Determining how you're going to achieve your goals - and developing the skills that can take you there - are as essential to success as figuring out just what it is that you want to do.

The Miss Rankin County Scholarship Program can help. Preparing for the interview portion of the competition, enhancing your platform issue, and practicing for your talent performance all provide an opportunity to hone important life skills - public speaking skills, poise, confidence, persistence and achievement - which help prepare you for real world challenges, regardless of your chosen profession.