;
• - must not turn 20 years of age before December 31st in the year of the competition;
• - be an Australian citizen or permanent resident for the past 6 months;
• - hold a valid passport or eligible to hold one;
• - be a person who was born female that's not pregnant or has given birth;
• - be a person who enjoys travelling;
• - Have good communication skills and enjoy talking to people
• - be able to demonstrate a high standard in public speaking;
• - Have a strong commitment to the pursuit of excellence;
• - be a person of good character, possess charm, poise and personality and be fit and healthy;
• - Have a strong desire to represent your country; and
• - Be Australia’s ambassador overseas as well as at in International events and functions.
• - be a person who has never been married or is not engaged to or be married; and
• - has never been through any ceremony either valid or invalid and whether civil, religious or tribal which is recognised as a marriage ceremony in any part of the world;

STAGE 1
Preliminary Judging Process (PJP):

STAGE 2
Regional Finals Judging Process (RFJP):

The RFJP (or Preliminary Judging) will be formally judged during a time selected by either the Regional and/or State Manager to select a Regional Representative to compete in the State Finalist that may focus on the following areas:

STAGE 3
Remote Judging Process (RJP):

The RJP system is for official entries that live more than 400km away from the official Venue nominated for Judging and/or are unable to attend the day of Judging for a valid reason:

STAGE 4
State Finals Judging Process (SFJP):

The SFJP system will be formally judged during a time selected by the State Manager, to select a State Representative to compete in the National Finals that may focus on the following areas:

STAGE 5
Peoples Choice Judging Process (PCJP):

The PCJP system is the last chance for all official entrants to enter that allows them to be given a wildcard entry into the National Finals - where the entrants that receives the most amounts of likes on our FB and/or internet votes via our voting system will receivie an automatic wildcard entry into the National Finals of Miss Teen Australia

STAGE 6
National Finals Judging Process (NFJP):

The NFJP system will be formally judged during a time selected by the National Manager and/or Director of Operations/Production to select a senior National Representative to compete in International events, holding the title of Miss Teen Australia (16-19yrs) and will represent Australia overseas - this National Finals will also select a Junior finalists to be a role model for other Juniors to follow and will hold the title of - Junior Miss Teen Australia (13-15yrs) : 

The NFJP may focus on the following areas: