Organizers of the Miss Asheville and Miss Blue Ridge Valley 2014 Pageant are calling for contestants to compete for the Miss Asheville 2014 and Miss Blue Ridge Valley 2014 crowns, as well as Outstanding Teen, in a gala event on Nov. 2 at the Colonial Theatre in Canton, N.C.

Young women ages 17 to 24 are invited to enter to compete for the titles of Miss Asheville 2014 and Miss Blue Ridge Valley 2014, a subsidiary of the annual Miss America Pageant.

Miss Asheville 2014 and Miss Blue Ridge Valley 2014 will be eligible to compete in the 77th Miss North Carolina Pageant in June 2014 in Raleigh, whose winner will then compete in the 94th Miss America 2015 Pageant held in Atlantic City, N.J.

Women living, working or attending school in the following counties are invited to enter: Buncombe, Avery, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Jackson, Rutherford, Transylvania, Watauga, Polk and Yancey.

Contestants claiming Buncombe County will qualify for the Miss Asheville competition, other counties listed will qualify for the Blue Ridge Valley competition.