Las Vegas PRIDE Royalty | General Information

General Information

The following list of qualifications are an outline to help applicants interested in becoming Las Vegas PRIDE Royalty as well as the community at large understand the commitment and responsibility placed on the title holder. Unlike a traditional pageant title, the Las Vegas PRIDE title holder must earn their title through dedication to the organization and hard work.

Southern Nevada Association of Pride, Inc. Adult Royalty Qualifications

*PLEASE NOTE: To be considered for any of our Adult Pride Royalty titles you must meet ALL requirements.

Prerequisites:

1. You must be a volunteer with the PARADE COMMITTEE for at least 6 consecutive months prior to being nominated for any title. You are dedicating your time to SNAPI for almost a year; shadowing the current royalty and helping with Prides, costuming, set up-tear down and showing up at SNAPI events.
2. As a volunteer, you must travel with the Pride Board and current royalty to two (2) OUT OF STATE PRIDES.
3. You must be financially able to travel with Pride (*NOTE: an estimate of travel expenses will be given to the Parade Committee prior to any travel).
4. You must be willing and able to travel with Pride.
5. All titles for PRIDE Royalty are nominated, voted, and appointed by the PRIDE Board.

Description:

• Mr. Las Vegas Pride – A gay male or a transgender male (female to male)
• Miss Las Vegas Pride - A female impersonator, cross dresser, drag queen or a female transgender
• Ms. Las Vegas Pride - A lesbian female or a transgender female (male to female)
• Community Ally – an outstanding member of Las Vegas as a whole (gay, straight, male, female or transgender)

During your reign for AN ENTIRE YEAR, you are required to, but not limited to:

1. Attend all SNAPI PRIDE events in town including our own PRIDE!
2. Be appropriately dressed for all events – crown and sash, make up, costumes, etc.
3. Act appropriately at all times, whether you are in crown and sash or not. This includes, but is not limited to, not drinking excessively, causing fights, using derogatory language, etc.
4. Help host SNAPI events, and at times, you may be asked to co-host events for other organizations and/or perform at them.

You are looked upon by our community as LEADERS and as such, appropriate behavior, language (including your body language), and your outlook on your community must be taken into consideration. Take PRIDE in what you are doing and challenge yourself to be the change you want to see! Your involvement is crucial – this a very time consuming position but also a rewarding one as well! Remember, this is a position to be earned not won! Anyone of us can do these requirements, but only the best person will be selected.

Our selection/nomination process is simple: Who is the best person for this title? How much have they been involved with SNAPI? How much time has this person dedicated to events, traveling, costume making, etc.? Do they meet all the requirements? These are questions we as a board ask ourselves.

*Consequences for selection and later not meeting title requirements (i.e. – SNAPI reserves the right to review and rescind any and all titles at any time for any reason deemed necessary by the Board of Directors, based on a motion to review and a majority vote.) SNAPI reserves the right to establish, and alter requirements of any and all titleholders, at any time, to better suit the needs of the community at large. SNAPI reserves the right to add, retract, and edit titles, based on the needs of our mission, goals, and the needs of the community at large.

In conclusion, thank you for your interest in being part of Las Vegas Pride Royalty. We look forward to seeing you at future SNAPI events.

Commitments (Code of Conduct):

1. As a representative of our organization, Titleholders must maintain generally acceptable candor, composure, poise, language, and behavior, at all times.
2. All Titleholders must remain in good standing in their community. Titleholders must not engage in any activity which is illegal. Committing a crime while representing the Organization, while in or out of Crown and Sash, will result in immediate irrevocable termination of their title, not requiring further review or vote of the Board.
3. Attendance by current Royalty is of the utmost importance. Current Titleholders are required to attend all SNAPI Official events, and all SNAPI Sponsored events. Any absence or tardiness must be communicated to the Royalty Chairperson. It is the responsibility of the Royalty Chairperson to assess and communicate attendance issues to the Board for review.
4. As a representative of SNAPI, it is explicitly required that any Titleholder promotes the Organization’s Mission Statement, “To educate the community by invoking , promoting, and celebrating LGBT PRIDE.” It is required for any Titleholder to donate all monies donated to them while representing the Organization back to the General Fund.
5. In accordance with the Bylaws of the Organization, it explicitly forbidden for Titleholders to represent themselves to the Media without the express consent of the President.
6. It is required that Titleholders create and maintain an Official Facebook page, separate from their personal social media profiles. This page must be maintained frequently, and it is required that our Royalty’s page reflects their attendance and support of the main PRIDE events pages. This profile must reflect appropriate and acceptable content excluisevly, and must not represent political or questionably offensive or divisive content. Questionable content will be subject to review by the Royalty committee, and requests to remove, omit, or edit content must be complied with immediately. The Royalty committee will share access to this page for safety and security of our Titleholder and our Organization.
7. Coordinating Royalty concerns is the role of the Royalty Committee. Questions, concerns, and comments pertaining to general issues first need to be filtered through this Committee first.
8. Concepts for performances, costumes, props, and songs must be disclosed to and coordinated with a member of the Royalty Committee in advance. Any member of the Royalty Committee can edit or omit content that they do not find appropriate for the venue or the event.

Costuming (Dress Code):

1. The official dress code of Mr. Las Vegas PRIDE is, official Sash, and attire appropriate and acceptable, catering to the environment in which the Titleholder will be representing or performing. Regardless of the nature of the event or venue, it is required that Mr. Las Vegas PRIDE wear at minimum a Speedo and appropriate footwear.
2. The official dress code of Miss Las Vegas PRIDE is, official Sash, Crown, and attire appropriate and acceptable, catering to the environment in which the Titleholder will be representing or performing. Regardless of the nature of the event or venue, it is required that Miss Las Vegas PRIDE wear at minimum a publicly appropriate two-piece bikini and appropriate footwear.
3. Crown and Sash are property of SNAPI during reign. Crown and Sash remains SNAPI Property until the approved completion of a Titleholders’ Reign. With the approval of the Royalty Chairperson, Crown and Sash will be gifted to Titleholders, after their reign has ended.
4. It is the responsibility of Titleholders to actively participate in the design concept and creation of their official Parade costumes. Titleholders are expected to participate in costume workshops and must maintain their costumes regularly.

Additional Information:

1. The Board of Directors retains the right to add, edit, or remove any requirement contained in this document by recommendation of the Royalty Committee and approval by vote of the Board.
2. The Board of Directors retains the right to review Titleholders’ behavior, effectiveness, and commitment to their Title. The Royalty Committee retains the right to suspend active Titles during any review proceeding, and must notify the party involved and must gain the approval of the Executive Board. Issues requiring permanent action will be brought to the Board to review, at the next organized meeting. The Board retains the right to review Royalty issues presented to them, and can edit, omit, add, and remove requirements, titles, and representatives by their vote.