National Outstanding Miss™
NATIONALS
June 11–13, 2027
The Castle Hotel • Orlando, Florida
The National Outstanding Miss™ National Event brings our Delegates together for a weekend of service, connection, competition, and celebration—all in the heart of Orlando.
We designed Nationals around the experience we want our Delegates to have. That means enough structure to create a meaningful weekend without filling every available hour simply because we can. There should be time to compete, time to serve, time to connect, and time to actually enjoy the people and the place around you.
Time for service. Time for bonding. Time to shine.
YOUR NATIONALS WEEKEND
Planning ahead: The schedule below reflects our current plans for the 2027 National Event. Activities, times, locations, transportation arrangements, and other details are still being finalized and may change based on availability, weather, and event needs. Final schedules and instructions will be provided to Delegates closer to Nationals.
Friday
Check-In • Interview • Service
Friday is when Nationals officially gets underway. Delegates will report to official NOM Check-In, where they’ll receive their official Interview T-shirt and have an opportunity to change into it before proceeding to Interview.
Come to Check-In otherwise Interview-ready, including your chosen bottoms and planned hair and makeup. There won’t be a full preparation break between the two—once you’ve changed into your Interview shirt, you’ll be ready to begin.
Friday will also include our National Event service project. The location, transportation arrangements, and other project details will be provided as plans are finalized.
Friday’s schedule is being designed with travel in mind. We want Delegates to have the option of traveling to Orlando Thursday evening or Friday morning without requiring an unnecessary additional day away from work or arriving at Check-In already exhausted from rushing to get ready.
Arriving Thursday? Depending on Delegate needs and the final event schedule, we may offer an early Check-In opportunity Thursday evening. If early Check-In is offered, details will be provided to registered Delegates closer to Nationals.
Saturday
Competition • Awards • Crowning • Queens Dinner
Saturday is competition day. Our current plan is for competition to begin in the afternoon. This gives Delegates time to prepare without an unnecessarily early start and gives those choosing professional hair and makeup services access to appointment times at reasonable hours.
Saturday brings together all three areas of NOM competition:
Following competition, we’ll move into awards and crowning, when our 2027 National Outstanding Miss Teen, Miss, and Timeless will be named.
Saturday evening, our Inaugural Queens and the newly crowned Class of 2027 will gather for the Queens Dinner. It’s a chance to celebrate the women who helped introduce National Outstanding Miss to the world, welcome the women beginning their National reigns, and mark the transition from our Inaugural Royalty to the first class crowned on the NOM stage.
Sunday
Class of 2027 Photo Shoot • Queens Brunch
Sunday belongs to the Class of 2027. Our newly crowned National Royalty will begin the morning preparing for their official National Court photo shoot, followed by the Queens Brunch. We’re planning the morning so these first official experiences together can be meaningful without consuming the entire day.
Our goal is to conclude Sunday activities around early afternoon, giving our new Queens time to travel home and prepare for the week ahead.
Winning a National Outstanding Miss title isn’t intended to be a quick crown-and-go-home moment. Saturday night may be when the crown is placed on her head, but Sunday is when the Class of 2027 begins experiencing what it means to represent NOM together.
THE CASTLE HOTEL
Our Home for Nationals
We wanted a National Event setting that felt like NOM. Not an enormous convention hotel where our Delegates disappear into a sea of unrelated events, but a distinctive setting where we can gather, compete, serve, celebrate, and actually spend time together.
The Castle Hotel gives us exactly that kind of home in the heart of Orlando, with dining, entertainment, and plenty to explore nearby. It also gives us the ability to create the intimate, intentional experience at the heart of Boutique Pageantry™.
STAY WHERE NATIONALS HAPPENS
We hope our Delegates and their families will make The Castle Hotel their home for Nationals weekend. Our room block isn’t simply about convenience. Staying at the host hotel helps NOM meet the commitments that allow us to create the kind of National Event we want to give our Delegates. The more our NOM family stays together, the more we’re able to put back into the experience—from the spaces where we gather to the events we create throughout the weekend.
It also means less driving, less rushing, and more time actually being part of Nationals. Staying at The Castle is not required, but when you reserve through the NOM room block, you’re helping support the event you’re coming to enjoy.
National Outstanding Miss Room Block
The Castle Hotel • Orlando, Florida
NOM Room Block: June 10–13, 2027
$200 per night
Reservation Cut-Off Date: May 28, 2027
Reserve Your RoomCancellation: Individual reservations must be cancelled at least 72 hours in advance to avoid a one-night room and tax cancellation fee.
Parking: On-site self-parking is available for $35 per night.
Dining: NOM room-block guests receive 10% off food and beverage at the Guild Restaurant, Lobby Bar, and Pool Bar.
A WEEKEND WITH ROOM TO BREATHE
Nationals doesn’t need to consume every minute of your weekend to be memorable. There are no optional competitions stacked into the schedule and no parade of extra events designed simply to add another fee or another outfit change. We deliberately kept the competition itself focused on Philanthropy, Interview, and Catwalk so we can spend the rest of the weekend creating an experience around the women who are actually there.
Even the timing of the weekend is intentional. Friday is being planned to accommodate reasonable travel. Saturday competition begins in the afternoon rather than first thing in the morning. Sunday is designed to give our new National Royalty their first experiences together while still allowing time to travel home.
It’s a National Event designed around the reality that our Delegates have jobs, families, responsibilities, and lives waiting for them when the weekend ends.
That’s part of Boutique Pageantry™.
AFTER THE CROWN
Crowning isn’t where the National Outstanding Miss experience ends. It’s where a new part of it begins.
The Queens Dinner brings our Inaugural Royalty and Class of 2027 together Saturday evening. On Sunday, the new National Court gathers again for their official photo shoot and Queens Brunch before heading home.
From there, the Class of 2027 begins a year of service, appearances, connection, travel, and representing National Outstanding Miss together.
The Class of 2027 writes the next chapter.
PLANNING AHEAD
You don’t need the final minute-by-minute schedule to begin making plans for Orlando. National Event activities begin Friday and continue through Sunday. Delegates traveling from outside the area may find it convenient to arrive Thursday evening, and a Thursday early Check-In opportunity may be offered depending on the final schedule and Delegate needs.
Saturday competition is currently planned for the afternoon, followed by crowning and the Queens Dinner that evening. Sunday activities for the newly crowned Class of 2027 are expected to conclude in the early afternoon.
Exact times, locations, transportation information, service project details, and other National Event logistics will be communicated to registered Delegates as plans are finalized.
WE’LL SEE YOU IN ORLANDO.
June 11–13, 2027
The Castle Hotel • Orlando, Florida
Come ready to serve, compete, connect, and stand out.
We don’t stand still. We stand out.™
National Outstanding Miss™ is a program of Crown to Community, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.