THE OFFICIAL TEXAS PRELIMINARY TO THE PETITE USA PAGEANT
10 Reasons Petite Women in Texas Are Finding Their Crown, and Their People
No 5'7" minimum. No drama. Just your moment. Five divisions, a Texas title with your name on it, a stage in San Antonio, and a sisterhood that lasts a lifetime. Win here and your paid entry to the national Petite USA pageant is waiting.
Open to first-time and lifelong competitors. Ages 13 to 45+.
Official Texas Petite USA preliminary
5 divisions, every life stage
Paid entry to nationals for winners
Oct 10-11 • San Antonio, TX
WHY TEXAS PETITE
The pageant world told you 5'7" or nothing. Texas Petite built the other door.
Most systems set a height minimum that quietly leaves petite women out. Here is how Texas Petite compares.
Here is the short version
If you are 5'6" or under and you have ever felt overlooked, there is a crown, a Texas title, and a room full of future best friends waiting for you. Here are 10 reasons women across Texas are saying yes.
1
A STAGE BUILT FOR YOUR HEIGHT
Finally, 5'6" and under is the requirement, not the disqualifier
Traditional pageantry sets a 5'7" floor that quietly writes petite women out of the story. Texas Petite flips it. Here, being petite is not the exception you have to explain. It is the whole point. You walk in already belonging.
2
THERE'S A DIVISION FOR EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE
Five divisions, so you compete alongside women living the same chapter
Whether you are in high school or celebrating 45 and beyond, there is a place that fits your life right now. You just need to call Texas home.
Teen
Single, no children
Ages 13 to 18
Miss
Ages 19 to 26
Single, no children
Ms
Ages 18 to 44
May be divorced, may have children
Mrs
Ages 18+
Married, no age cap
Elite Ms
Ages 45+
Married or not, children or not
3
THE SISTERHOOD IS THE REAL PRIZE
You come for a crown and leave with best friends for life
Ask the women who have done it and they rarely lead with the title. They lead with the friendships. Texas Petite is a community first, a competition second, and it stays that way on purpose. This is the pageant system that empowers women and stays above toxicity, drama and bullying.
4
YOU REPRESENT WHERE YOU ARE FROM
Wear your Texas sash and stand for something bigger than yourself
Texas titleholders show up for their communities all year, through local appearances, volunteering and service. You are not just competing. You are becoming the woman a younger version of you needed to see.
5
YOU DO NOT NEED EXPERIENCE
First-timers and lifelong competitors are equally at home
Never done a pageant in your life? Perfect. Been competing for years? Also perfect. Texas Petite is built for both, with a community that helps you learn the ropes instead of gatekeeping them. The only requirement is that you show up as you.
6
IT IS ABOUT MORE THAN THE SPARKLE
This is a platform for your voice, not just your photos
Texas Petite is built around leadership, community service, and kindness. You get a stage to champion a cause you care about and become a voice for petite women across Texas. The crown is beautiful. What you do with it is the point.
7
THE ROAD LEADS TO A NATIONAL STAGE
Win Texas and your entry to the national Petite USA pageant is paid
The Texas winner earns a paid entry to the national Petite USA pageant in Chicago, plus prep and styling to get there ready. Your state title is the on-ramp to the national stage.
8
WIN TEXAS AND YOU ARE TAKEN CARE OF
Your state crown comes with a full prize package and a paid ticket to nationals
The Texas Petite winner does not just get a title. She gets a package built to carry her all the way to the national stage:
Your Texas prize package
everything you need for nationals
✦ Paid entry to the national Petite USA pageant
✦ Crown case, state plaque and Texas Petite robe
✦ Winner's photoshoot after coronation, hair and makeup included
✦ The Texas Petite state crown and custom state sash
✦ Crown necklace and competition earrings for nationals
✦ National prep and styling with your state director
And every contestant walks away with a local title, a custom sash, a Texas Petite tee and a swag bag.
9
PROOF THAT YOUR MOMENT IS NOT BEHIND YOU
For the women who want to prove to themselves they still can
So many women in the Ms, Mrs and Elite Ms divisions join for one quiet reason: to remind themselves what they are made of. There is no age cap on feeling like yourself again. Texas Petite is where reinvention gets a stage and a standing ovation.
10
YOU ARE JOINING SOMETHING THAT ALREADY WORKS
Texas's own sisterhood, part of the largest petite system in the country
Petite USA is the largest pageant system of its kind, built over more than ten years by petite women, for petite women. Texas Petite is your local home inside it. When you apply, you are not taking a leap into the unknown. You are stepping into a sisterhood that has been waiting for you.
Your 2026 Texas Petite titleholders
MEET YOUR COURT
These are the women wearing the Texas sash right now. Apply, and next year it could be you.
Lilly Colquit
Teen Texas Petite 2026
Kamille Brooks
Miss Texas Petite 2026
Lexi Davis
Ms Texas Petite 2026
Chelsea Teran
Mrs Texas Petite 2026
Dr. Maria Cristina Spiak
Elite Ms Texas Petite 2026
YOUR ROAD TO NATIONALS STARTS HERE
Your height was never the limit. Your Texas crown is waiting.
Apply to become a Texas Petite titleholder, represent Texas all year, and earn your place at the national Petite USA pageant. First-timers and lifelong competitors welcome. Ages 13 to 45+.
Texas Petite Pageant: October 10-11 at DoubleTree by Hilton Airport, San Antonio, TX. Must reside in Texas. 5'6" or under in bare feet. U.S. citizen by birth or naturalization.
Texas Petite
Petite power for women 5'6" and under.