The contestant contract *should* have the correct eligibility date in it. I couldn't find an official 2014 contestant contract, but I did find the 2013 contract in several places:
http://www.misssd.org/pageant_forms/...t_Contract.pdf
http://www.missnewmexico.org/images/...ntContract.pdf
http://misssouthernvalley.weebly.com...t-fillable.pdf
Page 2, Section 2.2:
"2.2. Age. I am currently ____ years of age. I was born on _______________, 19___. I understand that, in order to be eligible to compete, I must: (1) be a high school senior before the date of my first Local competition; (2) have been at least seventeen (17) years of age at the time of my first appearance in the preliminary round of the Local or State competition that I am entering in anticipation of this year’s National Finals, and (2) be no older than twenty-four (24) years of age on December 31, 2013. A copy of my birth certificate is included with Attachment A, the Supplemental Fact Sheet. "
On the
Miss Maryland Website, they seem to use that same language and change the dates to 2014:
"Additional Information Regarding Age Eligibility:
The age eligibility requirements are based on a calendar year ending December 31st, not a pageant cycle, and remain unchanged.
Section 2 of the Contestant Contracts state:
2.2. Age. I am currently ____ years of age. I was born on _______________, 19_____. I understand that, in order to be eligible to compete, I must: (1) be a high school senior before the date of my first Local competition; (2) have been at least seventeen (17) years of age at the time of my first appearance in the preliminary round of the Local or State competition that I am entering in anticipation of this year’s National Finals, and (2) be no older than twenty-four (24) years of age on December 31, 2014. A copy of my birth certificate and a copy of my driver’s license or a government issued identification card are included with Attachment A, the Supplemental Fact Sheet. A contestant cannot be older than twenty-four (24) years of age on December 31st of the year she is chosen to represent her state in the National Finals. Please note According to the Contestant Contracts for the 2014 local competition leading to your 2014 State Competition, a contestant cannot be 25 years old before December 31st 2014."
UPDATED: Found a 2014 Contestant Contract:
http://missuga.uga.edu/contestants/2...uga-packet.pdf