The Miss Goldsboro Scholarship Pageant is a preliminary to the Miss North Carolina pageant, and is part of the Miss America Organization. The Miss Goldsboro Scholarship Organization promotes young women that exhibit poise, grace, intellect, and great character. Each young lady that participates at the state level receives scholarship money to further her education. The Miss America Organization is one of the nation’s leading achievement programs and the world’s largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. This assistance is not just for the handful of young women who become Miss America, but is available to the over 12,000 young women who compete each year in the state and local competitions, such as the Miss Goldsboro pageant.